- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/635/A152
- Title:
- Tucana dSph galaxy spectroscopic dataset
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/635/A152
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Isolated local group (LG) dwarf galaxies have evolved most or all of their life unaffected by interactions with the large LG spirals and therefore offer the opportunity to learn about the intrinsic characteristics of this class of objects. Our aim is to explore the internal kinematic and metallicity properties of one of the three isolated LG early-type dwarf galaxies, the Tucana dwarf spheroidal. This is an intriguing system, as it has been found in the literature to have an internal rotation of up to 16km/s, a much higher velocity dispersion than dwarf spheroidals of similar luminosity, and a possible exception to the too-big-too-fail problem. We present the results of a new spectroscopic dataset that we procured from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) taken with the FORS2 instrument in the region of the Ca II triplet for 50 candidate red giant branch stars in the direction of the Tucana dwarf spheroidal. These yielded line-of-sight (l.o.s.) velocity and metallicity ([Fe/H]) measurements of 39 effective members that double the number of Tucana's stars with such measurements. In addition, we re-reduce and include in our analysis the other two spectroscopic datasets presented in the literature, the VLT/FORS2 sample by Fraternali et al. (2009A&A...499..121F), and the VLT/FLAMES one from Gregory et al. (2019MNRAS.485.2010G). Across the various datasets analyzed, we consistently measure a l.o.s. systemic velocity of 180+/-1.3km/s and find that a dispersion-only model is moderately favored over models that also account for internal rotation. Our best estimate of the internal l.o.s. velocity dispersion is 6.2_-1.3_^+1.6^km/s, much smaller than the values reported in the literature and in line with similarly luminous dwarf spheroidals; this is consistent with NFW halos of circular velocities <30km/s. Therefore, Tucana does not appear to be an exception to the too-big-to-fail problem, nor does it appear to reside in a dark matter halo much more massive than those of its siblings. As for the metallicity properties, we do not find anything unusual; there are hints of the presence of a metallicity gradient, but more data are needed to pinpoint its presence.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/572/A108
- Title:
- 47 Tuc red giants chemical composition
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/572/A108
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The study of chemical abundance patterns in globular clusters is of key importance to constrain the different candidates for intra-cluster pollution of light elements. We aim at deriving accurate abundances for a large range of elements in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) to add new constraints to the pollution scenarios for this particular cluster, expanding the range of previously derived element abundances. Using tailored 1D LTE atmospheric models together with a combination of equivalent width measurements, LTE, and NLTE synthesis we derive stellar parameters and element abundances from high-resolution, high signal-to-noise spectra of 13 red giant stars near the tip of the RGB. We derive abundances of a total 27 elements (O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Mo, Ru, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Eu, Dy). Departures from LTE were taken into account for Na, Al and Ba. We find a mean [Fe/H]=-0.78+/-0.07 and [alpha/Fe]=0.34+/-0.03 in good agreement with previous studies. The remaining elements show good agreement with the literature, but the inclusion of NLTE for Al has a significant impact on the behaviour of this key element. We confirm the presence of an Na-O anti-correlation in 47 Tucanae found by several other works. Our NLTE analysis of Al shifts the [Al/Fe] to lower values, indicating that this may be overestimated in earlier works. No evidence for an intrinsic variation is found in any of the remaining elements.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/113/22
- Title:
- Tully-Fisher Relation. I.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/113/22
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Observational parameters which can be used for redshift-independent distance determination using the Tully-Fisher (TF) technique are given for 782 spiral galaxies in the fields of 24 clusters or groups. I band photometry for the full sample was either obtained by us or compiled from published literature. Rotational velocities are derived either from 21 cm spectra or optical emission line long-slit spectra, and converted to a homogeneous scale. In addition to presenting the data, a discussion of the various sources of error on TF parameters is introduced, and the criteria for the assignment of membership to each cluster are given.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/621/A110
- Title:
- Two new giant planets around metal-poor stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/621/A110
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Statistical studies of exoplanets have shown that giant planets are more commonly hosted by metal-rich dwarf stars than low-metallicity stars, while no such correlation is evident for lower mass planets. The search for giant planets around metal-poor stars and the estimate of their occurrence f_p_ is an important element in providing support to models of planet formation. We present results from the HARPS-N search for giant planets orbiting metal-poor (-1.0<=[Fe/H]<=-0.5dex) stars in the northern hemisphere, complementing a previous HARPS survey on southern stars in order to update the estimate of f_p_. High-precision HARPS-N observations of 42 metal-poor stars were used to search for planetary signals to be fitted using differential evolution Markov chain Monte Carlo single-Keplerian models. We then joined our detections to the results of the previous HARPS survey on 88 metal-poor stars to provide a preliminary estimate of the two-hemisphere f_p_. We report the detection of two new giant planets around HD 220197 and HD 233832. The first companion has Msini=0.20_-0.04_^+0.07^MJup and an orbital period of 1728_-80_^+162^days, and for the second companion, we find two solutions of equal statistical weight with periods of 2058_-40_^+47^ and 4047_-117_^+91^days and minimum masses of 1.78_-0.06_^+0.08^ and 2.72_-0.23_^+0.23^MJup, respectively. Joining our two detections with the three from the southern survey, we obtain a preliminary and conservative estimate of the global frequency of f_p_=3.84_-1.06_^+2.45^% for giant planets around metal-poor stars. The two new giant planets orbit dwarf stars at the metal-rich end of the HARPS-N metal-poor sample. This corroborates previous results that suggested that giant planet frequency is still a rising function of the host star [Fe/H]. We also note that all detections in the overall sample are giant long-period planets.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/105
- Title:
- Two new stellar associations in vicinity of the Sun
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/105
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work we report the discovery of two new stellar associations in close vicinity of the Sun at roughly 180 and 150pc. These two associations, u-Tau assoc and e-Tau assoc, were detected based on their clustering in a multi-dimensional parameter space including {alpha}, {delta}, {mu}_{alpha}_, {mu}_{delta}_, and \bar{omega} of Gaia. The fitting of pre-main-sequence model isochrones in their color-magnitude diagrams suggests that the two associations are of about 50Myr old and the group members lower than ~0.8M_{sun}_ are at the stage of post-T Tauri.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/627/A43
- Title:
- Two super-Earths orbiting TOI-402
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/627/A43
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is revolutionising the search for planets orbiting bright and nearby stars. In sectors 3 and 4, TESS observed TOI-402 (TIC-120896927), a bright V=9.1 K1 dwarf also known as HD15337, and found two transiting signals with periods of 4.76 and 17.18 days and radii of 1.90 and 2.21R_{Earth}_, respectively. This star was observed prior to the TESS detection as part of the radial-velocity (RV) search for planets using the HARPS spectrometer, and 85 precise RV measurements were obtained before the launch of TESS over a period of 14 years. In this paper, we analyse the HARPS RV measurements in hand to confirm the planetary nature of these two signals. HD15337 happens to present a stellar activity level similar to the Sun, with a magnetic cycle of similar amplitude and RV measurements that are affected by stellar activity. By modelling this stellar activity in the HARPS radial velocities using a linear dependence with the calcium activity index log(R'_HK_), we are able, with a periodogram approach, to confirm the periods and the planetary nature of TOI-402.01 and TOI-402.02. We then derive robust estimates from the HARPS RVs for the orbital parameters of these two planets by modelling stellar activity with a Gaussian process and using the marginalised posterior probability density functions obtained from our analysis of TESS photometry for the orbital period and time of transit. By modelling TESS photometry and the stellar host characteristics, we find that TOI-402.01 and TOI-402.02 have periods of 4.75642+/-0.00021 and 17.1784+/-0.0016 days and radii of 1.70+/-0.06 and 2.52+/-0.11 (precision 3.6 and 4.2%), respectively. By analysing the HARPS RV measurements, we find that those planets are both super-Earths with masses of 7.20+/-0.81 and 8.79+/-1.68 (precision 11.3 and 19.1%), and small eccentricities compatible with zero at 2{sigma}. Although having rather similar masses, the radii of these two planets are very different, putting them on different sides of the radius gap. By studying the temporal evolution under X-ray and UV (XUV) driven atmospheric escape of the TOI-402 planetary system, we confirm, under the given assumptions, that photo-evaporation is a plausible explanation for this radius difference. Those two planets, being in the same system and therefore being in the same irradiation environment are therefore extremely useful for comparative exoplanetology across the evaporation valley and thus bring constraints on the mechanisms responsible for the radius gap.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/358/233
- Title:
- UBIc photometry of ACO2390 early-type galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/358/233
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate a spectroscopic sample of 48 early-type galaxies in the rich cluster Abell 2390 at z=0.23 and 48 early-type galaxies from a previously published survey of Abell 2218 at z=0.18. The spectroscopic data of A2390 are based on multi-object spectroscopy using the multi-object spectrograph for Calar Alto at the 3.5-m telescope on Calar Alto Observatory and are complemented by ground-based imaging using the 5.1-m Hale telescope and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations in the F555W and F814W filters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/352/285
- Title:
- u(bj)r & BV photometry of blue HB stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/352/285
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is the second in a series of papers presenting a new calculation of the mass of the Galaxy based on radial velocities and distances for a sample of faint 16<B<21.3 field blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars. We present accurate BV CCD photometry and spectra for 142 candidate A-type stars selected from ubjr photometry of UK Schmidt telescope plates in six high-Galactic-latitude fields. Classification of these candidates produces a sample of 60 BHB stars at distances of 11-52kpc from the Sun (mean 28kpc), with heliocentric line-of-sight velocities accurate to 15km/s, and distance errors <10 per cent. We provide a summary table listing coordinates and velocities of these stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/30/261
- Title:
- UBV and Radial Velocities of SMC Supergiants
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/30/261
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- From observations at the European Southern Observatory, spectrographic and photometric data are presented for 91 supergiant stars belonging to the Small Magellanic Cloud and its Wing. The data include MK classes for 52 stars, radial velocity data for 51 stars and UBV photometry for 90 stars. In V the limiting magnitude for the spectrographic observations is 13.7 and for the photometric observations 13.9. Whenever possible, radial velocities for interstellar CaII and [OII] have been measured and listed. In Remarks to the Catalogue notes are given for the individual stars concerning the obtained data and comparisons with results of previous investigations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/463/233
- Title:
- UBV and radial velocity light curves of beta Lyr
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/463/233
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Our goals were to analyse 52 photographic and 651 electronic spectra of beta Lyr to obtain additional information about circumstellar matter and to investigate spectrophotometric information for the first time.
