- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/426/119
- Title:
- 1.2mm mapping of RCW 106 Giant Molecular Cloud
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/426/119
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have mapped the dust continuum emission from the molecular cloud covering a region of 28pcx94pc associated with the well-known H II region RCW 106 at 1.2mm using SIMBA on SEST. The observations, having an HPBW of 24" (0.4pc), reveal 95 clumps, of which about 50% have MSX associations and only 20% have IRAS associations. Owing to their higher sensitivity to colder dust and higher angular resolution the present observations identify new emission features and also show that most of the IRAS sources in this region consist of multiple dust emission peaks. The detected millimeter sources (MMS) include on one end the exotic MMS5 (associated with IRAS 16183-4958, one of the brightest infrared sources in our Galaxy) and the bright (and presumably cold) source MMS54, with no IRAS or MSX associations on the other end. Around 10% of the sources are associated with signposts of high mass star formation activity.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/499/149
- Title:
- 1.2mm maps of southern Infrared Dark Clouds
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/499/149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- What are the mechanisms by which massive stars form? What are the initial conditions for these processes? It is commonly assumed that cold and dense Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs) likely represent the birth sites massive stars. Therefore, this class of objects gets increasing attention, and their analysis offers the opportunity to tackle the above mentioned questions. To enlarge the sample of well-characterised IRDCs in the southern hemisphere, where ALMA will play a major role in the near future, we have set up a program to study the gas and dust of southern infrared dark clouds. The present paper aims at characterizing the continuum properties of this sample of IRDCs. We cross-correlated 1.2 mm continuum data from SIMBA@SEST with Spitzer/GLIMPSE images to establish the connection between emission sources at millimeter wavelengths a nd the IRDCs we see at 8{mu}m in absorption against the bright PAH background. Analysing the dust emission and extinction leads to a determination of masses and column densities, which are important quantities in characterizing the initial conditions of massive star formation. We also evaluated the limitations of the emission and extinction methods. The morphology of the 1.2mm continuum emission is in all cases in close agreement with the mid-infrared extinction. The total masses of the IRDCs were found to range from 150 to 1150M_{sun}_ (emission data) and from 300 to 1750M_{sun}_ (extinction data). We derived peak column densities between 0.9 and 4.6x10^22^cm^-2^ (emission data) and 2.1 and 5.4x10^22^cm^-2^ (extinction data). We demonstrate that the extinction method fails for very high extinction values (and column densities) beyond A_V_ values of roughly 75mag according to the Weingartner & Draine (2001ApJ...548..296W) extinction relation R_V_=5.5 model B (around 200mag when following the common Mathis (1990ARA&A..28...37M) extinction calibration). By taking the spatial resolution effects into account and restoring the column densities derived from the dust emission back to a linear resolution of 0.01pc, peak column densities of 3.0x10^23^cm^-2^ are obtained, much higher than typic al values for low-mass cores. The derived column densities, taking into account the spatial resolution effects, are beyond the column density threshold of 3.0x10^23^cm^-2^ required by theoretical considerations for massive star formation. We conclude that the values for column densities derived for the selected IRDC sample make these objects excellent candidates for objects in the earliest stages of massive star formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/202/1
- Title:
- 1mm spectral line survey toward GLIMPSE EGOs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/202/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A northern subsample of 89 Spitzer GLIMPSE extended green objects (EGOs), the candidate massive young stellar objects, are surveyed for molecular lines in two 1GHz ranges: 251.5-252.5 and 260.188-261.188GHz. A comprehensive catalog of observed molecular line data and spectral plots are presented. Eight molecular species are undoubtedly detected: H^13^CO^+^, SiO, SO, CH_3_OH, CH_3_OCH_3_, CH_3_CH_2_CN, HCOOCH_3_, and HN^13^C. The H^13^CO^+^ 3-2 line is detected in 70 EGOs, among which 37 also show the SiO 6-5 line, demonstrating their association with dense gas and supporting the outflow interpretation of the extended 4.5um excess emission. Our major dense gas and outflow tracers (H^13^CO^+^, SiO, SO, and CH_3_OH) are combined with our previous survey of ^13^CO, ^12^CO, and C^18^O 1-0 toward the same sample of EGOs for a multi-line, multi-cloud analysis of linewidth and luminosity correlations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/216/2
- Title:
- MnI hyperfine lines in the 1.4-1.8um (H) band
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/216/2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The three Mn I lines at 17325, 17339, and 17349{AA} are among the 25 strongest lines (log(gf)>0.5) in the H band. They are all heavily broadened due to hyperfine structure, and the profiles of these lines have so far not been understood. Earlier studies of these lines even suggested that they were blended. In this work, the profiles of these three infrared (IR) lines have been studied theoretically and compared to experimental spectra to assist in the complete understanding of the solar spectrum in the IR. It is shown that the structure of these lines cannot be described in the conventional way using the diagonal A and B hyperfine interaction constants. The off-diagonal hyperfine interaction not only has a large impact on the energies of the hyperfine levels, but also introduces a large intensity redistribution among the hyperfine lines, changing the line profiles dramatically. By performing large-scale calculations of the diagonal and off-diagonal hyperfine interaction and the gf-values between the upper and lower hyperfine levels and using a semi-empirical fitting procedure, we achieved agreement between our synthetic and experimental spectra. Furthermore, we compare our results with observations of stellar spectra. The spectra of the Sun and the K1.5 III red giant star Arcturus were modeled in the relevant region, 1.73-1.74{mu}m, using our theoretically predicted gf-values and energies for each individual hyperfine line. Satisfactory fits were obtained and clear improvements were found using our new data compared with the old available Mn I data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/558/A131
- Title:
- Model spectra of hot stars at the pre-SN stage
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/558/A131
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the fundamental properties of core-collapse Supernova (SN) progenitors from single stars at solar metallicity. We combine Geneva stellar evolutionary models with initial masses of Mini=20-120M_{sun}_ with atmospheric/wind models using CMFGEN. We provide synthetic photometry and high-resolution spectra of hot stars at the pre-SN stage. For Mini=9-20M_{sun}_, we supplement our analysis using publicly available MARCS model atmospheres of RSGs. We employ observational criteria of spectroscopic classification and find that massive stars, depending on Mini and rotation, end their lives as red supergiants (RSG), yellow hypergiants (YHG), luminous blue variables (LBV), and Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars of the WN and WO spectral types. For rotating models, we obtain the following types of SN progenitors: WO1-3 (Mini<=32M_{sun}_), WN10-11 (25<Mini< 32M_{sun}_), LBV (20<=Mini<25M_{sun}_), G1 Ia+ (18<Mini<20M_{sun}_), and RSGs (9<=Mini<=18M_{sun}_). For non-rotating models, we find spectral types WO1-3 (Mini>40M_{sun}_), WN7-8 (25<Mini<=40M_{sun}_), WN11h/LBV (20<Mini<=25M_{sun}_), and RSGs (9<=Mini<=20M_{sun}_). Our rotating models indicate that SN IIP progenitors are all RSG, SN IIL/b progenitors are 56% LBVs and 44% YHGs, SN Ib progenitors are 96% WN10-11 and 4% WOs, and SN Ic progenitors are all WO stars. We find that not necessarily the most massive and luminous SN progenitors are the brighter ones in a given filter. We show that SN IIP progenitors (RSGs) are bright in the RIJHK_S filters and faint in the UB filters. SN IIL/b progenitors (LBVs and YHGs), and SN Ib progenitors (WNs) are relatively bright in optical/IR filters, while SN Ic progenitors (WOs) are faint in all optical filters. We argue that SN Ib and Ic progenitors from single stars should be undetectable in the available pre-explosion images with the current magnitude limits, in agreement with observational results.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/63/S379
- Title:
- MOIRCS Deep Survey deep and wide catalogs
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/63/S379
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present deep J-, H-, and Ks-band imaging data of the MOIRCS Deep Survey (MODS), which was carried out with the Multi-Object Infrared Camera and Spectrograph (MOIRCS) mounted on the Subaru Telescope in the GOODS-North region. The data reach 5{sigma} total limiting magnitudes for point sources of J=23.9, H=22.8, and Ks=22.8 (Vega magnitude) over 103 arcmin^2^ (wide field). In 28 arcmin^2^ of the survey area, which is an ultra-deep field of the MODS (deep field), the data reach 5{sigma} depths of J=24.8, H=23.4, and Ks=23.8. The spatial resolutions of the combined images are FWHM~0.6" and ~0.5" for the wide and deep fields in all bands, respectively. Combining the MODS data with the multi-wavelength public data taken with the HST, Spitzer, and other ground-based telescopes in the GOODS field, we constructed a multi-wavelength photometric catalog of Ks-selected sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/AcApS/18.302
- Title:
- Molecular clouds in 8<l<38, -1<b<+1
- Short Name:
- J/other/AcApS/18
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A systematic comparison between molecular clouds in different evolutionary stages and processes of star formation is made over the range of 8{deg} to 38{deg} in Galactic longitude and -1{deg} to +1{deg} in Galactic latitude by using the Massachusetts-Stony Brook Survey data of ^12^CO in the Galactic plane (HPFW=47") and the IRAS Infrared Sky Survey image data (1.5' per pixel). This region is divided into thirty subregions. Then, the space distribution of CO(1-0) emission and the corresponding infrared intensity at 60ymis obtained for each subregion, and the contours of infrared color temperatures and optical depths of molecular cloud complexes in the corresponding regions are calculated and derived. Moreover, the catalogs of the IRAS infrared point sources and HII regions are used. Thus, molecular clouds in different evolutionary stages are identified and divided into four groups ranging from young clouds to evolved clouds, and their main characteristics and relations to the processes of star formation are analysed. The Galatic-longitude distributions of ultracompact HII regions and candidate protostars as well as the ratio between HII region-molecular cloud and candidate protostar-molecular cloud associations are analysed statistically. The results indicate that star formation activities are currently still going on in our Galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/51/791
- Title:
- Molecular clouds in southern HII regions
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/51/791
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have carried out extensive ^13^CO(J=1-0) observations toward 23 southern H II regions associated with bright-rimmed clouds. In total, 95 molecular clouds have been identified to be associated with the H II regions. Among the 95, 57 clouds are found to be associated with 204 IRAS point sources which are candidates for young stellar objects. There is a significant increase of star-formation efficiency on the side facing to the H II regions; the luminosity-to-mass ratio, defined as the ratio of the stellar luminosity to the molecular cloud mass, is higher by an order of magnitude on the near side of the H II regions than that on the. far side. This indicates that molecular gas facing to the H II regions is more actively forming massive stars whose luminosity is ~>10^3^L_{sun}_. In addition, the number density of the IRAS point sources increases by a factor of 2 on the near side of the H II regions compared with on the far side. These results strongly suggest that the active formation of massive stars on the near side of the H II regions is due to the effects of the H II regions, such as the compression of molecular material by the ionization/shock fronts. For the whole Galaxy, we estimate that the present star-formation rate under such effects is at least 0.2-0.4M_{sun}_/yr, corresponding to a few 10% by mass.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/570/A109
- Title:
- Molecular gas associated with IRAS 10361-5830
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/570/A109
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze the distribution of the molecular gas and dust in the molecular clump linked to IRAS 10361-5830, located in the environs of the bubble-shaped HII region Gum 31 in the Carina region, with the aim of determining the main parameters of the associated material and of investigating the evolutionary state of the young stellar objects identified there.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/540/A96
- Title:
- Molecular gas in Hickson Compact Groups
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/540/A96
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We study the effect of the extreme environment in Hickson Compact Groups (HCGs) on the molecular gas mass, M_H2_, and the star formation rate (SFR) of galaxies as a function of atomic hydrogen (HI) content and evolutionary phase of the group. We selected a redshift-limited (D<100Mpc) sample of 88 galaxies in 20 HCGs with available atomic hydrogen (HI) VLA maps, covering a wide range of HI deficiencies and evolutionary phases of the groups containing at least one spiral galaxy. We observed the CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) lines with the IRAM 30m telescope for 47 galaxies. Together with literature data, our sample contains CO(1-0) spectra for 86 galaxies. We derived the far-infrared (FIR) luminosity L_FIR_ from IRAS data and used it as a tracer of the star formation rate (SFR). We calculated the HI mass, M_HI_ L_FIR_ and M_H2_ deficiencies, based on the values expected from L_B_ and L_K_ in isolated galaxies from the AMIGA sample. We limited our statistical analysis to spiral galaxies, since the large number of upper limits did not allow drawing strong conclusions about M_H2_ and L_FIR_ in early-type galaxies.
