- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/822/109
- Title:
- MIR view of polar dust emission in local AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/822/109
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Recent mid-infrared (MIR) interferometric observations have shown that in a few active galactic nuclei (AGNs) the bulk of the infrared emission originates from the polar region above the putative torus, where only a little dust should be present. Here, we investigate whether such strong polar dust emission is common in AGNs. Out of 149 Seyferts in the MIR atlas of local AGNs, 21 show extended MIR emission on single-dish images. In 18 objects, the extended MIR emission aligns with the position angle (PA) of the system axis, established by [O III], radio, polarization, and maser-based PA measurements. The relative amount of resolved MIR emission is at least 40% and scales with the [O IV] fluxes, implying a strong connection between the extended continuum and [O IV] emitters. These results together with the radio-quiet nature of the Seyferts support the scenario that the bulk of MIR emission is emitted by dust in the polar region and not by the torus, which would demand a new paradigm for the infrared emission structure in AGNs. The current low detection rate of polar dust in the AGNs of the MIR atlas is explained by the lack of sufficient high-quality MIR data and the requirements on the orientation, strength of narrow-line region, and distance of the AGNs. The James Webb Space Telescope will enable much deeper nuclear MIR studies with comparable angular resolution, allowing us to resolve the polar emission and surroundings in most of the nearby AGNs.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/474/911
- Title:
- 1.3mm and CO(2-1) maps of IRAS 20343+4129
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/474/911
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- IRAS 20343+4129 was suggested to harbor one of the most massive and embedded stars in the Cygnus OB2 association, IRS 1, which seemed to be associated with a north-south molecular outflow. However, the dust emission peaks do not coincide with the position of IRS 1, but lie on either side of another massive Young Stellar Object (YSO), IRS 3, which is associated with centimeter emission. The goal of this work is to elucidate the nature of IRS 1 and IRS 3, and study their interactions with the surrounding medium.
- 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.
- 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/AJ/132/231
- Title:
- MMT hectospec redshift survey of 24um sources
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/132/231
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a spectroscopic survey using the MMT Hectospec fiber spectrograph of 24um sources selected with the Spitzer Space Telescope in the Spitzer First Look Survey. We report 1296 new redshifts for 24um sources, including 599 with f_nu_(24um)>=1mJy. Combined with 291 additional redshifts for sources from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), our observing program was highly efficient and is ~90% complete for i<=21mag and f_nu_(24um)>=1mJy and 35% complete for i<=20.5mag and 0.3mJy<=f_nu_(24um)<1.0mJy. Our Hectospec survey includes 1078 and 168 objects spectroscopically classified as galaxies and QSOs, respectively. Combining the Hectospec and SDSS samples, we find 24 mselected galaxies to zgal<=0.98 and QSOs to zQSO<=3.6, with mean redshifts of <zgal>=0.27 and <zQSO>=1.1. As part of this publication, we include the redshift catalogs and the reduced spectra; these are also available through the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/619/755
- Title:
- Modeling starburst SEDs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/619/755
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we combine the stellar spectral synthesis code STARBURST99, the nebular modeling code MAPPINGS IIIq, a one-dimensional dynamical evolution model of H II regions around massive clusters of young stars, and a simplified model of synchrotron emissivity to produce purely theoretical self-consistent synthetic spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for (solar metallicity) starbursts lasting ~10^8^yr. These SEDs extend from the Lyman limit to beyond 21cm. We present detailed SED fits to Arp 220 and NGC 6240, and we give the predicted colors for starburst galaxies derived from our models for the IRAS and the Spitzer Space Telescope MIPS and IRAC instruments. Our models reproduce the spread in observed colors of starburst galaxies. Finally, we present absolute calibrations to convert observed fluxes into star formation rates in the UV (GALEX), at optical wavelengths (H), and in the IR (IRAS or Spitzer).
- 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/PASJ/63/S363
- Title:
- MOIRCS Deep Survey. VII.
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/63/S363
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigated rest-frame near-infrared (NIR) morphologies of a sample of 139 galaxies with Ms>=1x10^109M_{sun}_ at z=0.8-1.2 in the GOODS-North field using our deep NIR imaging data (MOIRCS Deep Survey, MODS). We focused on Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs), which dominate a high star formation rate (SFR) density at z~1, in a sample identified by cross-correlating with the Spitzer/MIPS 24mum source catalog. We performed two-dimensional light profile fittings of z~1 galaxies in the Ks-band (rest-frame J-band) with a single-component Sersic model.
- 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.
