- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/166
- Title:
- A New Library of Optical Spectra
- Short Name:
- III/166
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Silva and Cornell have compiled a new digital optical stellar spectra library, consisting of intensities at 5A intervals between 3510A and 8930A for 72 different spectral types. These types range from O to M and luminosities range from I to V. Some weak-line and strong-line spectra are also included. The intensities are in ergs/A, normalized to 100 at 5450A.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/187
- Title:
- A new martian crater chronology
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/187
- Date:
- 16 Mar 2022 11:45:44
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Crater chronologies are a fundamental tool to assess the relative and absolute ages of planetary surfaces when direct radiometric dating is not available. Martian crater chronologies are derived from lunar crater spatial densities on terrains with known radiometric ages, and thus they critically depend on the Moon-to-Mars extrapolation. This extrapolation requires knowledge of the time evolution of the impact flux, including contributions from various impactor populations, factors that are not trivially connected to the dynamical evolution of the early Solar System. In this paper, we will present a new Martian crater chronology based on current dynamical models, and consider the main sources of uncertainties (e.g., impactor size-frequency distribution; dynamical models with late and early instabilities, etc.). The resulting "envelope" of Martian crater chronologies significantly differs from previous chronologies. The new Martian crater chronology is discussed using two interesting applications: Jezero crater's dark terrain (relevant to the NASA Mars 2020 mission) and the southern heavily cratered highlands. Our results indicate that Jezero's dark terrain may have formed ~3.1Ga, i.e., up to 0.5Gyr older than previously thought. In addition, available crater chronologies (including our own) overestimate the number of craters larger than 150km on the southern highlands, suggesting either that large craters have been efficiently erased over Martian history or that dynamical models need further refinement. Further, our chronology constrains the age of Isidis basin to be 4.05-4.2Ga and that of the Borealis basin to be 4.35-4.40Ga; these are predictions that can be tested with future sample and return missions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/269
- Title:
- A new photo-z method for quasars in Stripe 82
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/269
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new algorithm to estimate quasar photometric redshifts (photo-zs), by considering the asymmetries in the relative flux distributions of quasars. The relative flux models are built with multivariate Skew-t distributions in the multidimensional space of relative fluxes as a function of redshift and magnitude. For 151392 quasars in the SDSS, we achieve a photo-z accuracy, defined as the fraction of quasars with the difference between the photo-z z_p_ and the spectroscopic redshift z_s_, |{Delta}_z_|=|z_s_-z_p_|/(1+z_s_) within 0.1, of 74%. Combining the WISE W1 and W2 infrared data with the SDSS data, the photo-z accuracy is enhanced to 87%. Using the Pan-STARRS1 or DECaLS photometry with WISE W1 and W2 data, the photo-z accuracies are 79% and 72%, respectively. The prior probabilities as a function of magnitude for quasars, stars, and galaxies are calculated, respectively, based on (1) the quasar luminosity function, (2) the Milky Way synthetic simulation with the Besancon model, and (3) the Bayesian Galaxy Photometric Redshift estimation. The relative fluxes of stars are obtained with the Padova isochrones, and the relative fluxes of galaxies are modeled through galaxy templates. We test our classification method to select quasars using the DECaLS g, r, z, and WISE W1 and W2 photometry. The quasar selection completeness is higher than 70% for a wide redshift range 0.5<z<4.5, and a wide magnitude range 18<r<21.5 mag. Our photo-z regression and classification method has the potential to extend to future surveys. The photo-z code will be publicly available.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/827/118
- Title:
- A new reverberation mapping campaign on NGC 5548
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/827/118
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NGC 5548 is the best-observed reverberation-mapped active galactic nucleus with long-term, intensive monitoring. Here we report results from a new observational campaign between 2015 January and July. We measure the centroid time lag of the broad H{beta} emission line with respect to the 5100{AA} continuum and obtain {tau}_cent_=7.20_-0.35_^+1.33^days in the rest frame. This yields a black hole mass of M.=8.71_-2.61_^+3.21^x10^7^M_{sun}_ using a broad H{beta} line dispersion of 3124+/-302km/s and a virial factor of f_BLR_=6.3+/-1.5 for the broad-line region (BLR), consistent with the mass measurements from previous H{beta} campaigns. The high-quality data allow us to construct a velocity-binned delay map for the broad H{beta} line, which shows a symmetric response pattern around the line center, a plausible kinematic signature of virialized motion of the BLR. Combining all the available measurements of H{beta} time lags and the associated mean 5100{AA} luminosities over 18 campaigns between 1989 and 2015, we find that the H{beta} BLR size varies with the mean optical luminosity, but, interestingly, with a possible delay of 2.35_-1.25_^+3.47^ years. This delay coincides with the typical BLR dynamical timescale of NGC 5548, indicating that the BLR undergoes dynamical changes, possibly driven by radiation pressure.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/724/1336
- Title:
- An extragalactic ^12^CO J=3-2 survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/724/1336
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of a ^12^COJ=3-2 survey of 125 nearby galaxies obtained with the 10m Heinrich Hertz Telescope, with the aim to characterize the properties of warm and dense molecular gas in a large variety of environments. With an angular resolution of 22", ^12^CO3-2 emission was detected in 114 targets. Based on 61 galaxies observed with equal beam sizes the ^12^CO3-2/1-0 integrated line intensity ratio R_31_ is found to vary from 0.2 to 1.9, with an average value of 0.81. No correlations are found for R_31_ to Hubble-type and far-infrared luminosity. Possible indications for a correlation with inclination angle and the 60um/100um color temperature of the dust are not significant. Higher R_31_ ratios than in "normal" galaxies, hinting at enhanced molecular excitation, may be found in galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei. Even higher average values are determined for galaxies with bars or starbursts, the latter being identified by the ratio of infrared luminosity versus isophotal area, log [(L_FIR_/L_{sun}_)/(D^2^_25_/kpc^2^)]>7.25. (U)LIRGs are found to have the highest averaged R_31_ value. This may be a consequence of particularly vigorous star formation activity, triggered by galaxy interaction and merger events.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/88/22
- Title:
- Angles rotation/magnetic moment in pulsars
- Short Name:
- J/AZh/88/22
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Data on the pulse structure and variations of the linear polarization angle at frequencies near 1GHz have been used to estimate the angles {beta} between the rotational axis and magnetic moment of the neutron stars associated with 80 pulsars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/611/A74
- Title:
- Angular differential imaging of MCW 758
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/611/A74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Transition disks offer the extraordinary opportunity to look for newly born planets and investigate the early stages of planet formation. In this context we observed the Herbig A5 star MWC 758 with the L'-band vector vortex coronagraph installed in the near infrared camera and spectrograph NIRC2 at the Keck II telescope, with the aim of unveiling the nature of the spiral structure by constraining the presence of planetary companions in the system. Our high-contrast imaging observations show a bright ({Delta}L'=7.0+/-0.3mag) point-like emission, south of MWC 758 at a deprojected separation of ~20au (r=0.111"+/-0.004") from the central star. We also recover the two spiral arms (south-east and north-west), already imaged by previous studies in polarized light, and discover a third one to the south-west of the star. No additional companions were detected in the system down to 5 Jupiter masses beyond 0.6" from the star. We propose that the bright L' band emission could be caused by the presence of an embedded and accreting protoplanet, although the possibility of it being an asymmetric disk feature cannot be excluded. The spiral structure is probably not related to the protoplanet candidate, unless on an inclined and eccentric orbit, and it could be due to one (or more) yet undetected planetary companions at the edge of or outside the spiral pattern. Future observations and additional simulations will be needed to shed light on the true nature of the point-like source and its link with the spiral arms.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/405/627
- Title:
- Angular dimensions of 312 planetary nebulae
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/405/627
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of direct measurements done on H{alpha} (or H{alpha}+[NII]) images of 312 planetary nebulae. For each planetary nebulae deconvolved FWHM and resolution size from Gaussian fit and from second-moment method and direct measurement at 10% level are presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/373/435
- Title:
- Angular momentum evolution of Algol binaries
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/373/435
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have compiled the well-determined absolute parameters of Algol-type binaries. The lists contain the parameters of 74 detached and 61 semi-detached close binaries. The double-lined eclipsing binaries provide not only the most accurate determinations of stellar mass, radius and temperatures but also distance-independent luminosity for each of their individual components. The distributions of the primary and secondary masses of detached binaries (DBs) are similar, whilst the secondary masses of the semidetached binaries (SDBs) are mostly smaller than 2M_{sun}_ with a peak in the M2-bin (0.21-1.0). The components of the DBs are almost all located in the main-sequence band. On the contrary, the secondary components of the SDBs have larger radii and luminosity with respect to the same mass and the same effective temperature of main-sequence counterparts. They occupy a region of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram between terminal-age main sequence and giants.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/651/L15
- Title:
- Angular-momentum plane for disc galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/651/L15
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The relations between the specific angular momenta (j) and masses (M) of galaxies are often used as a benchmark in analytic models and hydrodynamical simulations as they are considered to be amongst the most fundamental scaling relations. Using accurate measurements of the stellar (j*), gas (jgas), and baryonic (jbar) specific angular momenta for a large sample of disc galaxies, we report the discovery of tight correlations between j, M, and the cold gas fraction of the interstellar medium (fgas). At fixed fgas, galaxies follow parallel power laws in 2D (j, M) spaces, with gas-rich galaxies having a larger j* and jbar (but a lower jgas) than gas-poor ones. The slopes of the relations have a value around 0.7. These new relations are amongst the tightest known scaling laws for galaxies. In particular, the baryonic relation (jbar-Mbar-fgas), arguably the most fundamental of the three, is followed not only by typical discs but also by galaxies with extreme properties, such as size and gas content, and by galaxies previously claimed to be outliers of the standard 2D j-M relations. The stellar relation (j*-M*-fgas) may be connected to the known j*-M* bulge fraction relation; however, we argue that the jbar-Mbar-fgas relation can originate from the radial variation in the star formation efficiency in galaxies, although it is not explained by current disc instability models.