- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/178/1
- Title:
- Distribution of HII regions in disk galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/178/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is known that interstellar gas has a fractal structure in a wide range of spatial scales with a fractal dimension that seems to be a constant around D_f_~2.7. It is expected that stars forming from this fractal medium exhibit similar fractal patterns. Here we address this issue by quantifying the degree to which star-forming events are clumped. We develop, test, and apply a precise and accurate technique to calculate the correlation dimension Dc of the distribution of HII regions in a sample of disk galaxies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/580/A68
- Title:
- 3D observations of S 140
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/580/A68
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The objective of this work is to study in detail the temperatures of dust and gas in the photon-dominated region S140, especially around the deeply embedded infrared sources IRS1-3 and at the ionization front. We derive the dust temperature and column density by combining Herschel PACS continuum observations with SOFIA observations at 37um and SCUBA data at 450um. We model these observations using simple greybody fits and the DUSTY radiative transfer code. For the gas analysis we use RADEX to model the CO 1-0, CO 2-1, ^13^CO 1-0 and C^18^O 1-0 emission lines mapped with the IRAM-30m telescope over a 4' field. Around IRS 1-3, we use HIFI observations of single-points and cuts in CO 9-8, ^13^CO 10-9 and C^18^O 9-8 to constrain the amount of warm gas
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/604/A135
- Title:
- Dynamics of ionized and neutral gas in M8
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/604/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a spectroscopic study of the dynamics of the ionized and neutral gas throughout the Lagoon nebula (M8), using VLT/FLAMES data from the Gaia-ESO Survey. We explore the connections between the nebular gas and the stellar population of the associated star cluster NGC6530. We characterize through spectral fitting emission lines of H{alpha}, [NII] and [SII] doublets, [OIII], and absorption lines of sodium D doublet, using data from the FLAMES/Giraffe and UVES spectrographs, on more than 1000 sightlines towards the entire face of the Lagoon nebula. Gas temperatures are derived from line-width comparisons, densities from the [SII] doublet ratio, and ionization parameter from H{alpha}/[NII] ratio. Although doubly-peaked emission profiles are rarely found, line asymmetries often imply multiple velocity components along the same line of sight. This is especially true for the sodium absorption, and for the [OIII] lines. Spatial maps for density and ionization are derived, and compared to other known properties of the nebula and of its massive stars 9 Sgr, Herschel 36 and HD 165052 which are confirmed to provide most of the ionizing flux. The detailed velocity fields across the nebula show several expanding shells, related to the cluster NGC6530, the O stars 9 Sgr and Herschel 36, and the massive protostar M8East-IR. The origins of kinematical expansion and ionization of the NGC6530 shell appear to be different. We are able to put constrains on the line-of-sight (relative or absolute) distances between some of these objects and the molecular cloud. The large obscuring band running through the middle of the nebula is being compressed by both sides, which might explain its enhanced density. We also find an unexplained large-scale velocity gradient across the entire nebula. At larger distances, the transition from ionized to neutral gas is studied using the sodium lines.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/439/3719
- Title:
- Embedded clusters infrared photometry
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/439/3719
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Spitzer, near-IR (NIR) and millimetre observations of the massive star-forming regions W5-east, S235, S252, S254-S258 and NGC 7538. Spitzer data is combined with NIR observations to identify and classify the young population while ^12^CO and ^13^CO observations are used to examine the parental molecular cloud. We detect in total 3021 young stellar objects (YSOs). Of those, 539 are classified as Class I, and 1186 as Class II sources. YSOs are distributed in groups surrounded by a more scattered population. Class I sources are more hierarchically organized than Class II and associated with the most dense molecular material. We identify in total 41 embedded clusters containing between 52 and 73 per cent of the YSOs. Clusters are in general non-virialized, turbulent and have star formation efficiencies between 5 and 50 per cent. We compare the physical properties of embedded clusters harbouring massive stars (MEC) and low-mass embedded clusters (LEC) and find that both groups follow similar correlations where the MEC are an extrapolation of the LEC. The mean separation between MEC members is smaller compared to the cluster Jeans length than for LEC members. These results are in agreement with a scenario where stars are formed in hierarchically distributed dusty filaments where fragmentation is mainly driven by turbulence for the more massive clusters. We find several young OB-type stars having IR-excess emission which may be due to the presence of an accretion disc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/706/83
- Title:
- Embedded YSO candidates in W51
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/706/83
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 737 candidate young stellar objects (YSOs) near the W51 giant molecular cloud over an area of 1.25x1.00{deg} selected from Spitzer Space Telescope data. We use spectral energy distribution fits to identify YSOs and distinguish them from main-sequence (MS) or red giant stars, asymptotic giant branch stars, and background galaxies. Based on extinction of each YSO, we separate a total of 437 YSOs associated with the W51 region from the possible foreground sources. We identify 69 highly embedded Stage 0/I candidate YSOs in our field with masses >5M_{sun}_ (corresponding to mid- to early-B MS spectral types), 46 of which are located in the central active star-forming regions of W51A and W51B. From the YSOs associated with W51, we find evidence for mass segregation showing that the most massive YSOs are concentrated on the W51 HII region complex.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/365/454
- Title:
- Emission line analysis of HII galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/365/454
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a statistical study of a very large sample of HII galaxies taken from the literature. We focus on the differences in several properties between galaxies that show the auroral line [OIII]{lambda}4363 and those that do not present this feature in their spectra.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/60/739
- Title:
- Emission-line stars in the W5E HII region
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/60/739
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have made a new survey of emission-line stars in the W5 E HII region to investigate the population of PMS stars near the OB stars by using the Wide Field Grism Spectrograph 2 (WFGS2). A total of 139 Halpha emission stars were detected and their g'i'-photometry was performed. Their spatial distribution shows three aggregates, i.e., two aggregates near the bright-rimmed clouds at the edge of the W5 E HII region (BRC 13 and BRC 14) and one near the exciting O7V star. The age and mass of each Halpha star were estimated from an extinction-corrected color-magnitude diagram and theoretical evolutionary tracks. We found, for the first time in this region, that the young stars near the exciting star are systematically older (4Myr) than those near the edge of the HII region (1Myr). This result supports that the formation of stars proceeds sequentially from the center of HII region to the eastern bright rim. We further suggest a possibility that the birth of low-mass stars near the exciting star of the HII region precedes the production of massive OB stars in the pre-existing molecular cloud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/490/5063
- Title:
- Extended sources in SCORPIO at 2.1GHz
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/490/5063
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalogue of a large sample of extended radio sources in the Stellar Continuum Originating from Radio Physics In Ourgalaxy (SCORPIO) field, observed and resolved by the Australia Telescope Compact Array. SCORPIO, a pathfinder project for addressing the early operations of the Australia SKA Pathfinder, is a survey of ~5 square degrees between 1.4 and 3.1GHz, centred at l=343.5{deg}, b=0.75{deg}, and with an angular resolution of about 10 arcsec. It is aimed at understanding the scientific and technical challenges to be faced by future Galactic surveys. With a mean sensitivity around 100uJy/beam and the possibility to recover angular scales at least up to 4 arcmin, we extracted 99 extended sources, 35 of them detected for the first time. Among the 64 known sources 55 had at least a tentative classification in literature. Studying the radio morphology and comparing the radio emission with infrared we propose as candidates six new HII regions, two new planetary nebulae, two new luminous blue variable or Wolf-Rayet stars, and three new supernova remnants. This study provides an overview of the potentiality of future radio surveys in terms of Galactic source extraction and characterization and a discussion on the difficulty to reduce and analyse interferometric data on the Galactic plane.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/559/864
- Title:
- Extragalactic ultracompact H II regions
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/559/864
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the detection of optically thick free-free radio sources in the galaxies M33, NGC 253, and NGC 6946 using data in the literature. We interpret these sources as being young embedded star birth regions that are likely to be clusters of ultracompact H II regions. All 35 of the sources presented in this article have positive radio spectral indices ({alpha}>0 for S_{nu}_){prop.to}{nu}^{alpha}^), suggesting an optically thick thermal bremsstrahlung origin from the H II region surrounding the hot stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/887/L7
- Title:
- Faraday rotation of radio sources from THOR
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/887/L7
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present first results for Faraday rotation of compact polarized sources (1-2GHz continuum) in The HI/OH/Recombination line (THOR) survey of the inner Galaxy. In the Galactic longitude range 39{deg}<l<52{deg}, we find rotation measures (RMs) in the range -310rad/m^2^<=RM<=+4219rad/m^2^, with the highest values concentrated within a degree of l=48{deg} at the Sagittarius arm tangent. Most of the high RMs arise in diffuse plasma, along lines of sight that do not intersect HII regions. For l>49{deg}, RM drops off rapidly, while at l<47{deg}, the mean RM is higher with a larger standard deviation than at l>49{deg}. We attribute the RM structure to the compressed diffuse warm ionized medium in the spiral arm, upstream of the major star formation regions. The Sagittarius arm acts as a significant Faraday screen inside the Galaxy. This has implications for models of the Galactic magnetic field and the expected amount of Faraday rotation of fast radio bursts from their host galaxies. We emphasize the importance of sensitivity to high Faraday depth in future polarization surveys.
