- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/835/212
- Title:
- Wide-field spectrosc. survey of GCs in Virgo cluster
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/835/212
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a wide-field spectroscopic survey of globular clusters (GCs) in the Virgo cluster. We obtain spectra for 201 GCs and 55 ultracompact dwarfs (UCDs) using Hectospec on the Multiple-Mirror Telescope and derive their radial velocities. We identify 46 genuine intracluster GCs (IGCs), not associated with any Virgo galaxies, using the 3D GMM test on the spatial and radial velocity distribution. They are located at a projected distance 200kpc<~R<~500kpc from the center of M87. The radial velocity distribution of these IGCs shows two peaks, one at v_r_=1023km/s, associated with the Virgo main body, and another at v_r_=36km/s, associated with the infalling structure. The velocity dispersion of the IGCs in the Virgo main body is {sigma}_GC_~314km/s, which is smoothly connected to the velocity dispersion profile of M87 GCs but is much lower than that of dwarf galaxies in the same survey field, {sigma}_dwarf_~608km/s. The UCDs are more centrally concentrated on massive galaxies-M87, M86, and M84. The radial velocity dispersion of the UCD system is much smaller than that of dwarf galaxies. Our results confirm the large-scale distribution of Virgo IGCs indicated by previous photometric surveys. The color distribution of the confirmed IGCs shows a bimodality similar to that of M87 GCs. This indicates that most IGCs are stripped off dwarf galaxies and some off massive galaxies in the Virgo.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/800/93
- Title:
- Wide field ugriz photometry of 0.06<z<0.4 AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/800/93
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present photometry of the large-scale environments of a sample of 12 broad line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with 0.06<z<0.37 from deep images in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey u, g, r, and i filters taken with the 90Prime prime focus camera on the Steward Observatory Bok Telescope. We measure galaxy clustering around these AGNs using two standard techniques: correlation amplitude (B_gq_) and the two point correlation function. We find average correlation amplitudes for the 10 radio-quiet objects in the sample equal to (9+/-18, 144+/-114, -39+/-56, 295+/-260)Mpc^1.77^ in (u, g, r, i), all consistent with the expectation from galaxy clustering. Using a ratio of the galaxy-quasar cross-correlation function to the galaxy autocorrelation function, we calculate the relative bias of galaxies and AGNs, b_gq_. The bias in the u band, b_gq_=3.08+/-0.51 is larger compared to that calculated in the other bands, but it does not correlate with AGN luminosity, black hole mass, or AGN activity via the luminosity of the [OIII] emission line. Thus ongoing nuclear accretion activity is not reflected in the large scale environments from ~10h^-1^kpc to ~0.5h^-1^Mpc and may indicate a non-merger mode of AGN activity and/or a significant delay between galaxy mergers and nuclear activity in this sample of mostly radio-quiet quasars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/466/2983
- Title:
- Wide low very low-mass binary systems
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/466/2983
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The frequency of multiple systems and their properties are key constraints of stellar formation and evolution. Formation mechanisms of very low-mass (VLM) objects are still under considerable debate, and an accurate assessment of their multiplicity and orbital properties is essential for constraining current theoretical models. Taking advantage of the virtual observatory capabilities, we looked for comoving low and VLM binary (or multiple) systems using the Large Area Survey of the UKIDSS LAS DR10, SDSS DR9 and the 2MASS Catalogues. Other catalogues (WISE, GLIMPSE, SuperCosmos, etc.) were used to derive the physical parameters of the systems. We report the identification of 36 low and VLM (~M0-L0 spectral types) candidates to binary/multiple system (separations between 200 and 92000au), whose physical association is confirmed through common proper motion, distance and low probability of chance alignment. This new system list notably increases the previous sampling in their mass-separation parameter space (~100). We have also found 50 low-mass objects that we can classify as ~L0-T2 according to their photometric information. Only one of these objects presents a common proper motion high-mass companion. Although we could not constrain the age of the majority of the candidates, probably most of them are still bound except four that may be under disruption processes. We suggest that our sample could be divided in two populations: one tightly bound wide VLM systems that are expected to last more than 10 Gyr, and other formed by weak bound wide VLM systems that will dissipate within a few Gyr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/657/A53
- Title:
- Wide-orbit companions to K-type stars in Sco-Cen
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/657/A53
- Date:
- 17 Mar 2022 14:41:58
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The detection of low-mass companions to stellar hosts is important for testing the formation scenarios of these systems. Companions at wide separations are particularly intriguing objects as they are easily accessible for variability studies of the rotational dynamics and cloud coverage of these brown dwarfs or planetary-mass objects. We aim to identify new low-mass companions to young stars using the astrometric measurements provided by the Gaia space mission. When possible, we use high-contrast imaging data collected with VLT/SPHERE. We identified companion candidates from a sample of K-type, pre-main-sequence stars in the Scorpius Centaurus association using the early version of the third data release of the Gaia space mission. Based on the provided positions, proper motions, and magnitudes, we identified all objects within a predefined radius, whose differential proper motions are consistent with a gravitationally bound system. As the ages of our systems are known, we derived companion masses through comparison with evolutionary tracks. For seven identified companion candidates we used additional data collected with VLT/SPHERE and VLT/NACO to assess the accuracy of the properties of the companions based on Gaia photometry alone. We identify 110 comoving companions that have a companionship likelihood of more than 95%. Further color-magnitude analysis confirms their Sco-Cen membership. We identify ten especially intriguing companions that have masses in the brown dwarf regime down to 20M_{Jup}_. Our high-contrast imaging data confirm both astrometry and photometric masses derived from Gaia alone. We discovered a new brown dwarf companion, TYC 8252-533-1 B, with a projected separation of approximately 570au from its Sun-like primary. It is likely to be located outside the debris disk around its primary star and SED modeling of Gaia, SPHERE, and NACO photometry provides a companion mass of 52^+17^_-11_M_{Jup}_. We show that the Gaia database can identify low-mass companions at wide separations from their host stars. For K-type Sco-Cen members, Gaia can detect sub-stellar objects at projected separations larger than 300au and with a sensitivity limit beyond 1000 and a lower mass limit down to 20M_{Jup}_. A similar analysis of other star-forming regions could significantly enlarge the sample size of such objects and facilitate testing of the formation and evolution theories of planetary systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/156/137
- Title:
- Wide-orbit Exoplanet search with IR Direct imaging
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/156/137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report results from the Wide-orbit Exoplanet search with InfraRed Direct imaging, or WEIRD, a survey designed to search for Jupiter-like companions on very wide orbits (1000-5000 au) around young stars (<120 Myr) that are known members of moving groups in the solar neighborhood (<70 pc). Companions that share the same age, distance, and metallicity as their host while being on large enough orbits to be studied as "isolated" objects make prime targets for spectroscopic observations, and they are valuable benchmark objects for exoplanet atmosphere models. The search strategy is based on deep imaging in multiple bands across the near-infrared domain. For all 177 objects of our sample, z'_ab_, J, [3.6], and [4.5] images were obtained with CFHT/MegaCam, GEMINI/GMOS, CFHT/WIRCam, GEMINI/Flamingos-2, and Spitzer/IRAC. Using this set of four images per target, we searched for sources with red z'_ab_ and [3.6]-[4.5] colors, typically reaching good completeness down to 2 M_Jup_ companions, while going down to 1 M_Jup_ for some targets, at separations of 1000-5000 au. The search yielded four candidate companions with the expected colors, but they were all rejected through follow-up proper motion observations. Our results constrain the occurrence of 1-13 M_Jup_ planetary-mass companions on orbits with a semimajor axis between 1000 and 5000 au at less than 0.03, with a 95% confidence level.
24666. Wide southern double stars
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/PASA/24.118
- Title:
- Wide southern double stars
- Short Name:
- J/other/PASA/24.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Astrometric CCD observations have been made of wide (~3 to 60 arcsec) southern double stars selected from the Washington Double Star catalogue (WDS). Southern double stars have not been well studied in the past; typically they had not been measured since about 1930, and ~50% of them have been observed only once before our observations. Of the pairs measured ~80% show no evidence of motion since the last observation. This is Paper II in which we present the observations of 290 WDS stars in the approximate RA range 17h13m to 07h30m and in the declination range -70{deg} to -60{deg}. We suggest 412 companions for these 290 stars and list 29 (10%) pairs that have shown significant motion.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/401/1429
- Title:
- WiggleZ dark energy survey (DR1)
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/401/1429
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey is a survey of 240000 emission-line galaxies in the distant Universe, measured with the AAOmega spectrograph on the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). The primary aim of the survey is to precisely measure the scale of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) imprinted on the spatial distribution of these galaxies at look-back times of 4-8Gyr. The target galaxies are selected using ultraviolet (UV) photometry from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite, with a flux limit of NUV<22.8mag. We also require that the targets are detected at optical wavelengths, specifically in the range 20.0<r<22.5mag. We use the Lyman break method applied to the UV colours, with additional optical colour limits, to select high-redshift galaxies. The galaxies generally have strong emission lines, permitting reliable redshift measurements in relatively short exposure times on the AAT. The median redshift of the galaxies is z_med_=0.6. The redshift range containing 90 per cent of the galaxies is 0.2<z<1.0. The survey will sample a volume of ~1Gpc^3^ over a projected area on the sky of 1000deg^2^, with an average target density of 350deg^-2^.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/474/4151
- Title:
- WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey final DR
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/474/4151
- Date:
- 02 Mar 2022 00:09:00
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey measured the redshifts of over 200000 ultraviolet (UV)-selected (N_UV_<22.8mag) galaxies on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The survey detected the baryon acoustic oscillation signal in the large-scale distribution of galaxies over the redshift range 0.2<z<1.0, confirming the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe and measuring the rate of structure growth within it. Here, we present the final data release of the survey: a catalogue of 225415 galaxies and individual files of the galaxy spectra. We analyse the emission-line properties of these UV-luminous Lyman-break galaxies by stacking the spectra in bins of luminosity, redshift, and stellar mass. The most luminous (-25mag<M_FUV_< -22mag) galaxies have very broad H{beta} emission from active nuclei, as well as a broad second component to the [OIII] (495.9nm, 500.7nm) doublet lines that is blueshifted by 100km/s, indicating the presence of gas outflows in these galaxies. The composite spectra allow us to detect and measure the temperature-sensitive [OIII] (436.3nm) line and obtain metallicities using the direct method. The metallicities of intermediate stellar mass (8.8<log(M*/M_{sun}_)<10) WiggleZ galaxies are consistent with normal emission-line galaxies at the same masses. In contrast, the metallicities of high stellar mass (10<log(M*/M_{sun}_)<12) WiggleZ galaxies are significantly lower than for normal emission-line galaxies at the same masses. This is not an effect of evolution as the metallicities do not vary with redshift; it is most likely a property specific to the extremely UV-luminous WiggleZ galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://nci.org.au/wigglez/conesearch
- Title:
- WiggleZ Final Data Release ConeSearch
- Short Name:
- WiggleZ Final CS
- Date:
- 14 Mar 2019 08:11:28
- Publisher:
- National Computational Infrastructure
- Description:
- WiggleZ final data release
- ID:
- ivo://nci.org.au/wigglez/tap
- Title:
- WiggleZ Final Data Release TAP
- Short Name:
- WiggleZ TAP
- Date:
- 06 Sep 2024 07:01:17
- Publisher:
- National Computational Infrastructure
- Description:
- WiggleZ final data release TAP service