- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/442/3565
- Title:
- L-{sigma} relation for massive star formation
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/442/3565
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The validity of the emission-line luminosity versus ionized gas velocity dispersion (L-{sigma}) correlation for HII galaxies (HIIGx) and its potential as an accurate distance estimator are assessed. For a sample of 128 local (0.02<~z<~0.2) compact HIIGx with high equivalent widths of their Balmer emission lines, we obtained the ionized gas velocity dispersion from high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) high-dispersion spectroscopy (Subaru High Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS) and European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (VLT-UVES)) and integrated H{beta} fluxes from low-dispersion wide aperture spectrophotometry. We find that the L(H{beta})-{sigma} relation is strong and stable against restrictions in the sample (mostly based on the emission-line profiles). The `Gaussianity' of the profile is important for reducing the root-mean-square (rms) uncertainty of the distance indicator, but at the expense of substantially reducing the sample. By fitting other physical parameters into the correlation, we are able to decrease the scatter significantly without reducing the sample. The size of the star-forming region is an important second parameter, while adding the emission-line equivalent width or the continuum colour and metallicity produces the solution with the smallest rms scatter={delta}logL(H{beta})=0.233. The derived coefficients in the best L(H{beta})-{sigma} relation are very close to what is expected from virialized ionizing clusters, while the derived sum of the stellar and ionized gas masses is similar to the dynamical mass estimated using the Hubble Space Telescope} (HST}) corrected Petrosian radius. These results are compatible with gravity being the main mechanism causing the broadening of the emission lines in these very young and massive clusters. The derived masses range from about 2x10^6^M_{sun}_ to 10^9^M_{sun}_ and their 'corrected' Petrosian radius ranges from a few tens to a few hundred pc.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/604/521
- Title:
- Luminosities and masses of galaxies out to z~3
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/604/521
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The luminosity-size and mass-size distributions of galaxies out to z~3 are presented. We use very deep near-infrared images of the Hubble Deep Field-South in the J_s_, H, and K_s_ bands, taken as part of FIRES at the VLT, to follow the evolution of the optical rest-frame sizes of galaxies. For a total of 168 galaxies with K_s,AB_ <=23.5, we find that the rest-frame V-band sizes r_e,V_ of luminous galaxies (<L_V_>~2x10^10^h^-2^L_{sun}_) at 2<z<3 are 3 times smaller than for equally luminous galaxies today. In contrast, the mass-size relation has evolved relatively little: the size at mass <M_*_>~2x10^10^h^-2^M_{sun}_ has changed by 20% (+/-20%) since z~2.5. Both results can be reconciled by the fact that the stellar M/L ratio is lower in the luminous high-z galaxies than in nearby ones because they have young stellar populations. The lower incidence of large galaxies at z~3 seems to reflect the rarity of galaxies with high stellar mass.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/788/45
- Title:
- Luminosity and redshift of galaxies from WISE/SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/788/45
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work, we investigate the dependence of the covering factor (CF) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) on the mid-infrared (MIR) luminosity and the redshift. We constructed 12 and 22 {mu}m luminosity functions (LFs) at 0.006<=z<=0.3 using Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data. Combining the WISE catalog (Cat. II/311) with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS, Cat. II/294) spectroscopic data, we selected 223982 galaxies at 12 {mu}m and 25721 galaxies at 22 {mu}m for spectroscopic classification. We then identified 16355 AGNs at 12 {mu}m and 4683 AGNs at 22 {mu}m by their optical emission lines and cataloged classifications in the SDSS. Following that, we estimated the CF as the fraction of Type 2 AGN in all AGNs whose MIR emissions are dominated by the active nucleus (not their host galaxies) based on their MIR colors. We found that the CF decreased with increasing MIR luminosity, regardless of the choice of Type 2 AGN classification criteria, and the CF did not change significantly with redshift for z<=0.2. Furthermore, we carried out various tests to determine the influence of selection bias and confirmed that similar dependences exist, even when taking these uncertainties into account. The luminosity dependence of the CF can be explained by the receding torus model, but the "modified" receding torus model gives a slightly better fit, as suggested by Simpson.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/786/17
- Title:
- Luminosity functions for 1.3<z<3.2 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/786/17
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 4.5 {mu}m luminosity functions for galaxies identified in 178 candidate galaxy clusters at 1.3<z<3.2. The clusters were identified as Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) color-selected overdensities in the Clusters Around Radio-Loud AGN project, which imaged 420 powerful radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGNs) at z>1.3. The luminosity functions are derived for different redshift and richness bins, and the IRAC imaging reaches depths of m*+2, allowing us to measure the faint end slopes of the luminosity functions. We find that {alpha}=-1 describes the luminosity function very well in all redshift bins and does not evolve significantly. This provides evidence that the rate at which the low mass galaxy population grows through star formation gets quenched and is replenished by in-falling field galaxies does not have a major net effect on the shape of the luminosity function. Our measurements for m* are consistent with passive evolution models and high formation redshifts (z_f_~3). We find a slight trend toward fainter m* for the richest clusters, implying that the most massive clusters in our sample could contain older stellar populations, yet another example of cosmic downsizing. Modeling shows that a contribution of a star-forming population of up to 40% cannot be ruled out. This value, found from our targeted survey, is significantly lower than the values found for slightly lower redshift, z~1, clusters found in wide-field surveys. The results are consistent with cosmic downsizing, as the clusters studied here were all found in the vicinity of RLAGNs - which have proven to be preferentially located in massive dark matter halos in the richest environments at high redshift - and they may therefore be older and more evolved systems than the general protocluster population.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/852/72
- Title:
- Luminosity functions of tidal disruption flares
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/852/72
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The tidal disruption of a star by a massive black hole is expected to yield a luminous flare of thermal emission. About two dozen of these stellar tidal disruption flares (TDFs) may have been detected in optical transient surveys. However, explaining the observed properties of these events within the tidal disruption paradigm is not yet possible. This theoretical ambiguity has led some authors to suggest that optical TDFs are due to a different process, such as a nuclear supernova or accretion disk instabilities. Here we present a test of a fundamental prediction of the tidal disruption event scenario: a suppression of the flare rate due to the direct capture of stars by the black hole. Using a recently compiled sample of candidate TDFs with black hole mass measurements, plus a careful treatment of selection effects in this flux-limited sample, we confirm that the dearth of observed TDFs from high-mass black holes is statistically significant. All the TDF impostor models we consider fail to explain the observed mass function; the only scenario that fits the data is a suppression of the rate due to direct captures. We find that this suppression can explain the low volumetric rate of the luminous TDF candidate ASASSN-15lh, thus supporting the hypothesis that this flare belongs to the TDF family. Our work is the first to present the optical TDF luminosity function. A steep power law is required to explain the observed rest-frame g-band luminosity, dN/dL_g_{propto}L_g_^-2.5^. The mean event rate of the flares in our sample is ~1x10^-4^galaxy^-1^/yr, consistent with the theoretically expected tidal disruption rate.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/195/15
- Title:
- Luminosity profiles of BCGs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/195/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have derived detailed R-band luminosity profiles and structural parameters for a total of 430 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), down to a limiting surface brightness of 24.5mag/arcsec^2^. Light profiles were initially fitted with a Sersic's R^1/n^ model, but we found that 205 (~48%) BCGs require a double component model to accurately match their light profiles. The best fit for these 205 galaxies is an inner Sersic model, with indices n~1-7, plus an outer exponential component. Thus, we establish the existence of two categories of the BCG luminosity profiles: single and double component profiles. We found that double profile BCGs are brighter (~0.2mag) than single profile BCGs. From a subsample of 24 BCGs, we found strong evidence that extra-light at intermediate radii in double profile BCGs is related to the presence of a faint stellar envelope. Similarly, from another subsample of 12 BCGs we also found that extra-light is related to star formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/447/89
- Title:
- Luminous AGB stars in nearby galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/447/89
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This study focuses on very luminous (M_bol_<-6.0mag) AGB stars with J-Ks>1.5mag and H-Ks>0.4mag in the LMC, SMC, M 31, and M 33 from 2MASS data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/804/34
- Title:
- Luminous AGNs and early-type SDSS galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/804/34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is not yet clear what triggers the activity of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), but galaxy merging has been suspected to be one of the main mechanisms fueling the activity. Using deep optical images taken at various ground-based telescopes, we investigate the fraction of galaxy mergers in 39 luminous AGNs (M_R_<~-22.6mag) at z<=0.3 (a median redshift of 0.155), for which the host galaxies are generally considered as early-type galaxies. Through visual inspection of the images, we find that 17 of 39 AGN host galaxies (43.6%) show evidence for current or past mergers like tidal tails, shells, and disturbed morphology. In order to see if this fraction is abnormally high, we also examined the merging fraction of normal early-type galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe 82 data (a median redshift of 0.04), of which the surface-brightness limit is comparable to our imaging data. To correct for the effects related to the redshift difference of the two samples, we performed an image simulation by putting a bright point source as an artificial AGN in the images of SDSS early-type galaxies and placing them onto the redshifts of AGNs. The merging fraction in this realistic sample of simulated AGNs is only ~5-15% (1/4 to 1/8 of that of real AGNs). Our result strongly suggests that luminous AGN activity is associated with galaxy merging.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/22
- Title:
- Luminous and variable stars in NGC 2403 and M81
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/22
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of spectroscopy and multi-wavelength photometry of luminous and variable star candidates in the nearby spiral galaxies NGC 2403 and M81. We discuss specific classes of stars, the Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs), B[e] supergiants (sgB[e]), and the high-luminosity yellow hypergiants. We identify two new LBV candidates, and three sgB[e] stars in M81. We also find that some stars that were previously considered LBV candidates are actually field stars. The confirmed and candidate LBVs and sgB[e] stars together with the other confirmed members are shown on the HR Diagrams for their respective galaxies. We also present the HR Diagrams for the two "SN impostors", V37 (SN2002kg) and V12 (SN1954J) in NGC 2403 and the stars in their immediate environments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/617/A130
- Title:
- Luminous infrared galaxies AKARI 2.5-5um data
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/617/A130
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present AKARI 2.5-5um spectra of 145 local luminous infrared galaxies (LIRG; L_IR_>=10^11^L_{sun}_) in the Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS). In all of the spectra, we measure the line fluxes and equivalent widths (EQWs) of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) at 3.3um and the hydrogen recombination line Br{alpha} at 4.05um, with apertures matched to the slit sizes of the Spitzer low-resolution spectrograph and with an aperture covering ~95% of the total flux in the AKARI two-dimensional (2D) spectra. The star formation rates (SFRs) derived from the Br{alpha} emission measured in the latter aperture agree well with SFRs estimated from LIR, when the dust extinction correction is adopted based on the 9.7um silicate absorption feature. Together with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) 5.2-38um spectra, we are able to compare the emission of the PAH features detected at 3.3um and 6.2um. These are the two most commonly used near/mid-infrared indicators of starburst or active galactic nucleus (AGN) dominated galaxies. We find that the 3.3um and 6.2um PAH EQWs do not follow a linear correlation and at least a third of the galaxies classified as AGN-dominated sources using the 3.3um feature are classified as starbursts based on the 6.2um feature. These galaxies have a bluer continuum slope than galaxies that are indicated to be starburst-dominated by both PAH features. The bluer continuum emission suggests that their continuum is dominated by stellar emission rather than hot dust. We also find that the median Spitzer/IRS spectra of these sources are remarkably similar to the pure starburst-dominated sources indicated by high PAH EQWs in both 3.3um and 6.2um. Based on these results, we propose a revised starburst/AGN diagnostic diagram using 2-5um data: the 3.3um PAH EQW and the continuum color, F{nu}(4.3um)/F{nu}(2.8um). We use the AKARI and Spitzer spectra to examine the performance of our new starburst/AGN diagnostics and to estimate 3.3um PAH fluxes using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) photometric bands in the redshift range 0<z<5. Of the known PAH features and mid-infrared high ionization emission lines used as starburst/AGN indicators, only the 3.3um PAH feature is observable with JWST at z>3.5, because the rest of the features at longer wavelengths fall outside the JWST wavelength coverage.
