- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/175/128
- Title:
- H{alpha} emitting galaxies in COSMOS-2 field
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/175/128
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To derive a new H{alpha} luminosity function and to understand the clustering properties of star-forming galaxies at z~0.24, we have made a narrowband imaging survey for H{alpha}-emitting galaxies in the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) COSMOS 2 square degree field. We used the narrowband filter NB816 ({lambda}_c_=8150{AA}, {Delta}{lambda}=120{AA}) and sampled H{alpha} emitters with EW_obs_(H{alpha}+[NII])>12{AA} in a redshift range between z=0.233 and 0.251 corresponding to a depth of 70Mpc. We obtained 980 H{alpha}-emitting galaxies in a sky area of 5540arcmin^2^, corresponding to a survey volume of 3.1x10^4^Mpc^3^.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/549/820
- Title:
- H{alpha} flux of ACCG 114 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/549/820
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a wide-field survey for H{alpha}-emitting galaxies in the cluster AC 114 at z=0.32. Spectra centered on H{alpha} at the cluster redshift have been obtained for 586 galaxies to I_tot_~22 out to a radius of ~h_50_^-1^Mpc. At most, only ~10% of these were found to be H{alpha}-emitting cluster members. These objects are predominantly blue and of late-type spiral morphology, consistent with them hosting star formation. However, ~65% of the cluster members classified morphologically as spirals (with HST) have no detectable H{alpha} emission; star formation and morphological evolution in cluster galaxies appear to be largely decoupled. Changes in the H{alpha} detection rate and the strength of H{alpha} emission with environment (as traced by local galaxy density) are found to be weak within the region studied. Star formation within the cluster members is also found to be strongly and uniformly suppressed with the rates inferred from the H{alpha} emission not exceeding 4M_{sun}_/yr, and AC 114's H{alpha} luminosity function being an order of magnitude below that observed for field galaxies at the same redshift. None of the galaxies detected have the high star formation rates associated with "starburst" galaxies; however, this may still be reconcilable with the known (8%+/-3%) fraction of "post-starburst" galaxies within AC 114, given the poorly determined but short lifetimes of starbursts and the possibility that much of the associated star formation is obscured by dust.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/384/383
- Title:
- H{alpha} galaxies in Abell 1367 and Coma
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/384/383
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a deep wide field H{alpha} imaging survey of the central regions of the two nearby clusters of galaxies Coma and Abell 1367, taken with the WFC at the Prime Focus at the NT 2.5m telescope located at Observatorio de El Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma), on April 26th and 28th 2000. We determine for the first time the Schechter parameters of the H{alpha} luminosity function (LF) of cluster galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/234/16
- Title:
- H{alpha} & H{beta} spectral regions of low-z QSOs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/234/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the quasars with z_em_<0.9 from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, we measure the spectral characteristics, including continuum and emission lines, around the H{beta} and H{alpha} spectral regions, which are lacking in Quasar Data Release 12 (DR12Q). We estimate the virial black hole mass from broad H{alpha} and/or H{beta}, and infer quasar redshifts from [OIII]{lambda}5007 emission lines. All the measurements and derived quantities are publicly available. A comparison between [OIII]{lambda}5007 redshifts and the visual inspection redshifts included in DR12Q indicates that the visual inspection redshifts are robust. We find that the full widths at half maximum of the broad H{alpha} are consistent with those of the broad H{beta}, while both the equivalent widths and line luminosities of the broad H{alpha} are obviously larger than the corresponding quantities of the broad H{beta}. We also find that there is an obviously systematic offset between the H{beta} and H{alpha} based mass if they are inferred from the empirical relationships in the literature. Using our large quasar sample, we have improved the H{beta} and H{alpha} based mass estimators by minimizing the difference between the H{beta}- and H{alpha}-based masses. For the black hole mass estimator (Equation (1)), we find that the coefficients (a,b)=(7.00,0.50) for H{alpha} and (a,b)=(6.96,0.50) for H{beta} are the best choices.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/546/A77
- Title:
- H{alpha} images of HD93521
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/546/A77
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Owing to its unusual location and its isolation, the nature of the high Galactic latitude O9.5 Vp object HD 93521 is still uncertain. We have collected X-ray and optical observations to characterize the star and its surroundings.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/659/A46
- Title:
- Halpha images of 6 lenticular galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/659/A46
- Date:
- 04 Mar 2022 00:51:50
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As part of the Virgo Cluster Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission, a blind narrow-band H{alpha}+[NII] imaging survey of the Virgo cluster carried out with MegaCam at the CFHT, we discovered eight massive (10^10^<~M_star_<~10^11^M_{sun}_) lenticular galaxies with prominent ionised gas emission features in their inner (a few kiloparsec) regions. These features are either ionised gas filaments similar to those observed in cooling flows (two galaxies), or they are thin discs with sizes 0.7<~R(H{alpha})<~2.0kpc (six galaxies), thus significantly smaller than those of the stellar disc (R(H{alpha})~=7-22%R_iso_(r)). The morphological properties of these discs are similar to those of the dust seen in absorption in high-resolution HST images. Using a unique set of multifrequency data, including new or archival ASTROSAT/UVIT, GALEX, HST, CFHT, Spitzer, and Herschel imaging data, combined with IFU (MUSE, ALMA) and long-slit (SOAR) spectroscopy, we show that while the gas that is located within these inner discs is photoionised by young stars, which signals ongoing star formation, the gas in the filamentary structures is shock ionised. The star formation surface brightness of these discs is similar to that observed in late-type galaxies. Because of their reduced size, however, these lenticular galaxies are located below the main sequence of unperturbed or cluster star-forming systems. By comparing the dust masses measured from absorption maps in optical images, from the Balmer decrement, or estimated by fitting the UV-to-far-IR spectral energy distribution of the target galaxies, we confirm that the dust masses derived from optical attenuation maps are heavily underestimated because of geometrical effects due to the relative distribution of the absorbing dust and the emitting stars. We also show that these galaxies have gas-to-dust ratios of G/D=~80_30_^320^, and that the star formation within these discs follows the Schmidt relation, but with an efficiency that is reduced by a factor of ~2.5. Using our unique set of multifrequency data, we discuss the possible origin of the ionised gas in these objects, which suggests multiple and complex formation scenarios for massive lenticular galaxies in clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/587/A135
- Title:
- Halpha images of NGC 6334 and NGC 6357
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/587/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze the Halpha emission of the star-forming region NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 with the aim to precise/determine the nature of the HII regions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/644/A38
- Title:
- Halpha images of stellar bars in galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/644/A38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stellar bars are known to gradually funnel gas to the central parts of disk galaxies. It remains a matter of debate why the distribution of ionized gas along bars and in the circumnuclear regions varies among galaxies. Our goal is to investigate the spatial distribution of star formation (SF) within bars of nearby low-inclination disk galaxies (i<65deg) from the S4G survey. We aim to link the loci of SF to global properties of the hosts (morphological type, stellar mass, gas fraction, and bar-induced gravitational torques), providing constraints for the conditions that regulate SF in bars. We use archival GALEX far- and near-UV imaging for 772 barred galaxies, and for a control sample of 423 non-barred galaxies. We also assemble a compilation of continuum-subtracted H{alpha} images for 433 barred galaxies, 70 of which we produced from ancillary photometry and MUSE and CALIFA integral field unit data cubes. We employ two complementary approaches: i) the analysis of bar (2D) and disk (1D) stacks built from co-added UV images (oriented and scaled with respect to the stellar bars and the extent of disks) of hundreds of galaxies that are binned based on their Hubble stage (T) and bar family; and ii) the visual classification of the morphology of ionized regions (traced from H{alpha} and UV data) in individual galaxies into three main SF classes: A) only circumnuclear SF; B) SF at the bar ends, but not along the bar; and C) SF along the bar. Barred galaxies with active and passive inner rings are likewise classified. Massive, gas-poor, lenticular galaxies typically belong to SF class A; this is probably related to bar-induced quenching of SF in the disk. The distribution of SF class B peaks for early- and intermediate-type spirals; this most likely results from the interplay of gas flow, shocks, and enhanced shear in massive centrally concentrated galaxies with large bar amplitudes (the latter is supported by the lack of a dip in the radial distribution of SF in non-barred galaxies). Late-type gas-rich galaxies with high gravitational torques are mainly assigned to SF class C; we argue that this is a consequence of low shear among the faintest galaxies. In bar stacks of spiral galaxies the UV emission traces the stellar bars and dominates on their leading side, as witnessed in simulations. Among early-type spirals the central UV emission is ~0.5mag brighter in strongly barred galaxies, relative to their weakly barred counterparts; this is probably related to the efficiency of strong bars sweeping the disk gas and triggering central starbursts. On the contrary, in later types the UV emission is stronger at all radii in strongly barred galaxies than in weakly barred and non-barred ones. We also show that the distributions of SF in inner-ringed galaxies are broadly the same in barred and non-barred galaxies, including a UV and H{alpha) deficit in the middle part of the bar; this hints at the effect of resonance rings trapping gas that is no longer funneled inwards. Distinct distributions of SF within bars are reported in galaxies of different morphological types. Star-forming bars are most common among late-type gas-rich galaxies. Bars are important agents in the regulation of SF in disks.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/579/A102
- Title:
- H{alpha} imaging of Herschel Reference Survey
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/579/A102
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new H{alpha}+[NII] imaging data of late-type galaxies in the Herschel Reference Sample aimed at studying the star formation properties of a K-band-selected, volume-limited sample of nearby galaxies. The H{alpha}+[NII] data are corrected for [NII] contamination and dust attenuation using different recipes based on the Balmer decrement and the 24um luminosities. We show that the H{alpha} luminosities derived with different corrections give consistent results only whenever the the uncertainty on the estimate of the Balmer decrement is [C(H{beta})]<=0.1. We use these data to derive the star formation rate of the late-type galaxies of the sample, and compare these estimates to those determined using independent monochromatic tracers (FUV, radio continuum) or the output of spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting codes. This comparison suggests that the 24um based dust extinction correction for the H{alpha} data might be non universal, and that it should be used with caution in all objects with a low star formation activity, where dust heating can be dominated by the old stellar population. Furthermore, because of the sudden truncation of the star formation activity of cluster galaxies occurring after their interaction with the surrounding environment, the stationarity conditions required to transform monochromatic fluxes into star formation rates might not always be satisfied in tracers other than the H{alpha} luminosity. In a similar way, the parametrisation of the star formation history generally used in SED fitting codes might not be adequate for these recently interacting systems. We then use the derived star formation rates to study the SFR luminosity distribution and the typical scaling relations of the late-type galaxies of the HRS. We observe a systematic decrease of the specific star formation rate with increasing stellar mass, stellar mass surface density, and metallicity. We also observe an increase of the asymmetry and smoothness parameters measured in the H{alpha}-band with increasing SSFR, probably induced by an increase of the contribution of giant HII regions to the H{alpha} luminosity function in star-forming low-luminosity galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/128/2170
- Title:
- H{alpha} imaging of irregular galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/128/2170
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of H{alpha} imaging of a large sample of irregular galaxies. Our sample includes 94 galaxies with morphological classifications of Im, 26 blue compact dwarfs (BCDs), and 20 Sm systems. The sample spans a large range in galactic parameters, including integrated absolute magnitude (M_V_ of -9 to -19), average surface brightness (20-27mag/arcsec^2^), current star formation activity (0-1.3M_{Sun}_/yr/kpc^2^), and relative gas content (0.02-5M_{Sun}_/LB). The H{alpha} images were used to measure the integrated star formation rates, determine the extents of star formation in the disks, and compare azimuthally averaged radial profiles of current star formation to older starlight.
