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361. DQ Cephei amplitude variations
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/136/515
Title:
DQ Cephei amplitude variations
Short Name:
J/A+AS/136/515
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A period analysis of the data obtained in six nights of differential photoelectric photometry of the {delta} Scuti star DQ Cephei (about 42 hours) confirms the pulsation modes of f_1_=8.0480 cycle per day and f_2_=12.6826 cycle per day. The result adjusts well to the observations that cover a time span of 46 years. Comparing with the results obtained for different years, we discovered obvious amplitude variations of the two modes. These amplitude variations show phase differences of almost 180 degrees. The variation period probably is longer than 46 years.
362. DR Tau VLT/SPHERE and LBTI/LMIRCam maps
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A63
Title:
DR Tau VLT/SPHERE and LBTI/LMIRCam maps
Short Name:
J/A+A/658/A63
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Protoplanetary disks around young stars often contain substructures like rings, gaps, and spirals that could be caused by interactions between the disk and forming planets. We aim to study the young (1-3Myr) star DR Tau in the near-infrared and characterize its disk, which was previously resolved through sub-millimeter interferometry with ALMA, and to search for possible sub-stellar companions embedded into it. We observed DR Tau with VLT/SPHERE both in polarized light (H broad band) and total intensity (in Y, J, H, and K spectral bands). We also performed L' band observations with LBTI/LMIRCam on the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). We applied differential imaging techniques to analyze the polarized data, using dual beam polarization imaging (DPI), and total intensity data, using both angular and spectral differential imaging (ADI, SDI). We found two previously undetected spirals extending north-east and south of the star, respectively. We further detected an arc-like structure north of the star. Finally a bright, compact and elongated structure was detected at separation of 303+/-10 mas and position angle 21.2+/-3.7 degrees, just at the root of the north-east spiral arm. Since this feature is visible both in polarized light and in total intensity and has a flat spectrum it is likely caused by stellar light scattered by dust. The two spiral arms are at different separation from the star, have very different pitch angles, and are separated by an apparent discontinuity, suggesting they might have a different origin. The very open southern spiral arm might be caused by infalling material from late encounters with cloudlets into the formation environment of the star itself. The compact feature could be caused by interaction with a planet in formation still embedded in its dust envelope and it could be responsible for launching the north-east spiral. We estimate a mass of the putative embedded object of the order of few M Jup .
363. dSph satellites of M31. I. Variables in And XIX
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/779/7
Title:
dSph satellites of M31. I. Variables in And XIX
Short Name:
J/ApJ/779/7
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present B, V time-series photometry of Andromeda XIX (And XIX), the most extended (half-light radius of 6.2') of Andromeda's dwarf spheroidal companions, which we observed with the Large Binocular Cameras at the Large Binocular Telescope. We surveyed a 23'x23' area centered on And XIX and present the deepest color-magnitude diagram (CMD) ever obtained for this galaxy, reaching, at V~26.3mag, about one magnitude below the horizontal branch (HB). The CMD shows a prominent and slightly widened red giant branch, along with a predominantly red HB, which extends to the blue to significantly populate the classical instability strip. We have identified 39 pulsating variable stars, of which 31 are of RR Lyrae type and 8 are Anomalous Cepheids (ACs). Twelve of the RR Lyrae variables and three of the ACs are located within And XIX's half light radius. The average period of the fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars (<P_ab_>{=}0.62days, {sigma}=0.03days) and the period-amplitude diagram qualify And XIX as an Oosterhoff-Intermediate system. From the average luminosity of the RR Lyrae stars (<V(RR)>=25.34mag, {sigma}=0.10mag), we determine a distance modulus of (m-M)_0_=24.52+/-0.23mag in a scale where the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is 18.5+/-0.1mag. The ACs follow a well-defined Period-Wesenheit (PW) relation that appears to be in very good agreement with the PW relationship defined by the ACs in the LMC.
364. DUSTiNGS. V. 3.6 and 4.5um light curves
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/877/49
Title:
DUSTiNGS. V. 3.6 and 4.5um light curves
Short Name:
J/ApJ/877/49
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The survey for DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS) has identified hundreds of candidate dust-producing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in several nearby metal-poor galaxies. We have obtained multi-epoch follow-up observations for these candidates with the Spitzer Space Telescope and measured their infrared (IR) light curves. This has allowed us to confirm their AGB nature and investigate pulsation behavior at very low metallicity. We have obtained high-confidence pulsation periods for 88 sources in seven galaxies. We have confirmed DUSTiNGS variable star candidates with a 20% success rate and determined the pulsation properties of 19 sources already identified as thermally pulsing AGB stars. We find that the AGB pulsation properties are similar in all galaxies surveyed here, with no discernible difference between the DUSTiNGS galaxies (down to 1.4% solar metallicity; [Fe/H]=-1.85) and the far more metal-rich Magellanic Clouds (up to 50% solar metallicity; [Fe/H]=-0.38). These results strengthen the link between dust production and pulsation in AGB stars and establish the IR period-luminosity relation as a reliable tool (+/-4%) for determining distances to galaxies, regardless of metallicity.
365. Dwarf Cepheids in Carina
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/115/1856
Title:
Dwarf Cepheids in Carina
Short Name:
J/AJ/115/1856
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have discovered 20 dwarf Cepheids (DCs) in the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy from an analysis of individual CCD images obtained for a deep photometric study of the system. These short-period pulsating variable stars are by far the most distant (~100kpc) and faintest (V~23.0) DCs known. The Carina DCs obey a well-defined period-luminosity relation, allowing us to readily distinguish between overtone and fundamental pulsators in nearly every case. Unlike RR Lyrae stars, the pulsation mode turns out to be uncorrelated with light-curve shape, and the overtone pulsators do not tend toward shorter periods compared with the fundamental pulsators. Using the period-luminosity relations from Nemec, Nemec, & Lutz (1994, Cat. <J/AJ/108/222> and McNamara (1995AJ....109.1751M), we derive (m-M)_0_=20.06+/-0.12, for E(B-V)=0.025 and [Fe/H]=-2.0, in good agreement with recent, independent estimates of the distance/reddening of Carina. The error reflects the uncertainties in the DC distance scale, and in the metallicity and reddening of Carina. The frequency of DCs among upper-main-sequence stars in Carina is approximately 3%. The ratio of dwarf Cepheids to RR Lyrae stars in Carina is 0.13+/-0.10, though this result is highly sensitive to the star formation history of Carina and the evolution of the horizontal branch.
366. Dwarf stars asteroseismic rotation rates
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/NatAs/5.707
Title:
Dwarf stars asteroseismic rotation rates
Short Name:
J/other/NatAs/5.
Date:
17 Jan 2022 00:29:40
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Studies using asteroseismic ages and rotation rates from star-spot rotation have indicated that standard age-rotation relations may break down roughly half way through the main sequence lifetime, a phenomenon referred to as weakened magnetic braking. Although rotation rates from spots can be difficult to determine for older, less active stars, rotational splitting of asteroseismic oscillation frequencies can provide rotation rates for both active and quiescent stars, and so can confirm whether this effect really takes place on the main sequence. We obtained asteroseismic rotation rates of 91 main sequence stars showing high signal-to-noise modes of oscillation. Using these new rotation rates, along with effective temperatures, metallicities and seismic masses and ages, we built a hierarchical Bayesian mixture model to determine whether the ensemble more closely agreed with a standard rotational evolution scenario, or one where weakened magnetic braking takes place. The weakened magnetic braking scenario was found to be 98.4% more likely for our stellar ensemble, adding to the growing body of evidence for this stage of stellar rotational evolution. This work presents a large catalogue of seismic rotation rates for stars on the main sequence, which opens up possibilities for more detailed ensemble analysis of rotational evolution with Kepler.
367. DW Cnc H{alpha} and HeI RV curves
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/494/4110
Title:
DW Cnc H{alpha} and HeI RV curves
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/494/4110
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present extensive radial velocity observations of the intermediate polar DW Cnc during its 2018-2019 low state. We show that the 86 min signal associated with the orbital period is strong in our radial velocity analysis, power spectrum search, and in our Doppler tomography. However, we find that the velocity modulation associated with the 70 min beat period and the 38 min spin cycle is dramatically weaker than that previously observed. We put forward two interpretations for this change. The first is that a sudden drop into a low state detected in 2018-2019 caused an episode of low mass transfer from the companion, thus inhibiting the lighthouse effect produced by the rebound emission. The second is that this is a consequence of a rare outburst detected in 2007 by Crawford et al. (2008, J. Am. Assoc. Var. Star Obs., 36, 60). We find this post-outburst hypothesis to be less likely. If the first scenario is correct, we predict that DW Cnc will recover its intermediate polar characteristics. A new ephemeris is presented by combining Patterson et al. (2004PASP..116..516P) radial velocities with ours.
368. DX Eri variability
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/309/787
Title:
DX Eri variability
Short Name:
J/A+A/309/787
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present results of nearly simultaneous monitoring of uvby light and HeI667.81nm line-profile variations of the equatorial Be star DX Eri in November 1991. They are analysed along with numerous uvby photometry in the period 1986-1995.
369. DY Peg times of light maximum
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/139/2639
Title:
DY Peg times of light maximum
Short Name:
J/AJ/139/2639
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We measure two new times of light maximum of the SX Phoenicis star DY Pegasi in 2008 December and collect 410 pe/CCD times of light maximum that had been published. These data could be modeled with a nonlinear fit including a continuously decreasing period change (dP/dt=-9.04x10^-12^days/day) and a periodic change with a period of 42.2 yr. If this periodic change is caused by the light traveling time effect of an orbital motion of DY Pegasi in a binary system, the deduced mass of the companion could be 0.028M_{sun}_ and it is probably a brown dwarf.
370. Early asteroseismic results from Kepler
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/718/L97
Title:
Early asteroseismic results from Kepler
Short Name:
J/ApJ/718/L97
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a seismic analysis of the pulsating hot B subdwarf KPD 1943+4058 (KIC 005807616) on the basis of the long-period, gravity-mode pulsations recently uncovered by Kepler. This is the first time that g-mode seismology can be exploited quantitatively for stars on the extreme horizontal branch, all previous successful seismic analyses having been confined so far to short-period, p-mode pulsators. We demonstrate that current models of hot B subdwarfs can quite well explain the observed g-mode periods, while being consistent with independent constraints provided by spectroscopy. We identify the 18 pulsations retained in our analysis as low-degree ({l}=1 and 2), intermediate-order (k=-9 through -58) g-modes. The periods (frequencies) are recovered, on average, at the 0.22% level, which is comparable to the best results obtained for p-mode pulsators. We infer the following structural and core parameters for KPD 1943+4058 (formal fitting uncertainties only): T_eff_=28050+/-470K, logg=5.52+/-0.03, M_*_=0.496+/-0.002M_{sun}_, log(M_env_/M*)=-2.55+/-0.07, log(1-M_core_/M_*_)=-0.3+/-0.01, and X_core_(C+O)=0.261+/-0.008. We additionally derive the age of the star since the zero-age extended horizontal branch 18.4+/-1.0Myr, the radius R=0.203+/-0.007R_{sun}_, the luminosity L=22.9+/-3.13L_{sun}_, the absolute magnitude M_V_=4.21+/-0.11, the reddening index E(B-V)=0.094+/-0.017, and the distance d=1180+/-95pc.