- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AcA/68/315
- Title:
- OGLE Galactic Cepheids
- Short Name:
- J/AcA/68/315
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present here a new major part of the OGLE Collection of Variable Stars - OGLE Collection of Galactic Cepheids. The new dataset was extracted from the Galaxy Variability Survey images - a dedicated large-scale survey of the Galactic disk and outer bulge conducted by the OGLE project since 2013. The OGLE collection contains 2721 Cepheids of all types - classical, type II and anomalous. It more than doubles the number of known Galactic classical Cepheids. Due to the long-term monitoring and large number of epochs the selected sample is very pure, generally free from contaminating stars of other types often mimicking Cepheids. Its completeness is high at 90% level for classical Cepheids - tested using recent samples of Galactic Cepheids: ASAS-SN, ATLAS, Gaia DR2 and Wise catalog of variable stars. Our comparisons indicate that the completeness of the two latter datasets, Gaia DR2 andWise catalog, is very low, at <10% level in the magnitude range of the OGLE GVS survey (10.8<I<19.5mag). Both these samples are severely contaminated by non-Cepheids (the purity is 67% and 56%, respectively). We also present several interesting objects found in the new OGLE Collection - multi-mode pulsators, first Galactic candidates for eclipsing systems containing Cepheid, a binary Cepheid candidate. New OGLE Collection of Galactic Cepheids is available for the astronomical community from the OGLE Internet Archive in similar form as previous parts of the OGLE Collection of Variable Stars.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/216/12
- Title:
- OGLE-III Galactic bulge microlensing events
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/216/12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present and study the largest and most comprehensive catalog of microlensing events ever constructed. The sample of standard microlensing events comprises 3718 unique events from 2001-2009 with 1409 events that had not been detected before in real-time by the Early Warning System of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The search pipeline uses machine learning algorithms to help find rare phenomena among 150 million objects and to derive the detection efficiency. Applications of the catalog can be numerous, from analyzing individual events to large statistical studies of the Galactic mass, kinematics distributions, and planetary abundances. We derive maps of the mean Einstein ring crossing time of events spanning 31 deg^2^ toward the Galactic center and compare the observed distributions with the most recent models. We find good agreement within the observed region and we see the signature of the tilt of the bar in the microlensing data. However, the asymmetry of the mean timescales seems to rise more steeply than predicted, indicating either a somewhat different orientation of the bar or a larger bar width. The map of events with sources in the Galactic bulge shows a dependence of the mean timescale on the Galactic latitude, signaling an increasing contribution from disk lenses closer to the plane relative to the height of the disk. Our data present a perfect set for comparing and enhancing new models of the central parts of the Milky Way and creating a three-dimensional picture of the Galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AcA/63/115
- Title:
- OGLE-III Galactic disk eclipsing binaries
- Short Name:
- J/AcA/63/115
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the analysis of 11589 eclipsing binary stars identified in twenty-one OGLE-III Galactic disk fields toward constellations of Carina, Centaurus, and Musca. All eclipsing binaries but 402 objects are new discoveries. The binaries have out-of-eclipse brightness between I=12.5mag and I=21mag. The completeness of the catalog is estimated at a level of about 75%. Comparison of the orbital period distribution for the OGLE-III disk binaries with systems detected in other recent large-scale Galactic surveys shows the maximum around 0.40d and an almost flat distribution between 0.5d and 2.5d, independent of population. Ten doubly eclipsing systems and one eclipsing-ellipsoidal object were found among thousands of variables. Nine of them are candidates for quadruple systems. We also identify ten eclipsing subdwarf-B type binary stars and numerous eclipsing RS CVn type variables. All objects reported in this paper are part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/458/3012
- Title:
- OGLE-III Parallax microlensing events
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/458/3012
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Most stellar remnants so far have been found in binary systems, where they interact with matter from their companions. Isolated neutron stars and black holes are difficult to find as they are dark, yet they are predicted to exist in our Galaxy in vast numbers. We explored the OGLE-III data base of 150 million objects observed in years 2001-2009 and found 59 microlensing events exhibiting a parallax effect due to the Earth's motion around the Sun. Combining parallax and brightness measurements from microlensing light curves with expected proper motions in the Milky Way, we identified 13 microlensing events which are consistent with having a white dwarf, neutron star or a black hole lens and we estimated their masses and distances. The most massive of our black hole candidates has 9.3M_{sun}_ and is at a distance of 2.4kpc. The distribution of masses of our candidates indicates a continuum in mass distribution with no mass gap between neutron stars and black holes. We also present predictions on how such events will be observed by the astrometric Gaia mission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AcA/63/379
- Title:
- OGLE-III variable stars in Galactic disk area
- Short Name:
- J/AcA/63/379
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a search for pulsating stars in the 7.12deg^2^ OGLE-III Galactic disk area in the direction tangent to the Centaurus Arm. We report the identification of 20 Classical Cepheids, 45 RR Lyr type stars, 31 Long-Period Variables, such as Miras and Semi-Regular Variables, one pulsating white dwarf, and 58 very likely {delta} Sct type stars. Based on asteroseismic models constructed for one quadruple-mode and six triple-mode {delta} Sct type pulsators, we estimated masses, metallicities, ages, and distance moduli to these objects. The modeled stars have masses in the range 0.9-2.5M_{sun}_ and are located at distances between 2.5kpc and 6.2kpc. Two triple-mode and one double-mode pulsators seem to be Population II stars of the SX Phe type, probably from the Galactic halo. Our sample also includes candidates for Type II Cepheids and unclassified short-period (P<0.23d) multi-mode stars which could be either {delta}Sct or {beta}Cep type stars. One of the detected variables is a very likely {delta} Sct star with an exceptionally high peak-to-peak I-band amplitude of 0.35mag at the very short period of 0.0196d. All reported pulsating variable stars but one object are new discoveries. They are included in the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. Finally, we introduce the on-going OGLE-IV Galactic Disk Survey, which covers more than half of the Galactic plane. For the purposes of future works on the spiral structure and star formation history of the Milky Way, we have already compiled a list of known Galactic Classical Cepheids.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/628/A90
- Title:
- OH maser emission in THOR survey
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/628/A90
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- OH masers trace diverse physical processes, from the expanding envelopes around evolved stars to star-forming regions or supernovae remnants. Providing a survey of the ground-state OH maser transitions in the northern hemisphere inner Milky Way facilitates the study of a broad range of scientific topics. We want to identify the ground-state OH masers at 18 cm wavelength in the area covered by "The HI/OH/Recombination line survey of the Milky Way (THOR)". We will present a catalogue of all OH maser features and their possible associated environments. The THOR survey covers longitude and latitude ranges of 14.3{deg}<l<66.8{deg} and b<+/-1.25{deg}. All OH ground state lines ^2^{PI}_3/2_(J=3/2) at 1612 (F=1-2), 1665 (F=1-1), 1667 (F=2-2) and 1720MHz (F=2-1) have been observed, employing the Very Large Array (VLA) in its C configuration. The spatial resolution of the data varies between 12.5" and 19", the spectral resolution is 1.5km/s, and the rms sensitivity of the data is 10mJy/beam per channel. We identify 1585 individual maser spots (corresponding to single spectral features) distributed over 807 maser sites (regions of size ~10^3^-10^4^AU). Based on different criteria from spectral profiles to literature comparison, we try to associate the maser sites with astrophysical source types. Approximately 51% of the sites exhibit the double-horned 1612MHz spectra typically emitted from the expanding shells of evolved stars. The separations of the two main velocity features of the expanding shells typically vary between 22 and 38km/s. In addition to this, at least 20% of the maser sites are associated with star-forming regions. While the largest fraction of 1720MHz maser spots (21 out of 53) is associated with supernova remnants, a significant fraction of the 1720MHz maser spots (17) are also associated with star-forming regions. We present comparisons to the thermal ^13^CO(1-0) emission as well as to other surveys of class II CH_3_OH and H_2_O maser emission. The catalogue attempts to present associations to astrophysical sources where available, and the full catalogue is available in electronic form. This OH maser catalogue presents a unique resource of stellar and interstellar masers in the northern hemisphere. It provides the basis for a diverse range of follow-up studies from envelopes around evolved stars to star-forming regions and Supernova remnants.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/582/A118
- Title:
- OH-streamer in SgrA at 1665 and 1667MHz
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/582/A118
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We study the structure and kinematics of the OH-streamer and the +80km/s cloud and their interactions with the circumnuclear disk (CND) and with other molecular clouds in the vicinity of the Galactic centre (GC), and we map OH absorption at about 6" resolution at R<=10pc from the GC, with about 9km/s of velocity resolution. The VLA was used to map OH line absorption at the 1665 and 1667MHz lambda doublet main lines of the ^2^{PI}_3/2_ state towards the Sagittarius A complex.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/484/4833
- Title:
- Oosterhoff dichotomy in Galactic bulge
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/484/4833
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of the Oosterhoff (Oo) dichotomy in the Galactic bulge using 8141 fundamental-mode RR Lyrae stars. We used public photometric data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment and the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea survey. We carefully selected fundamental-mode stars without modulation and without association with any globular cluster located towards the Galactic bulge. Subsequently, we identified and separated the Oosterhoff groups I and II on the basis of their period-amplitude distribution and using a relation fitted to the Oosterhoff I locus. Both Oosterhoff groups were then compared to observations of two bulge globular clusters and with models of stellar pulsation and evolution. We found that some of the variables classified as Oo II belong to a third Oo group. The Oosterhoff II variables are more metal-poor on average, more massive, and cooler than their Oosterhoff I counterparts. The analysis of their spatial distribution shows a systematic difference between foreground, central, and background regions in the occurrence of the Oosterhoff II group. The difference between the Oo I and II groups is also seen in their distance distributions with respect to the Galactic bar, but neither group is associated with the bar.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/640/A127
- Title:
- Open cluster properties with Gaia and LAMOST
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/640/A127
- Date:
- 01 Mar 2022 11:35:22
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In Gaia DR2, an unprecedented high level of precision has been reached at sub-milliarcsecond for astrometry and millimagnitudes for photometry. Using cluster members identified with the astrometry and photometry in Gaia DR2, we can obtain a reliable determination of cluster properties. However, because of the shortcomings of Gaia spectroscopic observations in dealing with densely crowded cluster regions, the RVs and metallicity values for cluster member stars from Gaia DR2 are still lacking. It is necessary to combine the Gaia data with the data from large spectroscopic surveys, such as LAMOST, APOGEE, GALAH, and Gaia-ESO. In this study, we aim to improve the cluster properties by combining the LAMOST spectra. In particular, we provide the list of cluster members with spectroscopic parameters as an add-value catalog in LAMOST DR5, which can be used to perform detailed study for a better understanding on the stellar properties, by using their spectra and fundamental properties from the host cluster. We cross-matched the spectroscopic catalog in LAMOST DR5 (Luo et al., 2019, Cat. V/164) with the identified cluster members in Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018, Cat. J/A+A/615/A49). We then used members with spectroscopic parameters to derive statistical properties of open clusters.We obtained a list of 8811 members with spectroscopic parameters and a catalog of 295 cluster properties. In addition, we study the radial and vertical metallicity gradient and age-metallicity relation with the compiled open clusters as tracers, finding slopes of -0.053+/-0.004dex/kpc, -0.252+/-0.039dex/kpc and 0.022+/-0.008dex/Gyr, respectively. Both slopes of metallicity distribution relation for young clusters (0.1Gyr<Age<2Gyr) and the age-metallicity relation for clusters within 6Gyr are consistent with literature results. In order to fully study the chemical evolution history in the disk, more spectroscopic observations for old and distant open clusters are needed for further investigation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/655/A23
- Title:
- Open cluster red clump stars Lithium abundances
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/655/A23
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It has recently been suggested that all giant stars with masses below 2M_{sun}_ suffer an episode of surface lithium enrichment between the tip of the red giant branch (RGB) and the red clump (RC). We test if the above result can be confirmed in a sample of RC and RGB stars that are members of open clusters. We discuss Li abundances in six open clusters with ages between 1.5 and 4.9Gyr (turn-off masses between 1.1 and 1.7M_{sun}_). We compare these observations with the predictions of different models that include rotation-induced mixing, thermohaline instability, mixing induced by the first He flash, and energy losses by neutrino magnetic moment. In six clusters, we find close to 35% of RC stars have Li abundances that are similar or higher than those of upper RGB stars. This can be a sign of fresh Li production. Because of the extra-mixing episode connected to the luminosity bump, the expectation has been for RC stars to have systematically lower surface Li abundances. However, we cannot confirm that this possible Li production is ubiquitous. For about 65% of RC giants, we can only determine upper limits in abundances that could be hiding very low Li content. Our results indicate the possibility that Li is being produced in the RC, at levels that would not typically permit the classification of these the stars as Li rich. The determination of their carbon isotopic ratio would help to confirm that the RC giants have suffered extra mixing followed by subsequent Li enrichment. The Li abundances of the RC stars can be qualitatively explained by the models by using an additional mixing episode close to the He flash.
