- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/439/1015
- Title:
- Velocities of red giants in 7 LG dwarf galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/439/1015
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We measured velocities of 862 individual red giant stars in seven isolated dwarf galaxies in the Local Group: NGC 6822, IC 1613, VV 124 (UGC 4879), the Pegasus dwarf irregular galaxy (DDO 216), Leo A, Cetus, and Aquarius (DDO 210). We also computed velocity dispersions, taking into account the measurement uncertainties on individual stars. None of the isolated galaxies is denser than the densest Local Group satellite galaxy. Furthermore, the isolated dwarf galaxies have no obvious distinction in the velocity dispersion-half-light radius plane from the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and M31. The similarity of the isolated and satellite galaxies' dynamics and structural parameters imposes limitations on environmental solutions to the too-big-to-fail problem, wherein there are fewer dense dwarf satellite galaxies than would be expected from cold dark matter simulations. This data set also has many other applications for dwarf galaxy evolution, including the transformation of dwarf irregular into dwarf spheroidal galaxies. We intend to explore these issues in future work.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/339/423
- Title:
- Velocities of red giants in NGC 752
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/339/423
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results of an 18-year radial-velocity survey of 30 red giants in the field of the open cluster NGC 752 are presented. The membership of 15 stars is confirmed. Four spectroscopic binaries have been discovered among the members and three orbits have been determined for H75, 110 and 208, with periods of 3321, 127 and 5276 days respectively. The binary frequency (27%) is normal. A search for additional members in a wide surrounding area (2{deg}) yielded two possible new members: both are clump red giant candidates. The red giant distribution in the colour-magnitude diagram is somewhat unusual, with a clump containing 8 stars and a second, fainter feature extending to the blue, defined by 3 or 4 stars, which is not accounted for by theoretical isochrones.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/307/80
- Title:
- Velocities of red giants in NGC 2099
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/307/80
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- 474 radial-velocity observations and new UBV photoelectric data for 55 and 20 red giants respectively, in the field of the intermediate-age open cluster NGC 2099 are presented and analysed for membership and duplicity. The membership of 35 red giants has been confirmed, 16 spectroscopic binaries have been discovered and 11 orbits have been determined. The cluster binary-frequency lower limit is slightly above the average (9/35=26%). The radial distribution of the red giants shows a sharp limit between members and non-members. No mass segregation is observed between the binary and single red giants. The latest isochrones from the Geneva and Padova groups reproduce very well the observed morphology in the colour-magnitude diagram for log t=8.65 and z=0.02, with (m-M)=11.50 and E(B-V)=0.29.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/442/1663
- Title:
- Velocities of red giants in the SMC
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/442/1663
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from an extensive spectroscopic survey of field stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). 3037 sources, predominantly first-ascent red giants, spread across roughly 37.5deg^2^, are analysed. The line-of-sight velocity field is dominated by the projection of the orbital motion of the SMC around the Large Magellanic Cloud/Milky Way. The residuals are inconsistent with both a non-rotating spheroid and a nearly face on disc system. The current sample and previous stellar and Hi kinematics can be reconciled by rotating disc models with line-of-nodes position angle {Theta} ~120{deg}-130{deg}, moderate inclination (25{deg}-70{deg}), and rotation curves rising at 20-40km/s/kpc. The metal-poor stars exhibit a lower velocity gradient and higher velocity dispersion than the metal-rich stars. If our interpretation of the velocity patterns as bulk rotation is appropriate, then some revision to simulations of the SMC orbit is required since these are generally tuned to the SMC disc line of nodes lying in a north-east-south-west (SW) direction. Residuals show strong spatial structure indicative of non-circular motions that increase in importance with increasing distance from the SMC centre. Kinematic substructure in the north-west part of our survey area is associated with the tidal tail or Counter-Bridge predicted by simulations. Lower line-of-sight velocities towards the Wing and the larger velocities just beyond the SW end of the SMC Bar are probably associated with stellar components of the Magellanic-Bridge and Counter-Bridge, respectively. Our results reinforce the notion that the intermediate-age stellar population of the SMC is subject to substantial stripping by external forces.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/BSAO/50.5
- Title:
- Velocities of RFGC galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/other/BSAO/50.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A list of radial velocities, HI line widths and peculiar velocities of 1327 galaxies from the RFGC catalogue has been compiled using actual observations and literature data. The list can be used for studying bulk motions of galaxies, construction of the field of peculiar velocities and other tasks.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/254
- Title:
- Velocities of RGB stars in the Leo II dwarf galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/254
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We combine precision radial velocity data from four different published works of the stars in the Leo II dwarf spheroidal galaxy. This yields a data set that spans 19 years, has 14 different epochs of observation, and contains 372 unique red giant branch stars, 196 of which have repeat observations. Using this multi-epoch data set, we constrain the binary fraction for Leo II. We generate a suite of Monte Carlo simulations that test different binary fractions using Bayesian analysis and determine that the binary fraction for Leo II ranges from 0.30_-0.10_^+0.09^ to 0.34_-0.11_^+0.11^, depending on the distributions of binary orbital parameters assumed. This value is smaller than what has been found for the solar neighborhood (~0.4-0.6) but falls within the wide range of values that have been inferred for other dwarf spheroidals (0.14-0.69). The distribution of orbital periods has the greatest impact on the binary fraction results. If the fraction we find in Leo II is present in low-mass ultra-faints, it can artificially inflate the velocity dispersion of those systems and cause them to appear more dark matter rich than in actuality. For a galaxy with an intrinsic dispersion of 1 km/s and an observational sample of 100 stars, the dispersion can be increased by a factor of 1.5-2 for Leo II-like binary fractions or by a factor of three for binary fractions on the higher end of what has been seen in other dwarf spheroidals.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/645/228
- Title:
- Velocities of satellites of external disk galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/645/228
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze the angular distribution and the orbital rotation directions of a sample of carefully selected satellite galaxies about disk galaxy primaries extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We complement this analysis with a theoretical study of these statistics in an N-body simulation of cosmological structure formation set within the {Delta}CDM paradigm under various assumptions for the orientations of disk angular momenta.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/676/1109
- Title:
- Velocities of stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/676/1109
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from 1351 high-resolution spectra of 1215 stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) and the surrounding Orion 1c association, obtained with the Hectochelle multiobject echelle spectrograph on the 6.5m MMT. We confirmed 1111 stars as members, based on their radial velocity and/or H{alpha} emission. The radial velocity distribution of members shows a dispersion of {sigma}=3.1km/s. We found a substantial north-south velocity gradient and spatially coherent structure in the radial velocity distribution, similar to that seen in the molecular gas in the region. We also identified several binary and high velocity stars, a region exhibiting signs of triggered star formation, and a possible foreground population of stars somewhat older than the ONC.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/151/66
- Title:
- Velocities of WOCS 24009 and WOCS 40007 in NGC 6819
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/151/66
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As part of our study of the old (~2.5Gyr) open cluster NGC 6819 in the Kepler field, we present photometric (Kepler and ground-based BVR_C_I_C_) and spectroscopic observations of the detached eclipsing binary WOCS 24009 (Auner 665; KIC5023948) with a short orbital period of 3.6 days. WOCS 24009 is a triple-lined system, and we verify that the brightest star is physically orbiting the eclipsing binary using radial velocities and eclipse timing variations. The eclipsing binary components have masses M_B_=1.090+/-0.010M_{sun}_ and M_C_=1.075+/-0.013M_{sun}_, and radii R_B_=1.099+/-0.006+/-0.005R_{sun}_and R_C_=1.069+/-0.006+/-0.013R_{sun}_. The bright non-eclipsing star resides at the cluster turnoff, and ultimately its mass will directly constrain the turnoff mass: our preliminary determination is M_A_=1.251+/-0.057M_{sun}_. A careful examination of the light curves indicates that the fainter star in the eclipsing binary undergoes a very brief period of total eclipse, which enables us to precisely decompose the light of the three stars and place them in the color-magnitude diagram (CMD). We also present improved analysis of two previously discussed detached eclipsing stars in NGC6819 (WOCS40007 and WOCS23009) en route to a combined determination of the cluster's distance modulus (m-M)_V_=12.38+/-0.04. Because this paper significantly increases the number of measured stars in the cluster, we can better constrain the age of the CMD to be 2.21+/-0.10+/-0.20Gyr. Additionally, using all measured eclipsing binary star masses and radii, we constrain the age to 2.38+/-0.05+/-0.22Gyr. The quoted uncertainties are estimates of measurement and systematic uncertainties (due to model physics differences and metal content), respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/118/231
- Title:
- Velocities & rotation of CP stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/118/231
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As part of a systematic project we have determined radial velocities and projected rotational velocities for a sample of 186 chemically peculiar stars which have been observed by the Hipparcos' satellite. The purpose is to provide necessary data to study the space velocities of peculiar stars.
