- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/741/79
- Title:
- The Spitzer-SDSS-GALEX Spectroscopic Survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/741/79
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Spitzer-SDSS-GALEX Spectroscopic Survey (SSGSS) provides a new sample of 101 star-forming galaxies at z<0.2 with unprecedented multi-wavelength coverage. New mid- to far-infrared spectroscopy from the Spitzer Space Telescope is added to a rich suite of previous imaging and spectroscopy, including ROSAT, Galaxy Evolution Explorer, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Two Micron All Sky Survey, and Spitzer/SWIRE. Sample selection ensures an even coverage of the full range of normal galaxy properties, spanning two orders of magnitude in stellar mass, color, and dust attenuation. In this paper we present the SSGSS data set, describe the science drivers, and detail the sample selection, observations, data reduction, and quality assessment.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/723/845
- Title:
- The submillimeter spectrum of glycolaldehyde
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/723/845
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Glycolaldehyde (HOCH_2_CHO) is a sugar-related interstellar prebiotic molecule that has been detected in two star-forming regions, Sgr B2(N) and G31.41+0.31. Glycolaldehyde is suspected to form from photodissociation-driven ice chemistry, and therefore can be used to trace complex organic chemistry in interstellar environments. The relative abundance of glycolaldehyde to its structural isomers, methyl formate (HCOOCH_3_) and acetic acid (CH_3_COOH), can be used to constrain astrochemical models. Given its central role in the complex chemistry of the interstellar medium, glycolaldehyde has been suggested as a prime molecular target for upcoming high-frequency molecular line searches using new far-infrared observatories. In particular, glycolaldehyde is a target for the Herschel Space Observatory HEXOS Key Program, which is conducting spectral line surveys of the Sgr B2(N) and Orion KL star-forming regions across the entire HIFI band. Laboratory investigation of glycolaldehyde in the HIFI frequency range is required before its lines can be identified in these spectra. We have therefore acquired the laboratory spectrum of glycolaldehyde in selected frequency ranges across the submillimeter range. We present here the laboratory spectral analysis of the ground vibrational state of glycolaldehyde up to 1.2THz.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/563/A137
- Title:
- THz spectrum of methylamine
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/563/A137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Methylamine (CH_3_NH_2_) is the simplest primary alkylamine and has been detected in the interstellar medium. The molecule is relatively light, with the 50K Boltzmann peak appearing near 800GHz. However, reliable predictions for its rotational spectrum are available only up to 500GHz. Spectroscopic analyses have been complicated by the two large amplitude motions: internal rotation of the methyl top and inversion of the amino group. The aims is to provide reliable predictions of the methylamine ground state rotational spectrum above 500GHz we studied its rotational spectrum in the frequency range from 500 to 2650GHz. The spectra of methylamine were recorded using the spectrometers based on Schottky diode frequency multiplication chains in the Lille laboratory (500-945GHz) and in JPL (1060-2660GHz). The analysis of the rotational spectrum of methylamine in the ground vibrational state was performed on the basis of the group-theoretical high barrier tunneling Hamiltonian developed for methylamine by Ohashi and Hougen. In the recorded spectra we have assigned 1849 new rotational transitions of methylamine. They were fitted together with previously published data to a Hamiltonian model that uses 76 parameters with overall weighted rms deviation of 0.87. On the basis of the new spectroscopic results, predictions of transition frequencies in the frequency range up to 3THz with J<50 and Ka<20 are presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/576/A39
- Title:
- THz spectrum of the monodeuterated methyl formate
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/576/A39
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Laboratory spectral recordings and accurate molecular spectral analysis of any potential interstellar molecule are essential to generate a complete spectroscopic line list. This permits the prediction of the frequencies and intensities of any transition for its subsequent identification in the interstellar medium. Present analysis of DCOOCH_3_ is aimed to provide a comprehensive spectral catalog that encompasses as much as possible the frequency coverage of the new generation far-IR and submillimeter wave observation facilities. A new measurement of the rotational spectrum of DCOOCH_3_ has been carried out in the JPL laboratory in the frequency range from 0.85 to 1.5 THz. The new data were analyzed jointly with literature data using the Rho Axis Method (RAM), a tool developed for the spectral analysis of molecules with large amplitude internal CH_3_ rotors. Twenty seven spectroscopic constants of DCOOCH_3_ have been fitted to 3763 transitions with maximum values of J=69 and Ka=36 of the ground torsional state with a standard (unitless) deviation of 0.97. With respect to prior work, this is a significantly better result that was obtained with 2060 more transitions while also achieving a better accuracy for the new parameter values.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/404/1321
- Title:
- TiII in Milky way and Magellanic clouds
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/404/1321
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We discuss several sets of TiII absorption-line data, which probe a variety of interstellar environments in our Galaxy and in the Magellanic Clouds. Comparisons of high-resolution [full width at half-maximum (FWHM)~1.3-1.5km/s] TiII spectra of Galactic targets with corresponding high-resolution spectra of NaI, KI and CaII reveal both similarities and differences in the detailed structure of the absorption-line profiles - reflecting component-to-component differences in the ionization and depletion behaviour of those species. Moderate-resolution (FWHM~3.4-4.5km/s) spectra of more heavily reddened Galactic stars provide more extensive information on the titanium depletion in colder, denser clouds - where more than 99.9 per cent of the Ti may be in the dust phase. Moderate-resolution (FWHM~4.5-8.7km/s) spectra of stars in the Magellanic Clouds suggest that the titanium depletion is generally much less severe in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds than in our Galaxy [for a given N(Htot), E(B-V), or molecular fraction f(H2)]- providing additional evidence for differences in depletion patterns in those two lower-metallicity galaxies. We briefly discuss possible implications of these results for the interpretation of gas-phase abundances in quasi-stellar object absorption-line systems and of variations in the D/H ratio in the local Galactic interstellar medium.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/228/11
- Title:
- Time-dependent cooling in photoionized plasma
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/228/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- I explore the thermal evolution and ionization states in gas cooling from an initially hot state in the presence of external photoionizing radiation. I compute the equilibrium and nonequilibrium cooling efficiencies, heating rates, and ion fractions for low-density gas cooling while exposed to the ionizing metagalactic background radiation at various redshifts (z=0-3), for a range of temperatures (10^8^-10^4^K), densities (10^-7^-10^3^cm^-3^), and metallicities (10^-3^-2 times solar). The results indicate the existence of a threshold ionization parameter, above which the cooling efficiencies are very close to those in photoionization equilibrium (so that departures from equilibrium may be neglected), and below which the cooling efficiencies resemble those in collisional time-dependent gas cooling with no external radiation (and are thus independent of density).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/558/A44
- Title:
- TMC-1N mapping in JHK bands
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/558/A44
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Mapping of the near-infrared (NIR) scattered light is a recent method for the study of interstellar clouds, complementing other, more commonly used methods, like dust emission and extinction. Our goal is to study the usability of this method on larger scale, and compare the properties of a filamentary structure using infrared scattering and other methods. We also study the radiation field and differences in grain emissivity between diffuse and dense areas. We have used scattered NIR J, H, and K band surface brightness observations with WFCAM instrument to map a filament TMC-1N in Taurus Molecular Cloud, covering an area of 1{deg}x1{deg} corresponding to ~(2.44pc). We have converted the data into an optical depth map and compared the results with NIR extinction and Herschel observations of sub-mm dust emission. We have also modelled the filament with 3D radiative transfer calculations of scattered light.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/653/A87
- Title:
- TOPGot sample, SEDs and CH3CN analysis
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/653/A87
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The TOPGot project targets a sample of 86 high-mass star-forming regions in different evolutionary stages from starless cores to ultra compact HII regions. The aim of the survey is to analyze different molecular species in a statistically significant sample to study the chemical evolution in high-mass star-forming regions, and identify chemical tracers of the different phases. In the first paper we present the sample and analyze the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the TOPGot sources to derive physical parameters. We also use the MADCUBA software to analyze the emission of methyl cyanide (CH_3_CN), a well-known tracer of high-mass star formation. The emission of the CH_3_CN(5K-4K) K-transitions has been detected towards 73 sources (85% of the sample). The emission of CH_3_CN has been detected towards all evolutionary stages, with the mean abundances showing a clear increase of an order of magnitude from high-mass starless-cores to later evolutionary stages. We found a conservative abundance upper limit for high-mass starless cores of X_CH_3_CN_<4.0x10^-11^, and a range in abundance of 4.0x10^-11^<X_CH_3_CN_<7.0x10^-11^ for those sources that are likely high-mass starless cores or very early high-mass protostellar objects. In fact, in this range of abundance we have identified five sources previously not classified as being in a very early evolutionary stage. The abundance of CH_3_CN can thus be used to identify high-mass star-forming regions in early phases of star-formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PAZh/38/15
- Title:
- Total-to-selective extinction ratio within 700pc
- Short Name:
- J/PAZh/38/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Multicolor photometry from the Tycho-2 and 2MASS catalogues for 11990 OB (2008AstL...34....7G; 2012AstL...38..694G) and 30671 K-type red giant branch stars (2011AstL...37..707G) is used to detect systematic large-scale variations of the interstellar extinction law within the nearest kiloparsec. The characteristic of the extinction law, the total-to-selective extinction ratio Rv, which also characterizes the size and other properties of interstellar dust grains, has been calculated for various regions of space by the extinction law extrapolation method. The results for the two classes of stars agree: the standard deviation of the "red giants minus OB" Rv differences within 500pc of the Sun is 0.2. The detected Rv variations between 2.2 and 4.4 not only manifest themselves in individual clouds but also span the entire space near the Sun, following Galactic structures. In the Local Bubble within about 100 pc of the Sun, Rv has a minimum. In the inner part of the Gould Belt and at high Galactic latitudes, at a distance of about 150 pc from the Sun, Rv reaches a maximum and then decreases to its minimum in the outer part of the Belt and other directions at a distance of about 500 pc from the Sun, returning to its mean values far from the Sun. The detected maximum of Rv at high Galactic latitudes is important when allowance is made for the interstellar extinction toward extragalactic objects. In addition, a monotonic increase in Rv by 0.3 per kpc toward the Galactic center has been found near the Galactic equator. It is consistent with the result obtained by Zasowski et al. (2009ApJ...707..510Z) for much of the Galaxy. Ignoring the Rv variations and traditionally using a single value for the entire space must lead to systematic errors in the calculated distances reaching 10%.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/643/A141
- Title:
- Tracing total molecular gas in galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/643/A141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Molecular gas is a necessary fuel for star formation. The CO (1-0) transition is often used to deduce the total molecular hydrogen, but is challenging to detect in low metallicity galaxies, in spite of the star formation taking place. In contrast, the [CII] 158um is relatively bright, highlighting a potentially important reservoir of H_2_ that is not traced by CO (1-0), but residing in the [CII] - emitting regions.Here we aim to explore a method to quantify the total H_2_ mass (MH_2_) in galaxies and learn what parameters control the CO-dark reservoir. We present Cloudy grids of density, radiation field and metallicity in terms of observed quantities, such as [OI], [CI], CO (1-0), [CII] and L_TIR_ and the total MH_2_. We provide recipes based on these models to derive total MH_2_ mass estimates from observations. We apply the models to the Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey, extracting the total MH_2_ for each galaxy and compare this to the H_2_ determined from the observed CO (1-0) line. This allows us to quantify the reservoir of H_2_ that is CO-dark and traced by the [CII]158um. We demonstrate that while the H2 traced by CO(1-0) can be negligible, the [CII] 518um can trace the total H2. We find 70% to 100 % of the total H2 mass is not traced by CO (1-0) in the dwarf galaxies, but is well-traced by [CII] 158um. The CO-dark gas mass fraction correlates with the observed L[CII]/LCO(1-0) ratio. A conversion factor for [CII] 158um to total H_2_ and a new CO-to-total-MH_2_ as a function of metallicity, is presented. While low metallicity galaxies may have a feeble molecular reservoir as surmised from CO observations, the presence of an important reservoir of molecular gas, not detected by CO, can exist. We suggest a general recipe to quantify the total mass of H2 in galaxies, taking into account the CO and [CII] observations. Accounting for this CO-dark H_2_ gas, we find that the star forming dwarf galaxies now fall on the Schmidt-Kennicuttrelation. Their star-forming efficiency is rather normal, since the reservoir from which they form stars is now more massive when introducing the [CII] measures of the total H_2_, compared to the little amount of H_2_ in the CO-emitting region.
