- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/41
- Title:
- 420nm CN and G bands in G8-K5 spectra
- Short Name:
- II/41
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Measurements of the {lambda}4200{AA} CN band are presented for 712 late-type stars. G band data are also included for 212 of these stars. Mean errors of absolute magnitudes derived from CN intensities are at least 1.5 mag. Spectral type determined by G band intensity has a mean deviation of 0.15 class from the MK type for G to K1 stars. The file photom.dat contains 712 data records in the form of CN ratios and G-band ratios, with annotations. The CN ratio is the ratio of the sum of the intensities in the 4097-4149{AA} and 4230-4283{AA} wavelength ranges to the intensity in the 4164-4214{AA} range. The latter contains the CN absorption band, and the first two ranges serve as nearby continuum references. The ratio is a measure of the depth of the absorption in the CN band. Values greater than 2 indicate absorption in the band. The G-band ratio is similarly the ratio of the sum of the intensities in the 4230-4270{AA} and 4342-4380{AA} wavelength ranges to the intensity in the 4285-4315{AA} range.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/554/A108
- Title:
- Periodic variables in NGC 3766
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/554/A108
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze the population of periodic variable stars in the open cluster NGC3766 based on a 7-year multiband monitoring campaign conducted on the 1.2m Swiss Euler telescope at La Silla, Chili. The data reduction, light curve cleaning, and period search procedures, combined with the long observation time line, allowed us to detect variability amplitudes down to the mmag level. The variability properties were complemented with the positions in the color-magnitude and color-color diagrams to classify periodic variable stars into distinct variability types. We find a large population (36 stars) of new variable stars between the red edge of slowly pulsating B (SPB) stars and the blue edge of delta Sct stars, a region in the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram where no pulsation is predicted to occur based on standard stellar models. The bulk of their periods ranges from 0.1 to 0.7d, with amplitudes between 1 and 4mmag for the majority of them. About 20% of stars in that region of the HR diagram are found to be variable, but the number of members of this new group is expected to be higher, with amplitudes below our mmag detection limit. The properties of this new group of variable stars are summarized and arguments set forth in favor of a pulsation origin of the variability, with g-modes sustained by stellar rotation. Potential members of this new class of low-amplitude periodic (most probably pulsating) A and late-B variables in the literature are discussed. We additionally identify 16 eclipsing binary, 13 SPB, 14 delta Sct, and 12 gamma Dor candidates, as well as 72 fainter periodic variables. All are new discoveries. We encourage searching for this new class of variables in other young open clusters, especially in those hosting a rich population of Be stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/25
- Title:
- Photometry of orange-red CaI triplet in Late-Type Stars
- Short Name:
- II/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Calcium absorption lines were measured using narrow-band photometry on 296 high and low velocity G8-K5 stars of all luminosity classes. Because the blue-violet region of the stellar spectra is too crowded for narrow-band photometry, this investigation of abundance involved measurements of the orange-red CaI triplet 4(3)P-5(3)S, with wavelengths 6102.7, 6122.2 and 6162.2{AA}. "Calcium triplet ratio" is defined as "the measured light intensity ratios, comparison/central regions, calibrated in terms of a standard lamp as described in previous Cambridge papers". The catalog (table I of paper) includes HD number, (B-V) color index, Mg b ratio, H{alpha} ratio, Calcium triplet ratio, and a running number.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/45
- Title:
- Photometry of strong CN stars
- Short Name:
- II/45
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A group of 185 late G and K giants, selected from the US Naval Observatory Catalog of Photoelectric Observations (Cat. II/4) because they had Ultraviolet deficiences, were observed with the intermediate band photometric system of the David Dunlap Observatory (defined by McClure and van den Bergh 1968AJ.....73..313M). The DDO photometry is included in Cat. II/17.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/244/27
- Title:
- Radial velocity measurements in LAMOST-II
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/244/27
- Date:
- 09 Dec 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The radial velocity (RV) is a basic physical quantity that can be determined through the Doppler shift of the spectrum of a star. The precision of the RV measurement depends on the resolution of the spectrum we used and the accuracy of wavelength calibration. In this work, radial velocities of the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope-II (LAMOST-II) medium-resolution (R~7500) spectra are measured for 1,594,956 spectra (each spectrum has two wavebands) through matching with templates. A set of RV standard stars are used to recalibrate the zero point of the measurement, and some reference sets with RVs derived from medium-/high-resolution observations are used to evaluate the accuracy of the measurement. By comparing with reference sets, the accuracy of our measurement can get 0.0277km/s with respect to radial velocities of standard stars. The intrinsic precision is estimated with the multiple observations of single stars, which can be achieved to 1.36km/s, 1.08km/s, and 0.91km/s for the spectra at signal-to-noise levels of 10, 20, and 50, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/614/A122
- Title:
- Radial-velocity of CARMENES M dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/614/A122
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Previous simulations predicted the activity-induced radial-velocity (RV) variations of M dwarfs to range from ~1cm/s to ~1km/s, depending on various stellar and activity parameters. We investigate the observed relations between RVs, stellar activity, and stellar parameters of M dwarfs by analyzing CARMENES high-resolution visual-channel spectra (0.5-1um), which were taken within the CARMENES RV planet survey during its first 20 months of operation. During this time, 287 of the CARMENES- sample stars were observed at least five times. From each spectrum we derived a relative RV and a measure of chromospheric Halpha emission. In addition, we estimated the chromatic index (CRX) of each spectrum, which is a measure of the RV wavelength dependence. Despite having a median number of only 11 measurements per star, we show that the RV variations of the stars with RV scatter of >10m/s and a projected rotation velocity vsini>2km/s are caused mainly by activity. We name these stars 'active RV-loud stars' and find their occurrence to increase with spectral type: from ~3% for early-type M dwarfs (M0.0-2.5V) through ~30% for mid-type M dwarfs (M3.0-5.5V) to >50% for late-type M dwarfs (M6.0-9.0V). Their RV-scatter amplitude is found to be correlated mainly with vsini. For about half of the stars, we also find a linear RV-CRX anticorrelation, which indicates that their activity-induced RV scatter is lower at longer wavelengths. For most of them we can exclude a linear correlation between RV and Halpha emission. Our results are in agreement with simulated activity-induced RV variations in M dwarfs. The RV variations of most active RV-loud M dwarfs are likely to be caused by dark spots on their surfaces, which move in and out of view as the stars rotate.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/789/140
- Title:
- SDSS quasars balmer emission lines
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/789/140
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A small fraction of quasars have long been known to show bulk velocity offsets (of a few hundred to thousands of km/s) in the broad Balmer lines with respect to the systemic redshift of the host galaxy. Models to explain these offsets usually invoke broad-line region gas kinematics/asymmetry around single black holes (BHs), orbital motion of massive (~sub-parsec (sub-pc)) binary black holes (BBHs), or recoil BHs, but single-epoch spectra are unable to distinguish between these scenarios. The line-of-sight (LOS) radial velocity (RV) shifts from long-term spectroscopic monitoring can be used to test the BBH hypothesis. We have selected a sample of 399 quasars with kinematically offset broad H{beta} lines from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Seventh Data Release quasar catalog, and have conducted second-epoch optical spectroscopy for 50 of them. Combined with the existing SDSS spectra, the new observations enable us to constrain the LOS RV shifts of broad H{beta} lines with a rest-frame baseline of a few years to nearly a decade. While previous work focused on objects with extreme velocity offset (>10^3^ km/s), we explore the parameter space with smaller (a few hundred km/s) yet significant offsets (99.7% confidence). Using cross-correlation analysis, we detect significant (99% confidence) radial accelerations in the broad H{beta} lines in 24 of the 50 objects, of ~10-200 km/s/yr with a median measurement uncertainty of ~10 km/s/yr, implying a high fraction of variability of the broad-line velocity on multi-year timescales. We suggest that 9 of the 24 detections are sub-pc BBH candidates, which show consistent velocity shifts independently measured from a second broad line (either H{alpha} or Mg II) without significant changes in the broad-line profiles. Combining the results on the general quasar population studied in Paper I (Shen et al. 2013ApJ...775...49S), we find a tentative anti-correlation between the velocity offset in the first-epoch spectrum and the average acceleration between two epochs, which could be explained by orbital phase modulation when the time separation between two epochs is a non-negligible fraction of the orbital period of the motion causing the line displacement. We discuss the implications of our results for the identification of sub-pc BBH candidates in offset-line quasars and for the constraints on their frequency and orbital parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/646/A34
- Title:
- Search for flares and CMEs in SDSS data
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/646/A34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This work aims to detect and classify stellar flares and potential stellar coronal mass ejection (CME) signatures in optical spectra provided by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data release 14. The sample is constrained to all F, G, K, and M main-sequence type stars, resulting in more than 630000 stars. This work makes use of the individual spectral exposures provided by the SDSS. An automatic flare search was performed by detecting significant amplitude changes in the H{alpha} and H{beta} spectral lines after a Gaussian profile was fit to the line core. CMEs were searched for by identifying asymmetries in the Balmer lines caused by the Doppler effect of plasma motions in the line of sight. We identified 281 flares on late-type stars (spectral types K3-M9). We identified six possible CME candidates showing excess flux in Balmer line wings. Flare energies in H{alpha} were calculated and masses of the CME candidates were estimated. The derived H{alpha} flare energies range from 3x10^28^-2x10^33^erg. The H{alpha} flare energy increases with earlier types, while the fraction of flaring times increases with later types. Mass estimates for the CME candidates are in the range of 6x10^16^-6x10^18^g, and the highest projected velocities are ~300-700km/s. The low detection rate of CMEs we obtained agrees with previous studies, suggesting that for late-type main-sequence stars the CME occurrence rate that can be detected with optical spectroscopy is low.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/786/59
- Title:
- SED fitting results of HETDEX pilot survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/786/59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use broadband photometry extending from the rest-frame UV to the near-IR to fit the individual spectral energy distributions of 63 bright (L(Ly{alpha})>10^43^ erg/s) Ly{alpha} emitting galaxies (LAEs) in the redshift range 1.9<z<3.6. We find that these LAEs are quite heterogeneous, with stellar masses that span over three orders of magnitude, from 7.5<log M/M_{sun}_<10.5. Moreover, although most LAEs have small amounts of extinction, some high-mass objects have stellar reddenings as large as E(B-V)~0.4. Interestingly, in dusty objects the optical depths for Ly{alpha} and the UV continuum are always similar, indicating that Ly{alpha} photons are not undergoing many scatters before escaping their galaxy. In contrast, the ratio of optical depths in low-reddening systems can vary widely, illustrating the diverse nature of the systems. Finally, we show that in the star-formation-rate-log-mass diagram, our LAEs fall above the "main-sequence" defined by z~3 continuum selected star-forming galaxies. In this respect, they are similar to submillimeter-selected galaxies, although most LAEs have much lower mass.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/149/79
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of 299 galaxies from NewHa survey
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/149/79
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using a sample of 299 H{alpha}-selected galaxies at z~~0.8, we study the relationship between galaxy stellar mass, gas-phase metallicity, and star formation rate (SFR), and compare to previous results. We use deep optical spectra obtained with the IMACS spectrograph at the Magellan telescope to measure strong oxygen lines. We combine these spectra and metallicities with (1) rest-frame UV-to-optical imaging, which allows us to determine stellar masses and dust attenuation corrections, and (2) H{alpha} narrowband imaging, which provides a robust measurement of the instantaneous SFR. Our sample spans stellar masses of ~10^9^-6x10^11^M_{sun}_, SFRs of 0.4-270M_{sun}_/yr, and metal abundances of 12+log(O/H)~~8.3-9.1(~~0.4-2.6Z_{sun}_). The correlations that we find between the H{alpha}-based SFR and stellar mass (i.e., the star-forming "main sequence") and between the stellar mass and metallicity are both consistent with previous z~1 studies of star-forming galaxies. We then study the relationship between the three properties using various plane-fitting techniques and a curve-fitting projection. In all cases, we exclude strong dependence of the M_{star}_-Z relation on SFR, but are unable to distinguish between moderate and no dependence. Our results are consistent with previous mass-metallicity-SFR studies. We check whether data set limitations may obscure a strong dependence on the SFR by using mock samples drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. These experiments reveal that the adopted signal-to-noise ratio cuts may have a significant effect on the measured dependence. Further work is needed to investigate these results, and to test whether a "fundamental metallicity relation" or a "fundamental plane" describes star-forming galaxies across cosmic time.
