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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/791/54
- Title:
- Nearby M Dwarfs parameters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/791/54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Comparisons between the planet populations around solar-type stars and those orbiting M dwarfs shed light on the possible dependence of planet formation and evolution on stellar mass. However, such analyses must control for other factors, i.e., metallicity, a stellar parameter that strongly influences the occurrence of gas giant planets. We obtained infrared spectra of 121 M dwarfs stars monitored by the California Planet Search and determined metallicities with an accuracy of 0.08 dex. The mean and standard deviation of the sample are -0.05 and 0.20 dex, respectively. We parameterized the metallicity dependence of the occurrence of giant planets on orbits with a period less than two years around solar-type stars and applied this to our M dwarf sample to estimate the expected number of giant planets. The number of detected planets (3) is lower than the predicted number (6.4), but the difference is not very significant (12% probability of finding as many or fewer planets). The three M dwarf planet hosts are not especially metal rich and the most likely value of the power-law index relating planet occurrence to metallicity is 1.06 dex per dex for M dwarfs compared to 1.80 for solar-type stars; this difference, however, is comparable to uncertainties. Giant planet occurrence around both types of stars allows, but does not necessarily require, a mass dependence of ~1 dex per dex. The actual planet-mass-metallicity relation may be complex, and elucidating it will require larger surveys like those to be conducted by ground-based infrared spectrographs and the Gaia space astrometry mission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/KFNT/12.20
- Title:
- Nearby stars metallicities
- Short Name:
- J/other/KFNT/12.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalogue for nearby stars' metallicities has been compiled. The catalogue contains 558 values obtained from photometric UBV data
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/479/131
- Title:
- Near-IR spectra of inner red giants
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/479/131
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The existence in the Milky Way of either a long thin bar with a half length of 4.5kpc and a position angle of around 45{deg} with respect to the Sun-Galactic centre line or a bulge+bar complex, thicker and shorter, with a smaller tilt respect to the Sun-GC line, has been a matter of discussion in recent decades. In this paper, we present low resolution (R=500) near-infrared spectra for selected and serendipitous sources in six inner in-plane Galactic fields at l=7{deg}, 12{deg}, 15{deg}, 20{deg}, 26{deg} and 27{deg}, with the aim of analysing the stellar content present in those fields.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/585/A64
- Title:
- New atmospheric parameters of MILES cool stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/585/A64
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The full spectrum fitting of stellar spectra against a library of empirical spectra is a well-established approach to measure the atmospheric parameters of FGK stars with a high internal consistency. Extending it towards cooler stars still remains a challenge. We address this question by improving the MILES interpolator (Prugniel et al., 2011, Cat. J/A+A/531/A165; hereafter PVK) in the low effective temperature regime (Teff<4800K). We measure the biases of the determined parameters with respect to our updated compilation of parameters. After correcting some systematic effects, we compute a new interpolator that we finally use to redetermine the atmospheric parameters homogeneously and assess the biases. Based on an updated literature compilation, we determine Teff in a more accurate and unbiased manner compared to those determined with the original interpolator. The validity range is extended downwards to about Teff=2900K compared to 3500K previously. The measured parameters are restricted to the current sub sample of MILES, and we have shown that they are generally more reliable than those presented in PVK. But the small discontinuity between the PVK and new measurements is significant, in particular for Teff, and should be corrected if one needs to join the two series.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/900/95
- Title:
- New M87 GCs metallicities from Keck & MMT sp.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/900/95
- Date:
- 13 Jan 2022 00:22:24
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an extensive study of spectroscopically derived chemical abundances for M87 and its globular cluster (GC) system. Using observations from the Mitchell spectrograph at McDonald, LRIS at Keck, and Hectospec on the MMT, we derive new metallicity gradients from ~2 to 140kpc. We use a novel hierarchical statistical framework to simultaneously separate the GC system into subpopulations while measuring the metallicity gradients of those subpopulations. We create physically motivated spectral stacks of the GC subpopulations by leveraging the output of this statistical framework to perform the first application of abundance tagging in a massive early-type galaxy to better constrain the origins of the GC subpopulations and thus the assembly history of M87. We find a metal-poor, {alpha}-enhanced population of GCs in both the inner and outer halos unanticipated by current cosmological simulations of galaxy evolution. We use the remarkably flat metallicity gradients we find for both the metal-rich and metal-poor GC subpopulations in the inner halo as tentative evidence that some amount of the metal-poor GCs formed directly in the halo of M87 at high redshift.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A129
- Title:
- New satellites of the LMC search
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/623/A129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A wealth of tiny galactic systems populates the surroundings of the Milky Way. However, some of these objects might have originated as former satellites of the Magellanic Clouds, in particular of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Examples of the importance of understanding how many systems are genuine satellites of the Milky Way or the LMC are the implications that the number and luminosity-mass function of satellites around hosts of different mass have for dark matter theories and the treatment of baryonic physics in simulations of structure formation. Here we aim at deriving the bulk motions and estimates of the internal velocity dispersion and metallicity properties in four recently discovered distant southern dwarf galaxy candidates, Columba I, Reticulum III, Phoenix II, and Horologium II. We combined Gaia DR2 astrometric measurements, photometry, and new FLAMES/GIRAFFE intermediate-resolution spectroscopic data in the region of the near-IR CaII triplet lines; this combination is essential for finding potential member stars in these low-luminosity systems. We find very likely member stars in all four satellites and are able to determine (or place limits on) the bulk motions and average internal properties of the systems. The systems are found to be very metal poor, in agreement with dwarf galaxies and dwarf galaxy candidates of similar luminosity. Of these four objects, we can only firmly place Phoenix II in the category of dwarf galaxies because of its resolved high velocity dispersion (9.5^+6.8^_-4.4_km/s) and intrinsic metallicity spread (0.33dex). For Columba I we also measure a clear metallicity spread. The orbital pole of Phoenix II is well constrained and close to that of the LMC, suggesting a prior association. The uncertainty on the orbital poles of the other systems is currently very large, so that an association cannot be excluded, except for Columba I. Using the numbers of potential former satellites of the LMC identified here and in the literature, we obtain for the LMC a dark matter mass of M_200_=1.9^+1.3^_-0.9_x10^11^M_{sun}_
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/57
- Title:
- New SDSS and Washington photometry in Segue 3
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/57
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new SDSS and Washington photometry of the young outer-halo stellar system Segue 3. Combined with archival VI-observations, our most consistent results yield Z=0.006+/-0.001, log(Age)=9.42+/-0.08, (m-M)_0_=17.35+/-0.08, and E(B-V)=0.09+/-0.01, with a high binary fraction of 0.39+/-0.05 derived using the Padova models. We confirm that mass-segregation has occurred, supporting the hypothesis that this cluster is being tidally disrupted. A three-parameter King model yields a cluster radius of r_cl_=0.017{deg}+/-0.007{deg}, a core radius of r_c_=0.003{deg}+/-0.001{deg}, and a tidal radius of r_t_=0.04{deg}+/-0.02{deg}. A comparison of Padova and Dartmouth model-grids indicates that the cluster is not significantly {alpha}-enhanced, with a mean [Fe/H]=-0.55_-0.12_^+0.15^dex, and a population age of only 2.6+/-0.4Gyr. We rule out a statistically significant age spread at the main-sequence turnoff because of a narrow subgiant branch, and discuss the role of stellar rotation and cluster age, using Dartmouth and Geneva models: approximately 70% of the Seg 3 stars at or below the main-sequence turnoff have enhanced rotation. Our results for Segue 3 indicate that it is younger and more metal-rich than all previous studies have reported to date. From colors involving Washington C and SDSS-u filters, we identify several giants and a possible blue straggler for future follow-up spectroscopic studies, and we produce spectral energy distributions of previously known members and potential Segue 3 sources with Washington (CT_1_), Sloan (ugri), and VI-filters. Segue 3 shares the characteristics of unusual stellar systems that have likely been stripped from external dwarf galaxies as they are being accreted by the Milky Way, or that have been formed during such an event. Its youth, metallicity, and location are all inconsistent with Segue 3 being a cluster native to the Milky Way.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/38
- Title:
- New substellar discoveries from Kepler and K2
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/158/38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the discoveries of a brown dwarf (BD) and a low-mass star from the Kepler and K2 missions. The newly discovered BD is EPIC 212036875b and the low-mass star is KOI-607b. EPIC 212036875b has a mass of M_b_=52.3+/-1.9 M_J_, a radius of R_b_=0.874+/-0.017 R_J_, and orbits its host star in P=5.169885+/-0.000027 days. Its host star is a late F-type star with M_*_=1.288+/-0.065 M_{sun}_, R_*_= 1.498+/-0.025 R_{sun}_, and T_eff_=6238+/-60 K. KOI-607b has a mass of M_b_=95.1+/-3.4 M_J_, a radius of R_b_=1.089+/-0.089 R_J_, and an orbital period of P=5.89399148+/-0.00000060 days. The primary star in the KOI-607 system is a G dwarf with M_*_=0.993+/-0.052 M_{sun}_, R_*_= 0.915+/-0.031 R_{sun}_, and T_eff_=5418+/-87 K. We also revisit a BD, CWW 89Ab, that was previously published by Nowak et al. 2017AJ....153..131N (under the designation EPIC 219388192b). CWW 89Ab is one of two known transiting BDs associated with a star cluster, which illustrates the need for more BDs with accurate masses, radii, and reliable age determinations to test theoretical models. We find that the newly discovered BD, EPIC 212036875b, falls in the middle of the so-called BD desert, indicating that EPIC 212036875b is either a particularly rare object, or the BD desert may not be so dry after all.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/446/3130
- Title:
- NGC5694 radial velocities and metallicities
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/446/3130
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of the kinematics of the remote globular cluster NGC 5694 based on GIRAFFE@VLT medium-resolution spectra. A sample of 165 individual stars selected to lie on the red giant branch in the cluster colour-magnitude diagram was considered. Using radial velocity and metallicity from Calcium triplet, we were able to select 83 bona fide cluster members. The addition of six previously known members leads to a total sample of 89 cluster giants with typical uncertainties <=1.0km/s in their radial velocity estimates. The sample covers a wide range of projected distances from the cluster centre, from ~0.2arcmin to 6.5arcmin =~23 half-light radii (r_h_). We find only very weak rotation, as typical of metal-poor globular clusters. The velocity dispersion gently declines from a central value of {sigma}=6.1km/s to {sigma}=~2.5km/s at ~2arcmin=~7.1r_h_, then it remains flat out to the next (and last) measured point of the dispersion profile, at ~4arcmin =~14.0r_h_, at odds with the predictions of isotropic King models. We show that both isotropic single-mass non-collisional models and multimass anisotropic models can reproduce the observed surface brightness and velocity dispersion profiles.
