- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/771/110
- Title:
- Early-type stars in Taurus-Auriga
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/771/110
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe the results of a search for early-type stars associated with the Taurus-Auriga molecular cloud complex, a diffuse nearby star-forming region noted as lacking young stars of intermediate and high mass. We investigate several sets of possible O, B, and early A spectral class members. The first is a group of stars for which mid-infrared images show bright nebulae, all of which can be associated with stars of spectral-type B. The second group consists of early-type stars compiled from (1) literature listings in SIMBAD, (2) B stars with infrared excesses selected from the Spitzer Space Telescope survey of the Taurus cloud (Rebull et al. 2010, J/ApJS/186/259), (3) magnitude- and color-selected point sources from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (Skrutskie et al. 2006, VII/233), and (4) spectroscopically identified early-type stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey coverage of the Taurus region (Finkbeiner et al. 2004AJ....128.2577F; Knapp et al. 2007AAS...211.2907K). We evaluated stars for membership in the Taurus-Auriga star formation region based on criteria involving: spectroscopic and parallactic distances, proper motions and radial velocities, and infrared excesses or line emission indicative of stellar youth. For selected objects, we also model the scattered and emitted radiation from reflection nebulosity and compare the results with the observed spectral energy distributions to further test the plausibility of physical association of the B stars with the Taurus cloud. This investigation newly identifies as probable Taurus members three B-type stars: HR 1445 (HD 28929), {tau} Tau (HD 29763), 72 Tau (HD 28149), and two A-type stars: HD 31305 and HD 26212, thus doubling the number of stars A5 or earlier associated with the Taurus clouds. Several additional early-type sources including HD 29659 and HD 283815 meet some, but not all, of the membership criteria and therefore are plausible, though not secure, members.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/391/1039
- Title:
- Effective temperature of metal-poor A-type stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/391/1039
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Effective temperatures (T_eff_) can be determined from (V-J)_0_, (V-H)_0_ and (V-K)_0_ colours that are derived from 2MASS magnitudes. This gives another way to estimate the T_eff_ of faint blue halo stars (V<~15) whose temperatures are now usually deduced from (B_V)_0_. Transformations (adapted from Carpenter, 2001AJ....121.2851C) are used to change colours derived from the 2MASS data to the Johnson system. T_eff_ is then derived from these colours using an updated Kurucz model. Tables are given to derive T_eff_ as a function of (V-J)_0_, (V-H)_0_ and (V-K)_0_ for a variety of metallicities and suitable for blue horizontal branch and main sequence stars. The temperatures obtained in this way are compared with those in the recent literature for various stars with 5<=V<=15 and T_eff_ in the range 6500 to 9500K; systematic differences are ~100K. An exception is the sample of BHB stars observed by Wilhelm et al. (1999, Cat. <J/AJ/117/2329>) whose T_eff_ are significantly cooler than those we derive by an amount that increases with increasing temperature. Description:
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/417/495
- Title:
- HD 32115 and HD 37594 atmospheric parameters
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/417/495
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present detailed parameter determinations of two chemically normal late A-type stars, HD 32115 and HD 37594, to uncover the reasons behind large discrepancies between two previous analyses of these stars performed with a semi-automatic procedure and a 'classical' analysis. Our study is based on high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectra obtained at the McDonald Observatory. Our method is based on the simultaneous use of all available observables: multicolour photometry, pressure-sensitive magnesium lines, metallic lines and Balmer line profiles. Our final set of fundamental parameters fits, within the error bars, all available observables. It differs from the published results obtained with a semi-automatic procedure.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/552/A68
- Title:
- HD 261711 reduced spectrum
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/552/A68
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The internal structure of pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars is poorly constrained at present. This could change significantly through high-quality asteroseismological observations of a sample of such stars. We concentrate on an asteroseismological study of HD 261711, a rather hot delta Scuti-type pulsating member of the young open cluster NGC 2264 located at the blue border of the instability region. HD 261711 was discovered to be a pre-main sequence delta Scuti star using the time series photometry obtained by the MOST satellite in 2006. High-precision, time-series photometry of HD 261711 was obtained by the MOST and CoRoT satellites in four separate new observing runs that are put into context with the star's fundamental atmospheric parameters obtained from spectroscopy. Frequency Analysis was performed using Period04. The spectral analysis was performed using equivalent widths and spectral synthesis. With the new MOST data set from 2011/12 and the two CoRoT light curves from 2008 and 2011/12, the delta Scuti variability was confirmed and regular groups of frequencies were discovered. The two pulsation frequencies identified in the data from the first MOST observing run in 2006 are confirmed and 23 new delta Scuti-type frequencies were discovered using the CoRoT data. Weighted average frequencies for each group were determined and are related to l=0 and l=1 p-modes. Evidence for amplitude modulation of the frequencies in two groups is seen. The effective temperature (Teff) was derived to be 8600+/-200K, logg is 4.1+/-0.2, and the projected rotational velocity (vsini) is 53+/-1km/s. Using our Teff value and the radius of 1.8+/-0.5R_{sun}_ derived from spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting, we get a luminosity logL/L_{sun}_ of 1.20+/-0.14 which agrees well to the seismologically determined values of 1.65 Rsun and, hence, a logL/L_{sun}_ of 1.13. The radial velocity of 14+/-2km/s we derived for HD 261711, confirms the star's membership to NGC 2264. Our asteroseismic models suggest that HD 261711 is a delta Scuti-type star close to the zero-age main sequence (ZAMS) with a mass of 1.8 to 1.9M_{sun}_. With an age of about 10 million years derived from asteroseismology, the star is either a young ZAMS star or a late PMS star just before the onset of hydrogen-core burning. The observed splittings about the l=0 and 1 parent modes may be an artifact of the Fourier derived spectrum of frequencies with varying amplitudes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/439/2078
- Title:
- High-frequency A-type pulsators
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/439/2078
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a survey using the WASP archive to search for high-frequency pulsations in F-, A- and B-type stars. Over 1.5 million targets have been searched for pulsations with amplitudes greater than 0.5 millimagnitude. We identify over 350 stars which pulsate with periods less than 30min. Spectroscopic follow-up of selected targets has enabled us to confirm 10 new rapidly oscillating Ap stars, 13 pulsating Am stars and the fastest known {delta} Scuti star. We also observe stars which show pulsations in both the high-frequency domain and the low-frequency {delta} Scuti range. This work shows the power of the WASP photometric survey to find variable stars with amplitudes well below the nominal photometric precision per observation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/168/277
- Title:
- HK-Survey field horizontal-branch candidates
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/168/277
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present coordinates and available photometric information (either from previous or recent broadband UBV observations, and near-infrared photometry from the 2MASS Point Source Catalog) for 12,056 stars (11,516 of which are unique) identified in the HK Survey of Beers and colleagues as candidate field horizontal-branch or A-type stars. These stars, in the apparent magnitude range 10<=B<=16.0, were selected using an objective-prism/interference-filter survey technique. The availability of 2MASS information permits assembly of a cleaned version of this catalog, comprising likely blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars or blue stragglers in the color interval [-0.2<=(B-V)_0_<=+0.2].
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/103/433
- Title:
- Horizontal-branch and A-type star catalog. II
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/103/433
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present coordinates and brightness estimates for 4175 candidate field horizontal-branch and A-type stars, in the magnitude range 10<=B<=15.5, selected using an objective-prism/interference-filter survey technique. The candidates lie primarily in the northern Galactic hemisphere and complement a previously published sample of southern Galactic hemisphere candidates. Available spectroscopy and photometry indicates that the great majority of the candidates are likely to be bona fide members of either the field blue horizontal- branch population or the blue, metal-deficient, high surface gravity stars referred to by Preston, Beers, & Schectman (1994AJ....108..538P) as BMP stars. The remaining stars in the catalog are likely to be a mix of metal-deficient turnoff stars, metallic-line (Am) stars, field red horizontal-branch stars, optical doubles with overlapping objective-prism spectra, and (particularly among the fainter candidates) inadvertently included late-type stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/630/A142
- Title:
- HR4796 debris disk Qphi and Uphi images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/630/A142
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Debris disks are the natural by-products of the planet formation process. Scatte red or polarized light observations are mostly sensitive to small dust grains that are released from the grinding down of bigger planetesimals. High angular resolution observations at optical wavelengths can provide key constraints on the radial and azimuthal distribution of the small dust grains. These constraints can help us better understand where most of the dust grains are released upon collisions. We present SPHERE/ZIMPOL observations of the debris disk around HR 4796A, and model the radial profiles along several azimuthal angles of the disk with a code that accounts for the effect of stellar radiation pressure. This enables us to derive an appropriate description for the radial and azimuthal distribution of the small dust grains. Even though we only model the radial profiles along (or close to) the semi-major axis of the disk, our best-fit model is not only in good agreement with our observations but also with previously published datasets (from near-IR to sub-mm wavelengths). We find that the reference radius is located at 76.4+/-0.4au, and the disk has an eccentricity of 0.076_-0.010_^+0.016^, with the pericenter located on the front side of the disk (north of the star). We find that small dust grains must be preferentially released near the pericenter to explain the observed brightness asymmetry. Even though parent bodies spend more time near the apocenter, the brightness asymmetry implies that collisions happen more frequently near the pericenter of the disk. Our model can successfully reproduce the shape of the outer edge of the disk, without having to invoke an outer planet shepherding the debris disk. With a simple treatment of the effect of the radiation pressure, we conclude that the parent planetesimals are located in a narrow ring of about 3.6au in width.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/235
- Title:
- HST/STIS near-UV spectrum of {eta} Telescopii
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/162/235
- Date:
- 14 Mar 2022 07:38:34
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present far- and near-ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy of the ~23Myr edge-on debris disk surrounding the A0V star {eta}Telescopii, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. We detect absorption lines from CI, CII, OI, MgII, AlII, SiII, SII, MnII, FeII, and marginally NI. The lines show two clear absorption components at -22.7{+/-}0.5km/s and -17.8{+/-}0.7km/s, which we attribute to circumstellar (CS) and interstellar gas, respectively. CO absorption is not detected, and we find no evidence for star-grazing exocomets. The CS absorption components are blueshifted by -16.9{+/-}2.6km/s in the star's reference frame, indicating that they are outflowing in a radiatively driven disk wind. We find that the C/Fe ratio in the {eta}Tel CS gas is significantly higher than the solar ratio, as is the case in the {beta}Pic and 49Cet debris disks. Unlike those disks, however, the measured C/O ratio in the {eta}Tel CS gas is consistent with the solar value. Our analysis shows that because {eta}Tel is an earlier type star than {beta}Pic and 49Cet, with more substantial radiation pressure at the dominant CII transitions, this species cannot bind the CS gas disk to the star as it does for {beta}Pic and 49Cet, resulting in the disk wind.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/460/1970
- Title:
- Kepler {delta} Sct stars amplitude modulation
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/460/1970
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a thorough search for amplitude modulation of pulsation modes in 983 {delta} Sct stars, which have effective temperatures between 6400<T_eff_<10000K in the Kepler Input Catalogue and were continuously observed by the Kepler Space Telescope for 4yr. We demonstrate the diversity in pulsational behaviour observed, in particular non-linearity, which is predicted for {delta} Sct stars. We analyse and discuss examples of {delta} Sct stars with constant amplitudes and phases; those that exhibit amplitude modulation caused by beating of close-frequency pulsation modes; those that exhibit pure amplitude modulation (with no associated phase variation); those that exhibit phase modulation caused by binarity; and those that exhibit amplitude modulation caused by non-linearity. Using models and examples of individual stars, we demonstrate that observations of the changes in amplitude and phase of pulsation modes can be used to distinguish among the different scenarios. We find that 603 {delta} Sct stars (61.3 per cent) exhibit at least one pulsation mode that varies significantly in amplitude over 4yr. Conversely, many {delta} Sct stars have constant pulsation amplitudes so short-length observations can be used to determine precise frequencies, amplitudes and phases for the most coherent and periodic {delta} Sct stars. It is shown that amplitude modulation is not restricted to a small region on the HR diagram, therefore not necessarily dependent on stellar parameters such as T_eff_, logg or [Fe/H]. Our catalogue of 983 {delta} Sct stars will be useful for comparisons to similar stars observed by K2 and TESS, because the length of the 4-yr Kepler data set will not be surpassed for some time.
