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1111. New star clusters in the central plane region
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/856/152
Title:
New star clusters in the central plane region
Short Name:
J/ApJ/856/152
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the discovery of new star clusters in the central plane region (|l|<30{deg} and |b|<6{deg}) of the Milky Way. In order to overcome the extinction problem and the spatial limit of previous surveys, we use the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data to find clusters. We also use other infrared survey data in the archive for additional analysis. We find 923 new clusters, of which 202 clusters are embedded clusters. These clusters are concentrated toward the Galactic plane and show a symmetric distribution with respect to the Galactic latitude. The embedded clusters show a stronger concentration to the Galactic plane than the nonembedded clusters. The new clusters are found more in the first Galactic quadrant, while previously known clusters are found more in the fourth Galactic quadrant. The spatial distribution of the combined sample of known clusters and new clusters is approximately symmetric with respect to the Galactic longitude. We estimate reddenings, distances, and relative ages of the 15 class A clusters using theoretical isochrones. Ten of them are relatively old (age >800Myr) and five are young (age ~4Myr).
1112. New VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) Cat of IRAS 2 Jy Galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/554/803
Title:
New VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) Cat of IRAS 2 Jy Galaxies
Short Name:
J/ApJ/554/803
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The radio counterparts to the IRAS Redshift Survey galaxies are identified in the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) catalog. Our new catalog of the IR flux-limited (>2 Jy at 60 micron) complete sample of 1809 galaxies lists accurate radio positions, redshifts, and 1.4 GHz radio and IRAS flux densities and luminosities.
1113. New z>=3.6 QSOs from FIRST-SDSS DR5
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/391/369
Title:
New z>=3.6 QSOs from FIRST-SDSS DR5
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/391/369
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We aim to obtain a complete sample of redshift z>=3.6 radio quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty cm survey (FIRST) sources (S_1.4GHz_>1mJy) having star-like counterparts in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) photometric survey (r_AB_<=20.2). Our starting sample of 8665 FIRST-DR5 pairs includes 4250 objects with spectra in DR5, 52 of these being z>=3.6 QSOs. We found that simple supervised neural networks, trained on the sources with DR5 spectra, and using optical photometry and radio data, are very effective for identifying high-z QSOs in a sample without spectra. For the sources with DR5 spectra the technique yields a completeness (fraction of actual high-z QSOs classified as such by the neural network) of 96 per cent, and an efficiency (fraction of objects selected by the neural network as high-z QSOs that actually are high-z QSOs) of 62 per cent. Applying the trained networks to the 4415 sources without DR5 spectra we found 58 z>=3.6 QSO candidates. We obtained spectra of 27 of them, and 17 are confirmed as high-z QSOs. Spectra of 13 additional candidates from the literature and from SDSS Data Release 6 (DR6) revealed seven more z>=3.6 QSOs, giving an overall efficiency of 60 per cent (24/40).
1114. NGC 1377 ALMA CO 3-2 and 0.8mm continuum images
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/640/A104
Title:
NGC 1377 ALMA CO 3-2 and 0.8mm continuum images
Short Name:
J/A+A/640/A104
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Submillimetre and millimetre line and continuum observations are important in probing the morphology, column density, and dynamics of the molecular gas and dust around obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and their mechanical feedback. With very high resolution (0.02"x0.03" (2x3pc)) ALMA 345GHz observations of CO 3-2, HCO^+^ 4-3, vibrationally excited HCN 4-3 {nu}_2_=1f , and continuum we have studied the remarkable, extremely radio-quiet, molecular jet and wind of the lenticular galaxy NGC 1377. The outflow structure is resolved, revealing a 150pc long, clumpy, high-velocity (600km/s), collimated molecular jet where the molecular emission is emerging from the spine of the jet with an average diameter of 3-7pc. The jet widens to 10-15pc about 25pc from the centre, which is possibly due to jet-wind interactions. A narrow-angle (50-70), misaligned and rotating molecular wind surrounds the jet, and both are enveloped by a larger-scale CO-emitting structure at near-systemic velocity. The jet and narrow wind have steep radial gas excitation gradients and appear turbulent with high gas dispersion (>40km/s). The jet shows velocity reversals that we propose are caused by precession, or more episodic directional changes. We discuss the mechanisms powering the outflow, and we find that an important process for the molecular jet and narrow wind is likely magneto-centrifugal driving. In contrast, the large-scale CO-envelope may be a slow wind, or cocoon that stems from jet-wind interactions. An asymmetric, nuclear r~2pc dust structure with a high inferred molecular column density N(H_2_)=1.8x10^24^cm^-2^ is detected in continuum and also shows compact emission from vibrationally excited HCN. The nuclear dust emission is hot (Td>180K) and its luminosity is likely powered by a buried AGN. The lopsided structure appears to be a warped disk, which is responsible for a significant part of the nuclear obscuration and possibly formed as a result of uneven gas inflows. The dynamical mass inside r=1.4pc is estimated to 9^+2^_3_x10^6^M_{sun}_, implying that the supermassive black hole (SMBH) has a high mass with respect to the stellar velocity dispersion of NGC 1377. We suggest that the SMBH of NGC 1377 is currently in a state of moderate growth, at the end of a more intense phase of accretion and also evolving from a state of more extreme nuclear obscuration. The nuclear growth may be fuelled by low-angular momentum gas inflowing from the gas ejected in the molecular jet and wind. Such a feedback-loop of cyclic outflows and central accretion could explain why there is still a significant reservoir of molecular gas in this ageing, lenticular galaxy. A feedback-loop would be an effective process in growing the nuclear SMBH and thus would constitute an important phase in the evolution of NGC 1377. This also invites new questions as to SMBH growth processes in obscured, dusty galaxies.
1115. NGC6334 ALMA 87.6GHz continuum emission map
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/635/A2
Title:
NGC6334 ALMA 87.6GHz continuum emission map
Short Name:
J/A+A/635/A2
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We aim to characterise certain physical properties of high-mass star-forming sites in the NGC6334 molecular cloud, such as the core mass function (CMF), spatial distribution of cores, and mass segregation. We used the Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre Array (ALMA) to image the embedded clusters NGC6334-I and NGC6334-I(N) in the continuum emission at 87.6GHz. We achieved a spatial resolution of 1300au, enough to resolve different compact cores and fragments, and to study the properties of the clusters. We detected 142 compact sources distributed over the whole surveyed area. The ALMA compact sources are clustered in different regions. We used different machine-learning algorithms to identify four main clusters: NGC6334-I, NGC6334-I(N), NGC6334-I(NW), and NGC6334-E. The typical separations between cluster members range from 4000au to 12000au. These separations, together with the core masses (0.1-100M_{sun}_), are in agreement with the fragmentation being controlled by turbulence at scales of 0.1pc. We find that the CMFs show an apparent excess of high-mass cores compared to the stellar Initial Mass Function. We evaluated the effects of temperature and unresolved multiplicity on the derived slope of the CMF. Based on this, we conclude that the excess of high-mass cores might be spurious and due to inaccurate temperature determinations and/or resolution limitations. We searched for evidence of mass segregation in the clusters and we find that clusters NGC6334-I and NGC6334-I(N) show hints of segregation with the most massive cores located in the centre of the clusters. We searched for correlations between the physical properties of the four embedded clusters and their evolutionary stage (based on the presence of Hii regions and infrared sources). NGC6334-E appears as the most evolved cluster, already harboring a well-developed Hii region. NGC6334-I is the second-most evolved cluster with an ultra-compact Hii region. NGC6334-I(N) contains the largest population of dust cores distributed in two filamentary structures and no dominant Hii region. Finally, NGC6334-I(NW) is a cluster of mainly low-mass dust cores with no clear signs of massive cores or Hii regions.We find a larger separation between cluster members in the more evolved clusters favoring the role of gas expulsion and stellar ejection with evolution. The mass segregation, seen in the NGC6334-I and NGC6334-I(N) clusters, suggests a primordial origin for NGC6334-I(N). In contrast, the segregation in NGC6334-I might be due to dynamical effects. Finally, the lack of massive cores in the most evolved cluster suggests that the gas reservoir is already exhausted, while the less evolved clusters still have a large gas reservoir along with the presence of massive cores. In general, the fragmentation process of NGC6334 at large scales (from filament to clump, i.e. at about 1pc) is likely governed by turbulent pressure, while at smaller scales (scale of cores and sub-fragments, i.e. a few hundred au) thermal pressure starts to be more significant.
1116. NGC 3184, 4736, 5055 and 5194 LOFAR & WSRT maps
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/622/A8
Title:
NGC 3184, 4736, 5055 and 5194 LOFAR & WSRT maps
Short Name:
J/A+A/622/A8
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Radio continuum (RC) emission in galaxies allows us to measure star formation rates (SFRs) unaffected by extinction due to dust, of which the low-frequency part is uncontaminated from thermal (free-free) emission. We calibrate the conversion from the spatially resolved 140MHz RC emission to the SFR surface density (SFR) at 1kpc scale. Radio spectral indices give us, by means of spectral ageing, a handle on the transport of cosmic rays using the electrons as a proxy for GeV nuclei. We used recent observations of three galaxies (NGC 3184, 4736, and 5055) from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS), and archival LOw Frequency ARay (LOFAR) data of NGC 5194. Maps were created with the facet calibration technique and converted to radio {Sigma}SFR maps using the Condon relation. We compared these maps with hybrid {Sigma}SFR maps from a combination of GALEX far-ultraviolet and Spitzer 24um data using plots tracing the relation at the highest angular resolution allowed by our data at 1.2x1.2-kpc^2^ resolution.
1117. NGC7332/7339 and NGC 1156 HI sources from AGES
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/140/1093
Title:
NGC7332/7339 and NGC 1156 HI sources from AGES
Short Name:
J/AJ/140/1093
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Two 5deg^2^ regions around the NGC 7332/9 galaxy pair and the isolated galaxy NGC 1156 have been mapped in the 21cm line of neutral hydrogen (HI) with the Arecibo L-band Feed Array out to a redshift of ~0.065 (~20000km/s) as part of the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey. One of the aims of this survey is to investigate the environment of galaxies by identifying dwarf companions and interaction remnants; both of these areas provide the potential for such discoveries. The neutral hydrogen observations were complemented by optical and radio follow-up observations with a number of telescopes. A total of 87 galaxies were found, of which 39 (45%) were previously catalogued and 15 (17%) have prior redshifts. Two dwarf galaxies have been discovered in the NGC 7332 group and a single dwarf galaxy in the vicinity of NGC 1156. A parallel optical search of the area revealed one further possible dwarf galaxy near NGC 7332.
1118. NGC 891 and NGC 4565 radio images
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/632/A12
Title:
NGC 891 and NGC 4565 radio images
Short Name:
J/A+A/632/A12
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Cosmic-ray electrons (CREs) originating from the star-forming discs of spiral galaxies frequently form extended radio haloes that are best observable in edge-on galaxies, where their properties can be directly investigated as a function of vertical height above the disc. For the present study, we selected two nearby edge-on galaxies from the Continuum Halos in Nearby Galaxies - an EVLA Survey (CHANG-ES), NGC 891 and 4565, which differ largely in their detectable halo extent and their star- formation rates (SFRs). Our aim is to figure out how such differences are related to the (advective and/or diffusive) CRE transport in the disc and in the halo. We use wide-band 1.5 and 6GHz Very Large Array (VLA) observations obtained in the B, C, and D configurations, and combine the 6GHz images with Effelsberg observations to correct for missing short spacings. After subtraction of the thermal emission, we investigate the spatially resolved synchrotron spectral index distribution in terms of CRE spectral ageing. We further compute total magnetic field strengths assuming equipartition between the cosmic-ray (CR) energy density and the magnetic field, and measure synchrotron scale heights at both frequencies. Based on the fitted vertical profiles of the synchrotron intensity and on the spectral index profile between 1.5 and 6GHz, we create purely advective and purely diffusive CRE transport models by numerically solving the 1D diffusion-loss equation. In particular, we investigate for the first time the radial dependence of synchrotron and magnetic field scale heights, advection speeds, and diffusion coefficients, whereas previous studies of these two galaxies only determined global values of these quantities.
1119. NGC 7213 central region molecular gas
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/641/A151
Title:
NGC 7213 central region molecular gas
Short Name:
J/A+A/641/A151
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a multi-wavelength study (from X-ray to mm) of the nearby low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (LLAGN) NGC 7213. We combine the information from the different bands to characterise the source in terms of contribution from the AGN and the host-galaxy interstellar medium (ISM). This approach allows us to provide a coherent picture of the role of the AGN and its impact, if any, on the star formation and molecular gas properties of the host galaxy. We focused our study on archival ALMA Cycle 1 observations, where the CO(2-1) emission line has been used as a tracer of the molecular gas. Using the 3DBarolo code on ALMA data, we performed the modelling of the molecular gas kinematics traced by the CO(2-1) emission, finding a rotationally dominated pattern. The molecular gas mass of the host galaxy was estimated from the integrated CO(2-1) emission line obtained with APEX data, assuming an alpha_co conversion factor. Had we used the ALMA data, we would have underestimated the gas masses by a factor ~3, given the filtering out of the large-scale emission in interferometric observations. We also performed a complete X-ray spectral analysis on archival observations, revealing a relatively faint and unobscured AGN. The AGN proved to be too faint to significantly affect the properties of the host galaxy, such as star formation activity and molecular gas kinematics and distribution.
1120. NGC1068 CO and HCO images
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/632/A61
Title:
NGC1068 CO and HCO images
Short Name:
J/A+A/632/A61
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We investigate the fueling and the feedback of nuclear activity in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC1068, by studying the distribution and kinematics of molecular gas in the torus and its connections. We use ALMA to image the emission of a set of molecular gas tracers in the circumnuclear disk (CND) and the torus of the galaxy using the CO(2-1), CO(3-2) and HCO^+^(4-3) lines with spatial resolutions ~0.03"-0.09"(2-6pc). ALMA resolves the CND as an asymmetric ringed disk of D~400pc-size and mass of ~1.4x10^8^M_{sun}_. The inner edge of the ring is associated with edge-brightened arcs of NIR polarized emission identified with the working surface of the AGN ionized wind. ALMA proves the existence of a molecular torus of M_torus ~3x10^5^M_{sun}_, which extends over a large range of spatial scales D=10-30pc around the central engine. The new observations evidence the density radial stratification of the torus: the HCO^+^(4-3) torus, with a full size D=11pc, is a factor of 2-3 smaller than its CO(2-1) and CO(3-2) counterparts, which have full-sizes D=26pc and D=28pc, respectively. The torus is connected to the CND through a network of gas streamers. The kinematics of molecular gas show strong departures from circular motions in the torus, the gas streamers, and the CND. These velocity distortions are interconnected and are part of a 3D outflow that reflects the effects of AGN feedback on the kinematics of molecular gas across a wide range of spatial scales. We conclude that a wide-angle AGN wind launched from the accretion disk is impacting a sizeable fraction of the gas inside the torus (~0.4-0.6xM_torus_). However, a large gas reservoir (~1.2-1.8x10^5^M_{sun}_) close to the equatorial plane of the torus remains unaffected by the AGN wind and can continue fueling the AGN for ~1-4Myr. AGN fueling seems nevertheless thwarted on intermediate scales (15pc<r<50pc).