- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/494/2429
- Title:
- Kinematics of nearby young stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/494/2429
- Date:
- 19 Nov 2021 14:22:11
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the last three decades several hundred nearby members of young stellar moving groups (MGs) have been identified, but there has been less systematic effort to quantify or characterize young stars that do not belong to previously identified MGs. Using a kinematically unbiased sample of 225 lithium-rich stars within 100 pc, we find that only 50+/-10 per cent of young (<=125Myr), low-mass (0.5<M/M_{sun}_<1.0) stars, are kinematically associated with known MGs. Whilst we find some evidence that five of the non-MG stars may be connected with the Lower Centaurus-Crux association, the rest form a kinematically 'hotter' population, much more broadly dispersed in velocity, and with no obvious concentrations in space. The mass distributions of the MG members and non-MG stars are similar, but the non-MG stars may be older on average. We briefly discuss several explanations for the origin of the non-MG population.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/209
- Title:
- K2 & TESS Synergy. I. Parameters & LC, 4 stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/160/209
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Although the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) primary mission observed the northern and southern ecliptic hemispheres, generally avoiding the ecliptic, and the Kepler space telescope during the K2 mission could only observe near the ecliptic, many of the K2 fields extend far enough from the ecliptic plane that sections overlap with TESS fields. Using photometric observations from both K2 and TESS, combined with archival spectroscopic observations, we globally modeled four known planetary systems discovered by K2 that were observed in the first year of the primary TESS mission. Specifically, we provide updated ephemerides and system parameters for K2-114b, K2-167b, K2-237b, and K2-261b. These were some of the first K2 planets to be observed by TESS in the first year and include three Jovian sized planets and a sub-Neptune with orbital periods less than 12 days. In each case, the updated ephemeris significantly reduces the uncertainty in prediction of future times of transit, which is valuable for planning observations with the James Webb Space Telescope and other future facilities. The TESS extended mission is expected to observe about half of the K2 fields, providing the opportunity to perform this type of analysis on a larger number of systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/32
- Title:
- LAMOST parameters of Am and non-chemical-peculiar stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/162/32
- Date:
- 21 Mar 2022 00:10:05
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Rotation is a critical physical process operating in the formation of Am stars. There is a strong correlation between low-velocity rotation and chemical peculiarity. However, the existence of many non-chemical-peculiar slow rotators challenges the understanding of Am stars. The purpose of our work is to search for low-velocity rotating non-chemical-peculiar A-type stars and Am stars and to make a comparative analysis. In this paper, we pick out a sample from the LAMOST-Kepler project, including 21 Am stars, 125 non-chemical-peculiar slow rotators, and 53 non-chemical-peculiar fast rotators. We calculate the rotational frequencies through a periodic change of light curves caused by inhomogeneous stellar surfaces and then obtain the rotational velocities. For slow rotators, the age of Am stars is statistically younger than that of non-chemical-peculiar stars in the same temperature bin. In the comparison of the period, the average amplitude, and stellar mass of Am and non-chemical-peculiar stars, we discover that there is no difference in the photometric variability between Am and non-chemical-peculiar stars, which implies similar inhomogeneities on the surfaces. The average amplitude of non-chemical-peculiar stars has a downward trend with the increase of effective temperature and stellar mass, which is consistent with the theoretical prediction caused by weak dynamo-generated magnetic fields in A-type stars. In addition, we confirm four non-chemical-peculiar stars that have flares by checking field-of-view images, pixel images, and pixel-level light curves.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/889/154
- Title:
- LEGUS & Ha-LEGUS obs. of NGC4449 star clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/889/154
- Date:
- 17 Jan 2022 11:55:48
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new catalog and results for the cluster system of the starburst galaxy NGC 4449, based on multiband imaging observations taken as part of the LEGUS and H_{alpha}_-LEGUS surveys. We improve the spectral energy fitting method used to estimate cluster ages, and find that the results, particularly for older clusters, are in better agreement with those from spectroscopy. The inclusion of H{alpha} measurements, the role of stochasticity for low-mass clusters, the assumptions about reddening, and the choices of SSP model and metallicity all have important impacts on the age dating of clusters. A comparison with ages derived from stellar color-magnitude diagrams for partially resolved clusters shows reasonable agreement, but large scatter in some cases. The fraction of light found in clusters relative to the total light (i.e., T_L_) in the U, B, and V filters in 25 different ~kiloparsec-size regions throughout NGC 4449 correlates with both the specific region luminosity, R_L_, and the dominant age of the underlying stellar population in each region. The observed cluster age distribution is found to decline over time as dN/d{tau}{propto}{tau}^{gamma}^, with {gamma}=-0.85+/-0.15, independent of cluster mass, and is consistent with strong, early cluster disruption. The mass functions of the clusters can be described by a power law with dN/dM{propto}M^{beta}^ and {beta}=-1.86+/-0.2, independent of cluster age. The mass and age distributions are quite resilient to differences in age-dating methods. There is tentative evidence for a factor of 2-3 enhancement in both the star and cluster formation rate ~100-300Myr ago, indicating that cluster formation tracks star formation generally. The enhancement is probably associated with an earlier interaction event.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/90
- Title:
- Li, C and O abundances of FGK stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/90
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Abundances of lithium, carbon, and oxygen have been derived using spectral synthesis for a sample of 249 bright F, G, and K Northern Hemisphere dwarf stars from the high-resolution spectra acquired with the Vilnius University Echelle Spectrograph (VUES) at the Moletai Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University. The sample stars have metallicities, effective temperatures, and ages between -0.7-0.4dex, 5000-6900K, 1-12Gyr, accordingly. We confirm a so far unexplained lithium abundance decrease at supersolar metallicities --A(Li) in our sample stars, which drop by 0.7dex in the [Fe/H] range from +0.10 to +0.55dex. Furthermore, we identified stars with similar ages, atmospheric parameters, and rotational velocities, but with significantly different lithium abundances, which suggests that additional specific evolutionary factors should be taken into account while interpreting the stellar lithium content. Nine stars with predominantly supersolar metallicities, i.e., about 12% among 78 stars with C and O abundances determined, have the C/O number ratios larger than 0.65, thus may form carbon-rich rocky planets. Ten planet-hosting stars, available in our sample, do not show a discernible difference from the stars with no planets detected regarding their lithium content.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/575/A51
- Title:
- Line list for abundance determination in Sun siblings
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/575/A51
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The aim of this paper is to find lost siblings of the Sun by analyzing high resolution spectra. Finding solar siblings will enable us to constrain the parameters of the parental cluster and the birth place of the Sun in the Galaxy. The solar siblings can be identified by accurate measurements of metallicity, stellar age and elemental abundances for solar neighbourhood stars. The solar siblings candidates were kinematically selected based on their proper motions, parallaxes and colours. Stellar parameters were determined through a purely spectroscopic approach and partly physical method, respectively. Comparing synthetic with observed spectra, elemental abundances were computed based on the stellar parameters obtained using a partly physical method. A chemical tagging technique was used to identify the solar siblings. We present stellar parameters, stellar ages, and detailed elemental abundances for Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Fe, and Ni for 32 solar sibling candidates. Our abundances analysis shows that four stars are chemically homogeneous together with the Sun. Technique of chemical tagging gives us a high probability that they might be from the same open cluster. Only one candidate, HIP 40317, which has solar metallicity and age could be a solar sibling. We performed simulations of the Sun's birth cluster in analytical Galactic model and found that most of the radial velocities of the solar siblings lie in the range -10<=Vr<=10km/s, which is smaller than the radial velocity of HIP 40317 (Vr=34.2km/s), under different Galactic parameters and different initial conditions of the Sun's birth cluster. The sibling status for HIP 40317 is not directly supported by our dynamical analysis.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/614/A55
- Title:
- Lithium abundance in dwarfs & subgiants
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/614/A55
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We address the existence and origin of the lithium (Li) desert, a region in the Li-Teff plane sparsely populated by stars. Here we analyze some of the explanations that have been suggested for this region, including mixing in the late main sequence, a Li dip origin for stars with low Li abundances in the region, and a possible relation with the presence of planets. To study the Li desert, we measured the atmospheric parameters and Li abundance of 227 late-F dwarfs and subgiants, chosen to be in the Teff range of the desert and without previous Li abundance measurements. Subsequently, we complemented those with literature data to obtain a homogeneous catalog of 2318 stars, for which we compute masses and ages. We characterize stars surrounding the region of the Li desert. We conclude that stars with low Li abundances below the desert are more massive and more evolved than stars above the desert. Given the unexpected presence of low Li abundance stars in this effective temperature range, we concentrate on finding their origin. We conclude that these stars with low Li abundance do not evolve from stars above the desert: at a given mass, stars with low Li (i.e., below the desert) are more metal-poor. Instead, we suggest that stars below the Li desert are consistent with having evolved from the Li dip, discarding the need to invoke additional mixing to explain this feature. Thus, stars below the Li desert are not peculiar and are only distinguished from other subgiants evolved from the Li dip in that their combination of atmospheric parameters locates them in a range of effective temperatures where otherwise only high Li abundance stars would be found (i.e., stars above the desert).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/371/943
- Title:
- Lithium abundances for 185 main-sequence stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/371/943
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This table presents stellar atmospheric parameters, absolute magnitude, mass, age, equivalent width of the {lambda}6708 Li line, and non-LTE Li abundance. For the majority of stars the absolute magnitude has been derived from Hipparcos parallaxes but in a few cases (marked by :) a photometric value derived from the c_1_ index is given. Most stellar ages have errors of around 20% but those marked with `:' are more uncertain, and for stars close to the ZAMS no age is given.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/756/46
- Title:
- Lithium abundances in HIP stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/756/46
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We derive atmospheric parameters and lithium abundances for 671 stars and include our measurements in a literature compilation of 1381 dwarf and subgiant stars. First, a "lithium desert" in the effective temperature (T_eff_) versus lithium abundance (A_Li_) plane is observed such that no stars with T_eff_=~6075K and A_Li_=~1.8 are found. We speculate that most of the stars on the low A_Li_ side of the desert have experienced a short-lived period of severe surface lithium destruction as main-sequence or subgiant stars. Next, we search for differences in the lithium content of thin-disk and thick-disk stars, but we find that internal processes have erased from the stellar photospheres their possibly different histories of lithium enrichment. Nevertheless, we note that the maximum lithium abundance of thick-disk stars is nearly constant from [Fe/H]=-1.0 to -0.1, at a value that is similar to that measured in very metal-poor halo stars (A_Li_=~2.2). Finally, differences in the lithium abundance distribution of known planet-host stars relative to otherwise ordinary stars appear when restricting the samples to narrow ranges of T_eff_ or mass, but they are fully explained by age and metallicity biases. We confirm the lack of a connection between low lithium abundance and planets. However, we find that no low A_Li_ planet-hosts are found in the desert T_eff_ window. Provided that subtle sample biases are not responsible for this observation, this suggests that the presence of gas giant planets inhibit the mechanism responsible for the lithium desert.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/122
- Title:
- Local structure & star formation history of the MW
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/158/122
- Date:
- 09 Mar 2022 22:00:00
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Gaia DR2 (Cat. I/345) provides unprecedented precision in measurements of the distance and kinematics of stars in the solar neighborhood. Through applying unsupervised machine learning on DR2's 5D data set (3D position + 2D velocity), we identify a number of clusters, associations, and comoving groups within 1 kpc and |b|<30{deg} (many of which have not been previously known). We estimate their ages with the precision of ~0.15 dex. Many of these groups appear to be filamentary or string-like, oriented in parallel to the Galactic plane, and some span hundreds of parsec in length. Most of these string lack a central cluster, indicating that their filamentary structure is primordial, rather than the result of tidal stripping or dynamical processing. The youngest strings (<100 Myr) are orthogonal to the Local Arm. The older ones appear to be remnants of several other arm-like structures that cannot be presently traced by dust and gas. The velocity dispersion measured from the ensemble of groups and strings increase with age, suggesting a timescale for dynamical heating of ~300 Myr. This timescale is also consistent with the age at which the population of strings begins to decline, while the population in more compact groups continues to increase, suggesting that dynamical processes are disrupting the weakly bound string populations, leaving only individual clusters to be identified at the oldest ages. These data shed a new light on the local galactic structure and a large-scale cloud collapse.
