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611. Candidate globular clusters in NGC 1316
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/750/140
Title:
Candidate globular clusters in NGC 1316
Short Name:
J/ApJ/750/140
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We study mass functions of globular clusters derived from Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys images of the early-type merger remnant galaxy NGC 1316, which hosts a significant population of metal-rich globular clusters of intermediate age (~3Gyr). For the old, metal-poor ("blue") clusters, the peak mass of the mass function M_p_ increases with internal half-mass density {rho}_h_ as M_p_{prop.to}{rho}_h_^0.44^, whereas it stays approximately constant with galactocentric distance R_gal_. The mass functions of these clusters are consistent with a simple scenario in which they formed with a Schechter initial mass function and evolved subsequently by internal two-body relaxation. For the intermediate-age population of metal-rich ("red") clusters, the faint end of the previously reported power-law luminosity function of the clusters with R_gal_>9kpc is due to many of those clusters having radii larger than the theoretical maximum value imposed by the tidal field of NGC 1316 at their R_gal_. This renders disruption by two-body relaxation ineffective. Only a few such diffuse clusters are found in the inner regions of NGC 1316. Completeness tests indicate that this is a physical effect. Using comparisons with star clusters in other galaxies and cluster disruption calculations using published models, we hypothesize that most red clusters in the low-{rho}_h_ tail of the initial distribution have already been destroyed in the inner regions of NGC 1316 by tidal shocking, and that several remaining low-{rho}_h_ clusters will evolve dynamically to become similar to "faint fuzzies" that exist in several lenticular galaxies. Finally, we discuss the nature of diffuse red clusters in early-type galaxies.
612. Candidate halo dark matter
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/Sci/292.698
Title:
Candidate halo dark matter
Short Name:
J/other/Sci/292.
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The Milky Way galaxy contains a large, spherical component which is believed to harbor a substantial amount of unseen matter. Recent observations indirectly suggest that as much as half of this "dark matter" may be in the form of old, very cool white dwarfs, the remnants of an ancient population of stars as old as the galaxy itself. We conducted a survey to find faint, cool white dwarfs with large space velocities, indicative of their membership in the galaxy's spherical halo component. The survey reveals a substantial, directly observed population of old white dwarfs, too faint to be seen in previous surveys. This newly discovered population accounts for at least 2 percent of the halo dark matter. It provides a natural explanation for the indirect observations, and represents a direct detection of galactic halo dark matter.
613. Candidate Halpha sources in GBS
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/466/163
Title:
Candidate Halpha sources in GBS
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/466/163
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalogue of candidate Halpha emission and absorption line sources and blue objects in the Galactic Bulge Survey (GBS) region. We use a point source catalogue of the GBS fields (two strips of (lxb)=(6{deg}x1{deg}) centred at b=1.5{deg} above and below the Galactic centre), covering the magnitude range 16>=r'>=22.5. We utilize (r'-i', r'-Halpha) colour-colour diagrams to select Halpha emission and absorption line candidates, and also identify blue objects (compared to field stars) using the r'-i' colour index. We identify 1337 Halpha emission line candidates and 336 Halpha absorption line candidates. These catalogues likely contain a plethora of sources, ranging from active (binary) stars, early-type emission line objects, cataclysmic variables (CVs) and low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) to background active galactic nuclei (AGN). The 389 blue objects we identify are likely systems containing a compact object, such as CVs, planetary nebulae and LMXBs. Hot subluminous dwarfs (sdO/B stars) are also expected to be found as blue outliers. Crossmatching our outliers with the GBS X-ray catalogue yields sixteen sources, including seven (magnetic) CVs and one qLMXB candidate among the emission line candidates, and one background AGN for the absorption line candidates. One of the blue outliers is a high state AM CVn system. Spectroscopic observations combined with the multi-wavelength coverage of this area, including X-ray, ultraviolet and (time-resolved) optical and infrared observations, can be used to further constrain the nature of individual sources.
614. Candidate IR variables from SAGE-SMC survey
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/149/78
Title:
Candidate IR variables from SAGE-SMC survey
Short Name:
J/AJ/149/78
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present our study on the infrared variability of point sources in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We use the data from the Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy Program "Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Tidally Stripped, Low Metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud" (SAGE-SMC) and the "Spitzer Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud" (S^3^MC) survey, over three different epochs, separated by several months to 3 years. Variability in the thermal infrared is identified using a combination of Spitzer's InfraRed Array Camera 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0{mu}m bands, and the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer 24{mu}m band. An error-weighted flux difference between each pair of three epochs ("variability index") is used to assess the variability of each source. A visual source inspection is used to validate the photometry and image quality. Out of ~2 million sources in the SAGE-SMC catalog, 814 meet our variability criteria. We matched the list of variable star candidates to the catalogs of SMC sources classified with other methods, available in the literature. Carbon-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars make up the majority (61%) of our variable sources, with about a third of all of our sources being classified as extreme AGB stars. We find a small, but significant population of oxygen-rich (O-rich) AGB (8.6%), Red Supergiant (2.8%), and Red Giant Branch (<1%) stars. Other matches to the literature include Cepheid variable stars (8.6%), early type stars (2.8%), Young-stellar objects (5.8%), and background galaxies (1.2%). We found a candidate OH maser star, SSTISAGE1C J005212.88-730852.8, which is a variable O-rich AGB star, and would be the first OH/IR star in the SMC, if confirmed. We measured the infrared variability of a rare RV Tau variable (a post-AGB star) that has recently left the AGB phase. 59 variable stars from our list remain unclassified.
615. Candidate low-mass PMS in 25 Orionis group
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/2959
Title:
Candidate low-mass PMS in 25 Orionis group
Short Name:
J/AJ/131/2959
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The stellar group surrounding the Be (B1Vpe) star 25 Ori was discovered to be a pre-main-sequence (PMS) population by the CIDA Variability Survey of Orion (Cat. J/AJ/129/907) and subsequent spectroscopy. We analyze Sloan Digital Sky Survey multiepoch photometry to map the southern extent of the 25 Ori group and characterize its PMS population. We compare this group to the neighboring Orion OB1a and OB1b subassociations and to active star formation sites (NGC 2068/NGC 2071) within the LDN 1630 dark cloud. We find that the 25 Ori group has a radius of 1.4{deg}, corresponding to 8-11pc at the distances of Orion OB1a and OB1b.
616. Candidate Ly{alpha} emitting galaxies at z~3.8
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/823/11
Title:
Candidate Ly{alpha} emitting galaxies at z~3.8
Short Name:
J/ApJ/823/11
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present new observations of the field containing the z=3.786 protocluster PC 217.96+32.3. We confirm that it is one of the largest known and most overdense high-redshift structures. Such structures are rare even in the largest cosmological simulations. We used the Mayall/MOSAIC1.1 imaging camera to image a 1.2x0.6{deg} area (~150x75 comoving Mpc) surrounding the protocluster's core and discovered 165 candidate Ly{alpha} emitting galaxies (LAEs) and 788 candidate Lyman Break galaxies (LBGs). There are at least two overdense regions traced by the LAEs, the largest of which shows an areal overdensity in its core (i.e., within a radius of 2.5 comoving Mpc) of 14+/-7 relative to the average LAE spatial density (\bar{rho}) in the imaged field. Further, \bar{rho} is twice that derived by other field LAE surveys. Spectroscopy with Keck/DEIMOS yielded redshifts for 164 galaxies (79 LAEs and 85 LBGs); 65 lie at a redshift of 3.785+/-0.010. The velocity dispersion of galaxies near the core is {sigma}=350+/-40km/s, a value robust to selection effects. The overdensities are likely to collapse into systems with present-day masses of >10^15^M_{sun}_ and >6x10^14^M_{sun}_. The low velocity dispersion may suggest a dynamically young protocluster. We find a weak trend between narrow-band (Ly{alpha}) luminosity and environmental density: the Ly{alpha} luminosity is enhanced on average by 1.35x within the protocluster core. There is no evidence that the Ly{alpha} equivalent width depends on environment. These suggest that star formation and/or active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity is enhanced in the higher-density regions of the structure. PC 217.96+32.3 is a Coma cluster analog, witnessed in the process of formation.
617. Candidate members of {beta} Pic / AB Dor groups
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/134
Title:
Candidate members of {beta} Pic / AB Dor groups
Short Name:
J/AJ/143/134
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present moderate resolution (R~3575) optical spectra of 19 known or suspected members of the AB Doradus and {beta} Pictoris Moving Groups, obtained with the DeVeny Spectrograph on the 72inch Perkins telescope at Lowell Observatory. For four of five recently proposed members, signatures of youth such as LiI 6708{AA} absorption and H{alpha} emission further strengthen the case for youth and membership. The lack of detected lithium in the proposed {beta} Pic member TYC 2211-1309-1 implies that it is older than all other K-type members and weakens the case for membership. Effective temperatures are determined via line ratio analyses for the 11 F, G, and early-K stars observed, and via spectral comparisons for the eight late-K and M stars observed. We assemble updated candidate membership lists for these moving groups that account for known binarity. Currently, the AB Dor Moving Group contains 127 proposed members and the {beta} Pic Moving Group holds 77 proposed members. We then use temperature, luminosity, and distance estimates to predict angular diameters for these stars; the motivation is to identify stars that can be spatially resolved with long-baseline optical/infrared interferometers in order to improve age estimates for these groups and to constrain evolutionary models at young ages. Considering the portion of the sky accessible to northern hemisphere facilities (DE>-30), six stars have diameters large enough to be spatially resolved ({theta}>0.4mas) with the CHARA Array, which currently has the world's longest baseline of 331m; this subsample includes the low-mass M2.5 member of AB Dor, GJ 393, which is likely to still be pre-main sequence. For southern hemisphere facilities (DE<+30), 18 stars have diameters larger than this limiting size, including the low-mass debris disk star AU Mic (0.72mas). However, the longest baselines of southern hemisphere interferometers (160m) are only able to resolve the largest of these, the B6 star {alpha} Gru (1.17mas); proposed long-baseline stations may alleviate the current limitations.
618. Candidate Planetary Nebulae in IPHAS catalog
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/504/291
Title:
Candidate Planetary Nebulae in IPHAS catalog
Short Name:
J/A+A/504/291
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have carried out a semi-automated search for planetary nebulae (PNe) in the INT Photometric H-Alpha Survey (IPHAS) catalogue. We present the PN search and the list of selected candidates. We cross correlate the selected candidates with a number of existing infrared galactic surveys in order to gain further insight into the nature of the candidates. Spectroscopy of a subset of objects is used to estimate the number of PNe present in the entire candidate list. The overall aim of the IPHAS PN project is to carry out a deep census of PNe in the northern Galactic plane, an area where PN detections are clearly lacking. The PN search is carried out on the IPHAS photometric catalogues. The candidate selection is based on the IPHAS and 2MASS/UKIDSS colours of the objects and the final candidate selection is made visually.
619. Candidate rotating M dwarfs from PS1-MDS
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/833/281
Title:
Candidate rotating M dwarfs from PS1-MDS
Short Name:
J/ApJ/833/281
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report on an ongoing project to investigate activity in the M dwarf stellar population observed by the Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey (PS1-MDS). Using a custom-built pipeline, we refine an initial sample of ~4 million sources in PS1-MDS to a sample of 184148 candidate cool stars using color cuts. Motivated by the well-known relationship between rotation and stellar activity, we use a multiband periodogram analysis and visual vetting to identify 270 sources that are likely rotating M dwarfs. We derive a new set of polynomials relating M dwarf PS1 colors to fundamental stellar parameters and use them to estimate the masses, distances, effective temperatures, and bolometric luminosities of our sample. We present a catalog containing these values, our measured rotation periods, and cross-matches to other surveys. Our final sample spans periods of <~1-130 days in stars with estimated effective temperatures of ~2700-4000K. Twenty-two of our sources have X-ray cross-matches, and they are found to be relatively X-ray bright as would be expected from selection effects. Our data set provides evidence that Kepler-based searches have not been sensitive to very slowly rotating stars (P_rot_>~70 day), implying that the observed emergence of very slow rotators in studies of low-mass stars may be a systematic effect. We also see a lack of low-amplitude (<2%) variability in objects with intermediate (10-40 day) rotation periods, which, considered in conjunction with other observational results, may be a signpost of a loss of magnetic complexity associated with a phase of rapid spin-down in intermediate-age M dwarfs. This work represents just a first step in exploring stellar variability in data from the PS1-MDS and, in the farther future, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
620. Candidates and members of the Pisces-Eridanus stream
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/77
Title:
Candidates and members of the Pisces-Eridanus stream
Short Name:
J/AJ/158/77
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Pisces-Eridanus (Psc-Eri), a nearby (d~80-226 pc) stellar stream stretching across ~120{deg} of the sky, was recently discovered with Gaia data. The stream was claimed to be ~1 Gyr old, which would make it an exceptional discovery for stellar astrophysics, as star clusters of that age are rare and tend to be distant, limiting their utility as benchmark samples. We test this old age for Psc-Eri in two ways. First, we compare the rotation periods for 101 low-mass members (measured using time-series photometry from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) to those of well-studied open clusters. Second, we identify 34 new high-mass candidate members, including the notable stars {lambda} Tauri (an Algol-type eclipsing binary) and HD 1160 (host to a directly imaged object near the hydrogen-burning limit). We conduct an isochronal analysis of the color-magnitude data for these highest-mass members, again comparing our results to those for open clusters. Both analyses show that the stream has an age consistent with that of the Pleiades, i.e., ~120 Myr. This makes the Psc-Eri stream an exciting source of young benchmarkable stars and, potentially, exoplanets located in a more diffuse environment that is distinct from that of the Pleiades and of other dense star clusters.