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961. Radio properties of extragal. IRAS sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/102/1663
Title:
Radio properties of extragal. IRAS sources
Short Name:
J/AJ/102/1663
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This catalog presents radio and optical identifications of extragalactic IRAS sources from the IRAS Faint Source Catalog |b| > 50{deg} (Moshir et al., 1989 Cat. <II/156>). Sources with flux density > 0.2 at 60 microns and with S_60_ > S_12_ were identified by position coincidence with radio sources stronger than 25 mJy and lying north of declination = 5{deg} on the Green Bank 4.85 GHz sky map. Published VLA maps, new 4.86 GHz VLA maps made with 15 arcsec resolution, and accurate optical positions were used to confirm 122 candidate identifications. This catalog contains a merged version of tables 1 and 2 from the paper.
962. Radio survey of ultracool dwarfs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/549/A131
Title:
Radio survey of ultracool dwarfs
Short Name:
J/A+A/549/A131
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We aim to increase the sample of ultracool dwarfs studied in the radio domain to allow a more statistically significant understanding of the physical conditions associated with these magnetically active objects. We conducted a volume-limited survey at 4.9GHz of 32 nearby ultracool dwarfs with spectral types covering the range M7-T8. A statistical analysis was performed on the combined data from the present survey and previous radio observations of ultracool dwarfs.
963. Random forests method to discover high-redshift QSOs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/72
Title:
Random forests method to discover high-redshift QSOs
Short Name:
J/AJ/162/72
Date:
14 Mar 2022 07:01:17
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a method of selecting quasars up to redshift ~6 with random forests, a supervised machine-learning method, applied to Pan-STARRS1 and WISE data. We find that, thanks to the increasing set of known quasars, we can assemble a training set that enables supervised machine-learning algorithms to become a competitive alternative to other methods up to this redshift. We present a candidate set for the redshift range 4.8-6.3, which includes the region around z=5.5 where selecting quasars is difficult due to their photometric similarity to red and brown dwarfs. We demonstrate that, under our survey restrictions, we can reach a high completeness (66%{+/-}7% below redshift 5.6/83_-9_^+6^% above redshift 5.6) while maintaining a high selection efficiency (78_-8_^+10^%/94_-8_^+5^% ). Our selection efficiency is estimated via a novel method based on the different distributions of quasars and contaminants on the sky. The final catalog of 515 candidates includes 225 known quasars. We predict the candidate catalog to contain additional 148_-33_^+41^ new quasars below redshift 5.6 and 45_-8_^+5^ above, and we make the catalog publicly available. Spectroscopic follow-up observations of 37 candidates led us to discover 20 new high redshift quasars (18 at 4.6<~z<~5.5, 2z~5.7). These observations are consistent with our predictions on efficiency. We argue that random forests can lead to higher completeness because our candidate set contains a number of objects that would be rejected by common color cuts, including one of the newly discovered redshift 5.7 quasars.
964. R CrA ISOCAM observations
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/350/883
Title:
R CrA ISOCAM observations
Short Name:
J/A+A/350/883
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The results of an ISOCAM survey of the R CrA star formation region are presented. The survey was carried out in two broad-band filters, LW2 (5-8.5{mu}m) and LW3 (12-18{mu}m). Although it was not possible to map the densest, central region due to saturation problems, 21 sources were identified which showed mid-IR excesses. Most of these sources have not previously been recognised as YSOs (Young Stellar Objects), mainly because they are relatively faint. We find evidence for a population of very low mass stars which are probably brown dwarfs in their early contraction phases.
965. RCW 106 Giant Molecular Cloud 13CO mapping
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/367/1609
Title:
RCW 106 Giant Molecular Cloud 13CO mapping
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/367/1609
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the first paper in a series detailing the results of ^13^CO observations of a ~1{deg}^2^ region of the giant molecular cloud (GMC) complex associated with the HII region RCW 106. The ^13^CO observations are also the first stage of a multi-molecular line study of the same region. These observations were amongst the first made using the new on-the-fly mapping capability of the Australia Telescope National Facility Mopra Telescope. In the configuration used, the instrument provided a full width at half-maximum (FWHM) beam size of 33arcsec and a velocity resolution of 0.17km/s. The gas emission takes the form of a string of knots, oriented along an axis that extends from the north-west (NW) to the south-east (SE) of the field of the observations, and which is surrounded by a more extended, diffuse emission. We analyse the 2D integrated ^13^CO emission using the CLUMPFIND algorithm and identify 61 clumps. We compare the gas data in the GMC with the dust data provided by 21um Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) and 1.2mm Swedish European Southern Observatory Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) images that we both regridded to the cell spacing of the Mopra data and smoothed to the same resolution.
966. Reddening, distance modulus & Fe/H of RRLs in w Cen
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/870/115
Title:
Reddening, distance modulus & Fe/H of RRLs in w Cen
Short Name:
J/ApJ/870/115
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We developed a new approach to provide accurate estimates of the metal content, reddening, and true distance modulus of RR Lyrae stars (RRLs). The method is based on homogeneous optical (BVI) and near-infrared (JHK) mean magnitudes and on predicted period-luminosity-metallicity relations (IJHK) and absolute mean magnitude-metallicity relations (BV). We obtained solutions for three different RRL samples in {omega}Cen: first overtone (RRc, 90), fundamental (RRab, 80), and global (RRc+RRab) in which the period of first overtones were fundamentalized. The metallicity distribution shows a well defined peak at [Fe/H]~-1.98 and a standard deviation of {sigma}=0.54dex. The spread is, as expected, metal-poor ([Fe/H]<=-2.3) objects. The current metallicity distribution is ~0.3dex more metal-poor than similar estimates for RRLs available in the literature. The difference vanishes if the true distance modulus we estimated is offset by -0.06/-0.07mag in true distance modulus. We also found a cluster true distance modulus of {mu}=13.720{+/-}0.002{+/-}0.030mag, where the former error is the error on the mean and the latter is the standard deviation. Moreover, we found a cluster reddening of E(B-V)=0.132{+/-}0.002{+/-}0.028mag and spatial variations of the order of a few arcmin across the body of the cluster. Both the true distance modulus and the reddening are slightly larger than similar estimates available in the literature, but the difference is within 1{sigma}. The metallicity dependence of distance diagnostics agrees with theory and observations, but firm constraints require accurate and homogeneous spectroscopic measurements.
967. Red MSX survey (RMS) massive young stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/410/1237
Title:
Red MSX survey (RMS) massive young stars
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/410/1237
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey has identified a large sample of massive young stellar objects and ultra compact HII regions from a sample of ~2000 MSX and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) colour selected sources. Using a recent catalogue of molecular clouds derived from the Boston University-Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory (BU-FCRAO) Galactic Ring Survey (GRS), and by applying a Galactic scaleheight cut-off of 120pc, we solve the distance ambiguity for RMS sources located within 18{deg}<|l|>54{deg}. These two steps yield kinematic distances to 291 sources out of a possible 326, located within the GRS longitude range. Combining distances and integrated fluxes derived from spectral energy distributions, we estimate luminosities to these sources and find that >90 per cent are indicative of the presence of a massive star. We find the completeness limit of our sample is ~10^4^L_{sun}_, which corresponds to a zero-age main-sequence star with a mass of ~12M_{sun}_. Selecting only these sources, we construct a complete sample of 196 sources.
968. Red MSX water maser and ammonia emissions
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/418/1689
Title:
Red MSX water maser and ammonia emissions
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/418/1689
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey has identified a sample of ~1200 massive young stellar objects (MYSOs), compact and ultra-compact HII regions from a sample of ~2000 MSX and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) colour-selected sources. We have used the 100-m Green Bank Telescope to search for 22-24GHz water maser and ammonia (1,1), (2,2) and (3,3) emission towards ~600 RMS sources located within the northern Galactic plane. We have identified 308 H_2_O masers which corresponds to an overall detection rate of ~50 per cent. We find no significant difference in the detection rate for HII regions and MYSOs which would suggest that the conditions required to produce maser emission are equally likely in both phases. Comparing the detection rates as a function of luminosity, we find the H_2_O detection rate has a positive dependence on the source luminosity, with the detection rate increasing with increasing luminosity.
969. Red supergiant stars in the LMC. II.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/616/A175
Title:
Red supergiant stars in the LMC. II.
Short Name:
J/A+A/616/A175
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The characteristics of infrared properties and mid-infrared (MIR) variability of red supergiant (RSG) stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are analyzed based on 12 bands of near-infrared (NIR) to MIR co-added data from 2MASS, Spitzer and WISE, and ~6.6 years of MIR time-series data collected by the ALLWISE and NEOWISE-R projects. 773 RSGs candidates are compiled from the literature and verified by using the color-magnitude diagram (CMD), spectral energy distribution (SED) and MIR variability. About 15% of valid targets in the IRAC1-IRAC2/IRAC2-IRAC3 diagram may show Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) emission. We show that arbitrary dereddening Q parameters related to the IRAC4, S9W, WISE3, WISE4 and MIPS24 bands could be constructed based on a precise measurement of MIR interstellar extinction law. Several peculiar outliers in our sample are discussed, in which one outlier might be a RSG right before the explosion or an extreme asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star in the very late evolutionary stage based on the MIR spectrum and photometry. There are 744 identified RSGs in the final sample having both the WISE1- and WISE2-band time-series data. The results show that the MIR variability is increasing along with the increasing of brightness. There is a relatively tight correlation between the MIR variability, mass loss rate (MLR; in terms of K_S-WISE3 color) and the warm dust/continuum (in terms of WISE4 magnitude/flux), where the MIR variability is evident for the targets with K_S-WISE3>1.0mag and WISE4<6.5mag, while the rest of the targets show much smaller MIR variability. The MIR variability is also correlated with the MLR for which targets with larger variability also show larger MLR with an approximate upper limit of -6.1M_{sun}_/yr. The variability and luminosity may both be important for the MLR since the WISE4-band flux is increasing exponentially along with the degeneracy of luminosity and variability. The identified RSG sample has been compared with the theoretical evolutionary models and shown that the discrepancy between observation and evolutionary models can be mitigated by considering both variability and extinction.
970. Reduced CRIRES spectra around S multiplet 3
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/577/A18
Title:
Reduced CRIRES spectra around S multiplet 3
Short Name:
J/A+A/577/A18
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Sulphur is an important, volatile alpha element but its role in the Galactic chemical evolution is still uncertain. We derive the S abundances in RGB stars in three Galactic globular clusters (GC) that cover a wide metallicity range (-2.3<[Fe/H]<-1.2): M4, M22, and M30. The halo field stars show a large scatter in the [S/Fe] ratio in this metallicity span, which is inconsistent with canonical chemical evolution models. To date, very few measurements of [S/Fe] exist for stars in GCs, which are good tracers of the chemical enrichment of their environment. However, some light and alpha elements show star-to-star variations within individual GCs and it is yet unclear whether sulphur also varies between GC stars. We used the the infrared spectrograph CRIRES to obtain high-resolution (R~50000), high signal-to-noise (SNR~200 per px) spectra in the region of the SI multiplet 3 at 1045nm for 15 GC stars selected from the literature (6 stars in M4, 6 stars in M22 and 3 stars in M30). Multiplet 3 is better suited for S abundance derivation than the more commonly used lines of multiplet 1 at 920nm, since its lines are not blended by telluric absorption or other stellar features at low metallicity. We used spectral synthesis to derive the [S/Fe] ratio of the stars assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE). We find mean [S/Fe]=0.58+/-0.01+/-0.20dex (statistical and systematic error) for M4, [S/Fe]=0.57+/-0.01+/-0.19dex for M22, and [S/Fe]=0.55+/-0.02+/-0.16dex for M30. The negative NLTE corrections are estimated to be in the order of the systematic uncertainties. With the tentative exception of two stars with measured high S abundances, we conclude that sulphur behaves like a typical alpha element in the studied Galactic GCs, showing enhanced abundances with respect to the solar value at metallicities below [Fe/H]=-1.0dex without a considerable spread.