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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/106
- Title:
- Eclipsing binaries RVs from APOGEE spectra
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/158/106
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Spectroscopic eclipsing binaries (SEBs) are fundamental benchmarks in stellar astrophysics and today are observed in breathtaking detail by missions like the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Kepler, and Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE). We develop a methodology for simultaneous analysis of high-precision Kepler light curves and high-resolution near-infrared spectra from APOGEE and present orbital solutions and evolutionary histories for a subset of SEBs within this overlap. Radial velocities extracted from APOGEE spectra using the broadening function (BF) technique are combined with Kepler light curves and to yield binary orbital solutions. The BF approach yields more precise radial velocities than the standard cross-correlation function, which in turn yields more precise orbital parameters and enables the identification of tertiary stars. The orbital periods of these seven SEBs range from 4 to 40 days. Four of the systems (KIC 5285607, KIC 6864859, KIC 6778289, and KIC 4285087) are well-detached binaries. The remaining three systems have apparent tertiary companions, but each exhibit two eclipses along with at least one spectroscopically varying component (KIC 6449358, KIC 6131659, and KIC 6781535). Gaia distances are available for four targets which we use to estimate temperatures of both members of these SEBs. We explore evolutionary histories in H-R diagram space and estimate ages for this subset of our sample. Finally, we consider the implications for the formation pathways of close binary systems via interactions with tertiary companions. Our methodology combined with the era of big data and observation overlap opens up the possibility of discovering and analyzing large numbers of diverse SEBs, including those with high flux ratios and those in triple systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/138/1938
- Title:
- EDD: All Digital HI profile catalog
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/138/1938
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An important component of the Extragalactic Distance Database is a group of catalogs related to the measurement of HI line profile parameters. One of these is the All Digital HI catalog which contains an amalgam of information from new data and old. The new data result from observations with Arecibo and Parkes Telescopes and with the Green Bank Telescope, including continuing input since the award of the NRAO Cosmic Flows Large Program. The old data have been collected from archives, wherever available, particularly the Cornell University Digital HI Archive, the Nancay Telescope extragalactic HI archive, and the Australia Telescope HI archive. The catalog currently contains information on ~15000 profiles relating to ~13000 galaxies. The channel-flux per channel files, from whatever source, is carried through a common pipeline. The derived parameter of greatest interest is W_m50_, the profile width at 50% of the mean flux. After appropriate adjustment, the parameter W_mx_ is derived, the line width that statistically approximates the peak-to-peak maximum rotation velocity before correction for inclination, 2V_max_sini.
364. EFAR Catalog. VII.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/321/277
- Title:
- EFAR Catalog. VII.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/321/277
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present peculiar velocities for 85 clusters of galaxies in two large volumes at distances between 6000 and 15000km/s in the directions of Hercules-Corona Borealis and Perseus-Pisces-Cetus (the EFAR sample). These velocities are based on Fundamental Plane (FP) distance estimates for early-type galaxies in each cluster. We fit the FP using a maximum likelihood algorithm which accounts for both selection effects and measurement errors, and yields FP parameters with smaller bias and variance than other fitting procedures. We obtain a best-fitting FP with coefficients consistent with the best existing determinations. We measure the bulk motions of the sample volumes using the 50 clusters with the best-determined peculiar velocities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/646/A116
- Title:
- EG And Halpha line fluxes and radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/646/A116
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Structure of the wind from the cool giants in symbiotic binaries carries important information for understanding the wind mass transfer to their white dwarf companions, its fuelling, and thus the path to different phases of symbiotic-star evolution. In this paper we indicate a non-spherical distribution of the neutral wind zone around the red giant (RG) in the symbiotic binary star EG And. In particular, its focusing towards the orbital plane and the asymmetry alongside the orbital motion of the RG. We achieved this aim by analysing the periodic orbital variations of fluxes and radial velocities of individual components of the H_alpha and [OIII] lambda 5007 lines observed on our high-cadence medium (R~11000) and high-resolution (R~38000) spectra. The asymmetric shaping of the neutral wind zone at the near-orbital-plane region is indicated by: (i) the asymmetric course of the Halpha core emission fluxes along the orbit, (ii) the presence of their secondary maximum around the orbital phase phi=0.1 possibly caused by the refraction effect, and (iii) the properties of the H_alpha broad wing emission originating by Raman scattering on H^0^ atoms. The wind is substantially compressed from polar directions to the orbital plane as constrained by the location of the [OIII] lambda 5007 line emission zones in the vicinity of the RG at/around its poles. The corresponding mass-loss rate from the polar regions of <~10^-8^M_{sun}_/yr is a factor of >~10 lower than the average rate of ~10^-7^M_{sun}_/yr derived from nebular emission of the ionized wind from the RG, and it is two orders of magnitude lower than that measured in the near-orbital-plane region from Rayleigh scattering. The startling properties of the nebular [OIII] lambda 5007 line in EG And provides an independent indication of the wind focusing towards the orbital plane -- the key to understanding the efficient wind mass transfer in symbiotic binary stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/465/185
- Title:
- Element abundances of 7 stars of NGC 6253
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/465/185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have carried out a big FLAMES survey of 10 Galactic open clusters aiming at different goals. One of them is the determination of chemical abundances, in order to put constraints on the radial metallicity gradient in the disk and its evolution. One of the sample clusters is the very metal rich NGC 6253. We have obtained UVES high resolution spectra of seven candidate clusters members (from the turn off up to the red clump) with the goal of determining the chemical composition of NGC 6253 and to investigate its origin and role in the interpretation of the radial metallicity gradient in the disk.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/367/1329
- Title:
- Elemental abundances for 176 stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/367/1329
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have performed an abundance analysis for F- and G- dwarfs of the Galactic thick-disc component. A sample of 176 nearby (d<=150pc) thick-disc candidate stars was chosen from the Hipparcos catalogue and subjected to a high-resolution spectroscopic analysis. Using accurate radial velocities combined with the Hipparcos astrometry, kinematics (U, V and W) and Galactic orbital parameters were computed. We estimate the probability for a star to belong to the thin disc, the thick disc or the halo. With a probability P>=70 per cent taken as certain membership, we assigned 95 stars to the thick disc, 13 to the thin disc, and 20 to the halo. The remaining 48 stars in the sample cannot be assigned with reasonable certainty to one of the three components. Abundances of C, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, Ba, Ce, Nd and Eu have been obtained.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/1111
- Title:
- Elemental abundances of field red giants
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/1111
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We summarize a selection process to identify red giants in the direction of the southern warp of the Galactic disk, employing VI_C_ photometry and multi-object spectroscopy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/46
- Title:
- Elemental abundances of 416 stars in 5 dSphs of M31
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/46
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present deep spectroscopy from Keck/DEIMOS (DEep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph) of Andromeda I, III, V, VII, and X, all of which are dwarf spheroidal satellites (dSphs) of M31. The sample includes 256 spectroscopic members across all five dSphs. We confirm previous measurements of the velocity dispersions and dynamical masses, and we provide upper limits on bulk rotation. Our measurements confirm that M31 satellites obey the same relation between stellar mass and stellar metallicity as Milky Way (MW) satellites and other dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. The metallicity distributions show trends with stellar mass that are similar to those of MW satellites, including evidence in massive satellites for external influence, like pre-enrichment or gas accretion. We present the first measurements of individual element ratios, like [Si/Fe], in the M31 system, as well as measurements of the average [{alpha}/Fe] ratio. The trends of [{alpha}/Fe] with [Fe/H] also follow the same galaxy mass-dependent patterns as MW satellites. Less massive galaxies have more steeply declining slopes of [{alpha}/Fe] that begin at lower [Fe/H]. Finally, we compare the chemical evolution of M31 satellites to M31's Giant Stellar Stream and smooth halo. The properties of the M31 system support the theoretical prediction that the inner halo is composed primarily of massive galaxies that were accreted early. As a result, the inner halo exhibits higher [Fe/H] and [{alpha}/Fe] than surviving satellite galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/894/53
- Title:
- ELM Survey South. I. RVs for 6 new ELM WDs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/894/53
- Date:
- 22 Oct 2021 08:25:16
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We begin the search for extremely low mass (M<=0.3M_{sun}_, ELM) white dwarfs (WDs) in the southern sky based on photometry from the VST ATLAS and SkyMapper surveys. We use a similar color selection method as the Hypervelocity star survey. We switched to an astrometric selection once Gaia Data Release 2 became available. We use the previously known sample of ELM white dwarfs to demonstrate that these objects occupy a unique parameter space in parallax and magnitude. We use the SOAR 4.1m telescope to test the Gaia-based selection, and identify more than two dozen low mass white dwarfs, including six new ELM white dwarf binaries with periods as short as 2h. The better efficiency of the Gaia-based selection enables us to extend the ELM Survey footprint to the southern sky. We confirm one of our candidates, J0500-0930, to be the brightest (G=12.6mag) and closest (d=72pc) ELM white dwarf binary currently known. Remarkably, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) full-frame imaging data on this system reveals low-level (<0.1%) but significant variability at the orbital period of this system (P=9.5hr), likely from the relativistic beaming effect. TESS data on another system, J0642-5605, reveals ellipsoidal variations due to a tidally distorted ELM WD. These demonstrate the power of TESS full-frame images in confirming the orbital periods of relatively bright compact object binaries.
