- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/700/844
- Title:
- Rotation rates of very massive stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/700/844
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present projected rotational velocity values for 96 Galactic, 55 SMC, and 106 LMC O-B type stars from archival FUSE observations. The evolved and unevolved samples from each environment are compared through the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to determine if the distribution of equatorial rotational velocities is metallicity dependent for these massive objects. Stellar interior models predict that massive stars with SMC metallicity will have significantly reduced angular momentum loss on the main sequence compared to their Galactic counterparts. Our results find some support for this prediction but also show that even at Galactic metallicity, evolved and unevolved massive stars have fairly similar fractions of stars with large Vsin i values. Macroturbulent broadening that is present in the spectral features of Galactic evolved massive stars is lower in the LMC and SMC samples. This suggests the processes that lead to macroturbulence are dependent upon metallicity.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/595/A31
- Title:
- SAM detection limits of 8 debris disks
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/595/A31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The formation of planetary systems is a common, yet complex mechanism. Numerous stars have been identified to possess a debris disk, a proto-planetary disk or a planetary system. The understanding of such formation process requires the study of debris disks. These targets are substantial and particularly suitable for optical and infrared observations. Sparse aperture masking (SAM) is a high angular resolution technique strongly contributing to probing the region from 30 to 200 mas around the stars. This area is usually unreachable with classical imaging, and the technique also remains highly competitive compared to vortex coronagraphy. We aim to study debris disks with aperture masking to probe the close environment of the stars. Our goal is either to find low-mass companions, or to set detection limits. We observed eight stars presenting debris disks ({beta} Pictoris, AU Microscopii, 49 Ceti, {eta} Telescopii, Fomalhaut, g Lupi, HD 181327, and HR 8799) with SAM technique on the NaCo instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). No close companions were detected using closure phase information under 0.5" of separation from the parent stars. We obtained magnitude detection limits that we converted to Jupiter masses detection limits using theoretical isochrones from evolutionary models. We derived upper mass limits on the presence of companions in the area of a few times the telescope's diffraction limits around each target star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A160
- Title:
- SEDIGISM survey, search for molecular outflows
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A160
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The formation processes of massive stars are still unclear but a picture is emerging involving accretion disks and molecular outflows in what appears to be a scaled-up version of lower-mass star formation. A census of outflow activity towards high-mass star-forming clumps in various evolutionary stages has the potential to shed light on high-mass star formation. We conduct an outflow survey toward ATLASGAL (APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy) clumps, using SEDIGISM (structure, Excitation, and Dynamics of the Inner Galactic InterStellar Medium) data and aim to obtain a large sample of clumps exhibiting outflow activity in different evolutionary stages. We identify the high-velocity wings of the ^13^CO lines, indicating outflow activity, toward ATLASGAL clumps by (1) extracting the simultaneously observed ^13^CO(2-1) and C^18^O(2-1) spectra from SEDIGISM, and (2) subtracting the scaled C^18^O (cores emission) from the ^13^CO, after considering opacity broadening. We have detected high-velocity gas towards 1192 clumps out of a total sample of 2052 corresponding to an overall detection rate of 58%. Outflow activity has been detected from the earliest (apparently) quiescent clumps (i.e., 70 microns weak), to the most evolved HII region stages (i.e., 8 micron bright with tracers of massive star formation). The detection rate increases as a function of evolution (quiescent = 51%, protostellar = 47%, YSO = 57%, UCHII regions = 76%). Our sample is the largest outflow sample identified so far. The high detection rate from this large sample is consistent with the results of similar studies reported in the literature and supports the scenario that outflows are a ubiquitous feature of high-mass star formation. The lower detection rate in early evolutionary stages could be due to the fact that outflows in the early stages are weak and difficult to detect. We obtain a statistically significant number of outflow clumps for every evolutionary stage, especially for outflow clumps in the earliest stages (i.e., 70 microns dark cloud or massive starless core).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/650/A39
- Title:
- SOPHIE and HARPS Young Nearby Stars - YNS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/650/A39
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The search of close (a<~5au) giant planet (GP) companions with radial velocity (RV) around young stars and the estimate of their occurrence rates is important to constrain the migration timescales. Furthermore, this search will allow the giant planet occurrence rates to be computed at all separations via the combination with direct imaging techniques. The RV search around young stars is a challenge as they are generally faster rotators than older stars of similar spectral types and they exhibit signatures of magnetic activity (spots) or pulsation in their RV time series. Specific analyses are necessary to characterize, and possibly correct for, this activity. Our aim is to search for planets around young nearby stars and to estimate the GP occurrence rates for periods up to 1000 days. We used the SOPHIE spectrograph on the 1.93m telescope at the Haute-Provence Observatory to observe 63 A-M young (<400Myr) stars. We used our Spectroscopic data via Analysis of the Fourier Interspectrum Radial velocities (SAFIR) software to compute the RVs and other spectroscopic observables. We then combined this survey with the HARPS YNS survey to compute the companion occurrence rates on a total of 120 young A-M stars. Results. We report one new trend compatible with a planetary companion on HD 109647. We also report HD 105693 and HD 112097 as binaries, and we confirm the binarity of HD 2454, HD13531, HD 17250 A, HD 28945, HD 39587, HD 131156, HD 142229, HD 186704 A, and HD 195943. We constrained for the first time the orbital parameters of HD 195943 B. We refute the HD 13507 single brown dwarf (BD) companion solution and propose a double BD companion solution. Two GPs were previously reported from this survey in the HD 113337 system. Based on our sample of 120 young stars, we obtain a GP occurrence rate of 1^+2/2^_0/3_% for periods lower than 1000 days, and we obtain an upper limit on BD occurrence rate of 0.9^+2^_0.9_% in the same period range. We report a possible lack of close (P {in} [1; 1000] days) GPs around young FK stars compared to their older counterparts, with a confidence level of 90%.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/713/871
- Title:
- Sources in star-forming region Cyg-OB2 from X-ray
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/713/871
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Cygnus OB2 is the nearest example of a massive star-forming region (SFR), containing over 50 O-type stars and hundreds of B-type stars. We have analyzed the properties of young stars in two fields in Cyg OB2 using the recently published deep catalog of Chandra X-ray point sources with complementary optical and near-IR photometry. Our sample is complete to ~1M_{sun}_ (excluding A- and B-type stars that do not emit X-rays), making this the deepest study of the stellar properties and star formation history in Cyg OB2 to date. Combining our stellar mass function (MF) and an estimate of the radial density profile of the association suggests a total mass of Cyg OB2 of ~3x10^4^M_{sun}_, similar to that of many of our Galaxy's most massive SFRs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/131/401
- Title:
- Southern peculiar early-type stars polarimetry
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/131/401
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present and discuss optical polarimetry of a large group (60 objects) of peculiar early-type stars (Herbig Ae/Be stars and candidate members, B[e] stars, extreme emission line objects etc.). Most were taken from ``A new catalogue of members and candidate members of Herbig Ae/Be stellar group'' The et al. (1994, Cat. <J/A+AS/104/315>). For 40 out of the 60 objects polarization was measured for the first time. On the basis of the data we draw conclusions about the circumstellar shell configuration and orientation for several objects. Polarimetric variability on different time-scales (minutes...hours...days) was investigated, as well as comparison with earlier measurements to investigate variability over longer time-scales. No circular polarization was detected to a 5{sigma} level in most of the investigated stars. Polarimetric data obtained here as well as data available from the literature were analyzed from the point of investigating the evolutionary status of the objects. The relationship between the polarimetric and photometric data was also investigated.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/465/993
- Title:
- Spectral atlas of massive stars around He I
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/465/993
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a digital atlas of peculiar, high-luminosity massive stars in the near-infrared region (10470-11000{AA}) at medium resolution (R~7000). The spectra are centered around HeI 10830{AA}, which is formed in the wind of those stars, and is a crucial line to obtain their physical parameters. The instrumental configuration also sampled a rich variety of emission lines of FeII, MgII, CI, NI, and Pa{gamma}. Secure identifications for most spectral lines are given, based on synthetic atmosphere models calculated by our group. We also propose that two unidentified absorption features have interstellar and/or circumstellar origin. For the strongest one (10780{AA}) an empirical calibration between E(B-V) and equivalent width is provided. The atlas displays the spectra of massive stars organized in four categories, namely Be stars, OBA Iape (or luminous blue variables, LBV candidates and ex/dormant LBVs), OB supergiants and Wolf-Rayet stars. For comparison, the photospheric spectra of non emission-line stars are presented. Selected LBVs were observed in different epochs from 2001 to 2004, and their spectral variability reveals that some stars, such as eta Car, AG Car and HR Car, suffered dramatic spectroscopic changes during this time interval.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/541/A34
- Title:
- Spectral types of stars in CoRoT fields
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/541/A34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Observations of giant stars indicate that the frequency of giant planets is much higher for intermediate-mass stars than for solar-like stars. Up to now all known planets of giant stars orbit at relatively far distances from their host stars. It is not known whether intermediate-mass stars also had many close-in planets when they were on the main sequence, which were then engulfed when the star became a giant star. To understand the formation and evolution of planets it is therefore important to find out whether main-sequence stars of intermediate-mass have close-in planets or not. A survey for transiting planets of intermediate-mass stars would be ideal to solve this question, because the detection of transiting planets is not affected by the rapid rotation of these stars. With CoRoT it is possible to detect transiting planets around stars up to a spectral type B4V. As a first step for an efficient survey we need to identify intermediate-mass stars in the CoRoT-fields, which can then be used as an input list. To compile the input list we derived the spectral types of essentially all O, B and A stars down to 14.5mag in the CoRoT fields IRa01, LRa01, LRa02 taken with the multi-object spectrograph AAOmega. We determined the spectral types by comparing the spectra with template spectra from a library. In total we identify 1856 A and B stars that have been observed with CoRoT. Using multiple spectra of these stars, we find that the accuracy of the resulting spectral classification is 1.61+/-0.14 sub-classes for A and B stars. Given the number of planets that have been detected in these fields amongst late-type stars, we estimate that there are one to four transiting planets of intermediate-mass stars waiting to be discovered. Our survey not only allows us to carry out a dedicated planet search programme but is also essential for any types of studies of the light curves of early-type stars in the CoRoT database. We also show that it would be possible to extend the survey to all fields that CoRoT has observed using photometrically determined spectral types.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/704/964
- Title:
- Spectroscopic study of Of^+^ supergiants
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/704/964
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The transition from early Of stars to WN-type objects is poorly understood. O-type supergiants with emission lines (OIf^+^) are considered to be intermediate between these two classes. The scope of this paper is to investigate the spectral variability of three Of^+^ supergiants. We constituted spectral time series of unprecedented quality for our targets (~200 spectra in total), essentially in the blue domain, covering timescales from a few hours up to a few years. Temporal Variance Spectrum and Fourier analyses were performed in order to characterize their spectral variability.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/125
- Title:
- Spectroscopy and HST photometry in Westerlund 2
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/125
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a spectroscopic and photometric determination of the distance to the young Galactic open cluster Westerlund 2 using WFPC2 imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and ground-based optical spectroscopy. HST imaging in the F336W, F439W, F555W, and F814W filters resolved many sources previously undetected in ground-based observations and yielded photometry for 1136 stars. We identified 15 new O-type stars, along with two probable binary systems, including MSP188 (O3+O5.5). We fit reddened spectral energy distributions based on the Padova isochrones to the photometric data to determine individual reddening parameters R_V_ and A_V_for O-type stars in Wd2. We find average values <R_V_>=3.77+/-0.09 and <A_V_>=6.51+/-0.38mag, which result in a smaller distance than most other spectroscopic and photometric studies. After a statistical distance correction accounting for close unresolved binaries (factor of 1.08), our spectroscopic and photometric data on 29 O-type stars yield that Westerlund 2 has a distance <d>=4.16+/-0.07(random)+0.26(systematic)kpc. The cluster's age remains poorly constrained, with an upper limit of 3Myr. Finally, we report evidence of a faint mid-IR polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ring surrounding the well-known binary candidate MSP 18, which appears to lie at the center of a secondary stellar grouping within Westerlund 2.
