- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/122/35
- Title:
- Symbiotic stars on Asiago archive plates
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/122/35
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Asiago photographic archive has been searched for plates containing the symbiotic stars AS 210, AS 327, AX Per, BF Cyg, CI Cyg, DT Ser, EG And, GH Gem, Hen 2-442, Hen 3-1591, HM Sge, MaC 1-17, NSV 11776, Pe 2-16, Pt 1, PU Vul, RS Oph, T CrB, UV Aur, V1016 Cyg, V1329 Cyg, V352 Aql, V4018 Sgr, Wray 15-1470, and Z And. A total of 1617 good-quality plates imaging the program stars have been found and their brightness has been estimated using the Henden & Munari (2000, Cat. <J/A+AS/143/343>, 2001, Cat. <J/A+A/372/145>, 2006, Cat. <J/A+A/458/339>, 2008, Cat. <J/BaltA/17/293>) UBVRcIc local photometric sequences. The results for the objects with most abundant measurements are discussed.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/432/3186
- Title:
- Symbiotic stars towards the Galactic bulge
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/432/3186
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Symbiotic stars are interacting binaries with the longest orbital periods, and their multicomponent structure makes them rich astrophysical laboratories. The accretion of a high-mass-loss-rate red giant wind on to a white dwarf (WD) makes them promising Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) progenitors. Systematic surveys for new Galactic symbiotic stars are critical to identify new promising SN Ia progenitors (e.g. RS Oph) and to better estimate the total population size to compare against SN Ia rates. Central to the latter objective is building a complete census of symbiotic stars towards the Galactic bulge. Here we report on the results of a systematic survey of H{alpha} emission-line stars covering 35 deg^2^. It is distinguished by the combination of deep optical spectroscopy and long-term light curves that improve the certainty of our classifications. A total of 20 bona fide symbiotic stars are found (13 S-types, 6 D-types and 1 D'-type), 35 per cent of which show the symbiotic specific Raman-scattered Ovi emission bands, as well as 15 possible symbiotic stars that require further study (six S-types and nine D-types). Light curves show a diverse range of variability including stellar pulsations (semi-regular and Mira), orbital variations and slow changes due to dust. Orbital periods are determined for five S-types and Mira pulsation periods for three D-types. The most significant D-type found is H1-45 and its carbon Mira with a pulsation period of 408.6d, corresponding to an estimated period-luminosity relation distance of ~6.2+/-1.4kpc and M_K_=-8.06+/-0.12mag. If H1-45 belongs to the Galactic bulge, then it would be the first bona fide luminous carbon star to be identified in the Galactic bulge population. The lack of luminous carbon stars in the bulge is a longstanding unsolved problem. A possible explanation for H1-45 may be that the carbon enhancement was accreted from the progenitor of the WD companion. A wide variety of unusual emission-line stars were also identified. These include central stars of planetary nebulae (PNe) [one (WC10-11) Wolf-Rayet and five with high-density cores], two novae, two WN6 Wolf-Rayet stars, two possible Be stars, a B[e] star with a bipolar outflow, an ultracompact HII region and a dMe flare star. Dust obscuration events were found in two central stars of PNe, increasing the known cases to five, as well as one WN6 star. There is considerable scope to uncover several more symbiotic stars towards the bulge, many of which are currently misclassified as PNe, provided that deep spectroscopy is combined with optical and near-infrared light curves.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/143/343
- Title:
- Symbiotic stars UBV(RI)c photometry
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/143/343
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present accurate UBV(RI)_C_ photometric sequences around 20 symbiotic stars. The sequences extend over wide brightness and color ranges, and are suited to cover quiescence as well as outburst phases. The sequences are intended to assist both present time photometry as well as measurement of photographic plates from historical archives.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/372/145
- Title:
- Symbiotic stars UBV(RI)c photometry. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/372/145
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present accurate UBV(RI)_C_ photometric sequences for an additional 20 symbiotic stars. As for the 20 targets of Paper I (Henden et al., 2000, Cat. <J/A+AS/143/343>), the sequences extend over wide brightness and color ranges, and are suited to cover both quiescence and outburst phases. The sequences are intended to assist both present time photometry as well as measurement of photographic plates from historical archives.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/458/339
- Title:
- Symbiotic stars UBV(RI)c photometry. III.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/458/339
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present accurate UBV(RI)_C_ photometric sequences and astrometric positions for a final set of 41 symbiotic stars. In a similar manner to the 40 targets of Papers I and II, these sequences extend over wide brightness and color ranges and are suited to covering both quiescence and outburst phases. They are intended to assist both the CCD photometric monitoring of current variability and exploitation of old photographic plates from historical archives.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/240/21
- Title:
- Symbiotic stars with 2MASS, WISE & Gaia data
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/240/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new census of Galactic and extragalactic symbiotic stars (SySts). This compilation contains 323 known and 87 candidate SySts. Of the confirmed SySts, 257 are Galactic and 66 extragalactic. The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 348 sources have been constructed using 2MASS and AllWISE data. Regarding the Galactic SySts, 74% are S types, 13% D, and 3.5% D'. S types show an SED peak between 0.8 and 1.7{mu}m, whereas D types show a peak at longer wavelengths between 2 and 4{mu}m. D' types, on the other hand, display a nearly flat profile. Gaia distances and effective temperatures are also presented. According to their Gaia distances, S types are found to be members of both thin and thick Galactic disk populations, while S+IR and D types are mainly thin disk sources. Gaia temperatures show a reasonable agreement with the temperatures derived from SEDs within their uncertainties. A new census of the OVI{lambda}6830 Raman-scattered line in SySts is also presented. From a sample of 298 SySts with available optical spectra, 55% are found to emit the line. No significant preference is found among the different types. The report of the OVI{lambda}6830 Raman-scattered line in non-SySts is also discussed as well as the correlation between the Raman-scattered OVI line and X-ray emission. We conclude that the presence of the OVI Raman-scattered line still provides a strong criterion for identifying a source as a SySt.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/596/A49
- Title:
- Synthetic GALEX photometry for IUE sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/596/A49
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) has produced the largest photometric catalogue of ultraviolet (UV) sources. As such, it has defined the new standard bands for UV photometry: the near UV band (NUV) and the far UV band (FUV). However, due to brightness limits, the GALEX mission has avoided the Galactic plane which is crucial for astrophysical research and future space missions. The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite obtained 63,755 spectra in the low dispersion mode ({lambda}/{delta}{lambda}~300) during its 18-year lifetime. We have derived the photometry in the GALEX bands for the stellar sources in the IUE Archive to extend the GALEX database with observations including the Galactic plane. Good quality spectra have been selected for the IUE classes of stellar sources. The GALEX FUV and NUV magnitudes have been computed using the GALEX transmission curves, as well as the conversion equations between flux and magnitudes provided by the mission (galexgi.gsfc.nasa.gov). Consistency between GALEX and IUE synthetic photometries has been tested using White Dwarfs (WD) contained in both samples. The non-linear response performance of GALEX inferred from this data agrees with the results from GALEX calibration. The photometric database is made available to the community through the services of the Centre de Donnees Stellaires at Strasbourg (CDS). The catalogue contains FUV magnitudes for 1628 sources, ranging from FUV=1.81 to FUV=18.65mag. In the NUV band, the catalogue includes observations for 999 stars ranging from NUV=3.34 to NUV=17.74mag. UV photometry for 1490 sources not included in the GALEX AIS GR5 catalogue is provided; most of them are hot (O-A spectral type) stars. The sources in the catalogue are distributed over the full sky, including the Galactic plane.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/841/15
- Title:
- Synthetic JWST/MIRI fluxes and magnitudes
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/841/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will revolutionize our understanding of infrared stellar populations in the Local Volume. Using the rich Spitzer-IRS spectroscopic data set and spectral classifications from the Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution (SAGE)-Spectroscopic survey of more than 1000 objects in the Magellanic Clouds, the Grid of Red Supergiant and Asymptotic Giant Branch Star Model (GRAMS; Sargent+ 2011ApJ...728...93S and Srinivasan+ 2011, J/A+A/532/A54), and the grid of YSO models by Robitaille+ (2006ApJS..167..256R), we calculate the expected flux densities and colors in the MIRI broadband filters for prominent infrared stellar populations. We use these fluxes to explore the JWST/MIRI colors and magnitudes for composite stellar population studies of Local Volume galaxies. MIRI color classification schemes are presented; these diagrams provide a powerful means of identifying young stellar objects, evolved stars, and extragalactic background galaxies in Local Volume galaxies with a high degree of confidence. Finally, we examine which filter combinations are best for selecting populations of sources based on their JWST colors.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/633/A9
- Title:
- Synthetic photometry as a function of redshift
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/633/A9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the spectral properties of proto-GCs that would host a supermassive star (SMS). Our main goal is to quantify how such a star would affect the integrated light of the cluster, and to study the detectability of such objects. We computed nonlocal thermal equilibrium atmosphere models for SMS with various combinations of stellar parameters (luminosity, effective temperature, and mass) and metallicities appropriate for GCs, and we predict their emergent spectra. Using these spectra, we calculated the total emission of young proto-GCs with SMS as predicted in a previously reported scenario, and we computed synthetic photometry in UV, optical, and near-IR bands, in particular for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). At an effective temperature of 10000K, the spectrum of SMSs shows a Balmer break in emission. This feature is due to strong nonlocal thermal equilibrium effects (implied by the high luminosity) and is not observed in "normal" stars. The hydrogen lines also show a peculiar behavior, with Balmer lines in emission while higher series lines are in absorption. At 7000 K, the Balmer break shows a strong absorption. At high effective temperatures, the Lyman break is found in emission. Cool and luminous SMSs are found to dominate the integrated spectrum of the cluster, except for the UV range. The predicted magnitudes of these proto-GCs are mag_AB_~28-30 between 0.7 and 8um and for redshifts z~4-10, which is detectable with the JWST. The peculiar observational features of cool SMSs imply that they might in principle be detected in color-color diagrams that probe the spectral energy distribution below and above the Balmer break.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/717/257
- Title:
- Synthetic spectra of dark stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/717/257
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The first stars in the history of the Universe are likely to form in the dense central regions of {sim.to}10^5^-10^6^ M_{sun}_ cold dark matter halos at z{approx}10--50. The annihilation of dark matter particles in these environments may lead to the formation of so-called dark stars, which are predicted to be cooler, larger, more massive and potentially more long-lived than conventional population III stars. Here, we investigate the prospects of detecting high-redshift dark stars with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We find that all dark stars with masses up to 10^3^ M_{sun}_ are intrinsically too faint to be detected by JWST at z above 6. However, by exploiting foreground galaxy clusters as gravitational telescopes, certain varieties of cool (T_eff_<=30000K) dark stars should be within reach at redshifts up to z{approx}10. If the lifetimes of dark stars are sufficiently long, many such objects may also congregate inside the first galaxies. We demonstrate that this could give rise to peculiar features in the integrated spectra of galaxies at high redshifts, provided that dark stars make up at least {sim.to}1% of the total stellar mass in such objects.