- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/287/769
- Title:
- UV photometry of NGC 6397
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/287/769
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The core of the nearby and very concentrated globular cluster NGC 6397 has been imaged through the f/96-F140W, f/48-F140W, f/96-F210M and f/48-F220W ultraviolet filters of the Faint Object Camera on board the Hubble Space Telescope down to an ultraviolet limiting magnitude of ~19. The most interesting objects in the field of view are six very bright centrally concentrated, blue stragglers observed for the first time in the UV. Using these and other data from ground-based observations, we have been able to deduce from a comparison with Kurucz's atmosphere models, temperatures of ~10000K and masses of ~1.6M_{sun}_ for the four brightest ones, which is remarkably close to twice the turn-off mass of NGC 6397. This finding supports the idea that two-star mechanisms (collisions, mergers) are at the origin of the blue stragglers in the core of NGC 6397. Since the central density is very high, collisions between main sequence stars are frequent, therefore providing the best formation mechanism. We have computed the number of such collisions in the core of NGC 6397 and found it to be of the same order as the number of bright blue stragglers observed there. Thanks to the HST resolution, we have also been able to resolve one object, previously classified as a yellow straggler, into a blend of a blue straggler and three redder stars.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/121
- Title:
- UV properties of Galactic globulars with GALEX.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/143/121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) data for 44 Galactic globular clusters (GCs) obtained during three GALEX observing cycles between 2004 and 2008. This is the largest homogeneous data set on the UV photometric properties of Galactic GCs ever collected. The sample selection and photometric analysis are discussed, and color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) are presented. The blue and intermediate-blue horizontal branch is the dominant feature of the UV CMDs of old Galactic GCs. Our sample is large enough to display the remarkable variety of horizontal branch shapes found in old stellar populations. Other stellar types that are obviously detected are blue stragglers and post-core-He burning stars. The main features of UV CMDs of Galactic GCs are briefly discussed. We establish the locus of post-core-He burning stars in the UV CMD and present a catalog of candidate asymptotic giant branch (AGB), AGB-manque, post early-AGB, and post-AGB stars within our cluster sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/109/341
- Title:
- UV properties of normal galaxies. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/109/341
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the last decade several satellite and balloon borne experiments have collected a large number of ultraviolet fluxes of normal galaxies measured through apertures of various sizes and shapes. We have homogenized this data set by deriving scale corrections with respect to IUE. In a forthcoming paper, these data will be used to derive standard luminosity profiles and total magnitudes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/114/527
- Title:
- UV properties of normal galaxies. III.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/114/527
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the previous papers of this series (Longo et al. =1991A&AS...90..375L; Rifatto et al. =1995A&AS..109..341R) we collected and reduced to the same system all the available photometric data obtained in the ultraviolet (UV) range for normal (i.e. non active) galaxies. Here we use these data to derive standard UV luminosity profiles for three morphological bins (E/S0; Sa/Sb; Sc/Sd) and extrapolated total magnitudes for almost 400 galaxies. We find that: 1) the UV growth curves are well matched by the B-band revised standard luminosity profiles, once a proper shift in the effective radius is applied, and 2) the UV light in early-type galaxies is more centrally concentrated than the visible light.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/300/303
- Title:
- UV-selected galaxy redshift survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/300/303
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The table contains the first results of a spectroscopic survey of galaxies constructed from a flux-limited sample of stars, galaxies and QSOs imaged at 2000{AA} with the FOCA balloon-borne imaging camera (see Milliard et al., 1992A&A...257...24M) The galaxies were selected in the rest frame ultraviolet (UV), in Selected Area 57. Accurate positions for the UV sources have been obtained by matching with optical counterparts using APM scans of the Palomar Sky Survey limited at B=20.5. The results presented here are derived from optical spectroscopy conducted with the WIYN telescope and the WHT for 142 faint sources. The redshift distribution for this UV- selected sample extends over 0<z<0.5, and a high fraction of the sources show intense nebular emission lines and UV-optical colours bluer than normal Hubble sequence galaxies. Updated results for these galaxies were published later (see Sullivan et al. 2000, Cat. <J/MNRAS/312/442>)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/312/442
- Title:
- UV-selected galaxy redshift survey. II.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/312/442
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present further spectroscopic observations for a sample of galaxies selected in the vacuum ultraviolet (UV) at 2000{AA} from the FOCA balloon-borne imaging camera of Milliard et al. (1992A&A...257...24M). This work represents an extension of the initial study by Treyer et al. (Cat. <J/MNRAS/300/303>). Our enlarged catalogue contains 433 sources (~3 times as many as in our earlier study) across two FOCA fields. 273 of these are galaxies, nearly all with redshifts z~0-0.4. Nebular emission-line measurements are available for 216 galaxies, allowing us to address issues of excitation, reddening and metallicity. The UV and H{alpha} luminosity functions strengthen our earlier assertions that the local volume-averaged star formation rate is higher than indicated from earlier surveys. Moreover, internally within our sample, we do not find a steep rise in the UV luminosity density with redshift over 0<z<0.4. Our data are more consistent with a modest evolutionary trend, as suggested by recent redshift survey results. Investigating the emission-line properties, we find no evidence for a significant number of AGN in our sample; most UV-selected sources to z~0.4 are intense star-forming galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/545/A141
- Title:
- UV selected sources in the GOODS-S field
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/545/A141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Dust attenuation in galaxies is poorly known, especially at high redshift. And yet the amount of dust attenuation is a key parameter to deduce accurate star formation rates from ultraviolet (UV) rest-frame measurements. The wavelength dependence of the dust attenuation is also of fundamental importance to interpret the observed spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and to derive photometric redshifts or physical properties of galaxies. We want to study dust attenuation at UV wavelengths at high redshift, where the UV is redshifted to the observed visible light wavelength range. In particular, we search for a UV bump and related implications for dust attenuation determinations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/139/1338
- Title:
- UV-selected stars in Tau and Upper Sco
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/139/1338
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have carried out a Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Cycle 1 guest investigator program covering 56deg^2^ near the Taurus T association and 12deg^2^ along the northern edge of the Upper Scorpius OB association. We combined photometry in the GALEX far-ultraviolet and near-ultraviolet bands with data from the Two Micron All Sky Survey to identify candidate young (<~100Myr old) stars as those with an ultraviolet excess relative to older main-sequence stars. Follow-up spectroscopy of a partial sample of these candidates suggests five new members of Taurus, with 8-20 expected from additional observations, and five new members of Upper Scorpius, with three to six expected from additional observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/770/137
- Title:
- UV star clusters in 4 elliptical galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/770/137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Small amounts of star formation in elliptical galaxies are suggested by several results: surprisingly young ages from optical line indices, cooling X-ray gas, and mid-infrared dust emission. Such star formation has previously been difficult to directly detect, but using ultraviolet Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 imaging, we have identified individual young stars and star clusters in four nearby ellipticals. Ongoing star formation is detected in all galaxies, including three ellipticals that have previously exhibited potential signposts of star-forming conditions (NGC 4636, NGC 4697, and NGC 4374), as well as the typical "red and dead" NGC 3379. The current star formation in our closest targets, where we are most complete, is between 2.0 and 9.8x10^-5^M_{sun}_/yr. The star formation history was roughly constant from 0.5 to 1.5 Gyr (at (3-5)x10^-4^M_{sun}_/yr), but decreased by a factor of several in the past 0.3Gyr. Most star clusters have a mass between 10^2^ and 10^4^M_{sun}_. The specific star formation rates of ~10^-16^/yr (at the present day) or ~10^-14^/yr (when averaging over the past Gyr) imply that a fraction 10^-8^ of the stellar mass is younger than 100Myr and 10^-5^ is younger than 1Gyr, quantifying the level of frosting of recent star formation over the otherwise passive stellar population. There is no obvious correlation between either the presence or spatial distribution of postulated star formation indicators and the star formation we detect.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/731/28
- Title:
- UV star-forming association in spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/731/28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate recent star formation in the extended ultraviolet (XUV) disks of five nearby galaxies (NGC 0628, NGC 2090, NGC 2841, NGC 3621, and NGC 5055) using a long wavelength baseline comprised of ultraviolet and mid-infrared imaging from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera. We identify 229 unresolved stellar complexes across targeted portions of their XUV disks and utilize spectral energy distribution fitting to measure their stellar ages and masses through comparison with Starburst99 population synthesis models of instantaneous burst populations. We find that the median age of outer-disk associations in our sample is ~100Myr with a large dispersion that spans the entire range of our models (1Myr to 1Gyr). This relatively evolved state for most associations addresses the observed dearth of H{alpha} emission in some outer disks, as H{alpha} can only be observed in star-forming regions younger than ~10Myr. The large age dispersion is robust against variations in extinction (in the range E(B-V)=0-0.3mag) and variations in the upper end of the stellar initial mass function (IMF). In particular, we demonstrate that the age dispersion is insensitive to steepening of the IMF, up to extreme slopes.
