- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/477/L70
- Title:
- Strongly lensed quasars in SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/477/L70
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the discovery of three quasar lenses in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, selected using two novel photometry-based selection techniques. The J0941+0518 system, with two point sources separated by 5.46 arcsec on either side of a galaxy, has source and lens redshifts 1.54 and 0.343. Images of J2257+2349 show two point sources separated by 1.67 arcsec on either side of an E/S0 galaxy. The extracted spectra show two images of the same quasar at z_s_=2.10. SDSS J1640+1045 has two quasar spectra at z_s_=1.70 and fits to the SDSS and Pan-STARRS images confirm the presence of a galaxy between the two point sources. We observed 56 photometrically selected lens candidates in this follow-up campaign, confirming three new lenses, re-discovering one known lens, and ruling out 36 candidates, with 16 still inconclusive. This initial campaign demonstrates the power of purely photometric selection techniques in finding lensed quasars.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/608/A144
- Title:
- Strongly lensed submm galaxies CO spectra
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/608/A144
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the IRAM-30m observations of multiple-J CO (J_up_ mostly from 3 up to 8) and [CI](^3^P_2_ -> ^3^P_1_) ([CI](2-1) hereafter) line emission in a sample of redshift ~2-4 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs). These SMGs are selected among the brightest lensed galaxies discovered in the Herschel-Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS). 47 CO lines and 7 [CI](2-1) lines have been detected in 15 lensed SMGs. A non-negligible effect of differential lensing is found for the CO emission lines, which could have caused significant underestimations of the linewidths, hence of the dynamical masses. The CO spectral line energy distributions (SLEDs), peaking around J_up_~5-7, are found to be similar to those of the local starburst-dominated ultra-luminous infrared galaxies and of the previously studied SMGs. After correcting for lensing amplification, we derived the global properties of the bulk of molecular gas in the SMGs using non-LTE radiative transfer modelling, such as the molecular gas density n_H2_~10^2.5^-10^4.1^cm^-3^ and the kinetic temperature T_k_~20-750K. The gas thermal pressure P_{th} ranging from ~10^5^K/cm^3^ to 10^6^K/cm^3^ is found to be correlated with star formation efficiency. Further decomposing the CO SLEDs into two excitation components, we find a low-excitation component with n_H2_~10^2.8^-10^4.6^cm^-3^ and T_k_~20-30K, which is less correlated with star formation, and a high-excitation one (n_H2_~10^2.7^-10^4.2^cm^-3^, T_k_~60-400K) which is tightly related to the on-going star-forming activity. Additionally, tight linear correlations between the far-infrared and CO line luminosities have been confirmed for the J_up_>=5 CO lines of these SMGs, implying that these CO lines are good tracers of star formation. The [CI](2-1) lines follow the tight linear correlation between the luminosities of the [CI](2-1) and the CO(1-0) line found in local starbursts, indicating that [CI] lines could serve as good total molecular gas mass tracers for high-redshift SMGs as well. The total mass of the molecular gas reservoir, (1-30)x10^10^M_{sun}_, derived based on the CO(3-2) fluxes and {alpha}_CO(1-0)_=0.8M_{sun}_/(K.km/s/pc^2), suggests a typical molecular gas depletion time t_dep_~20-100Myr and a gas to dust mass ratio {delta}_GDR_~30-100 with ~20%-60% uncertainty for the SMGs. The ratio between CO line luminosity and the dust mass L'_CO(1-0)_/M_{dust} appears to be slowly increasing with redshift for high-redshift SMGs, which CO need to be further confirmed by a more complete SMG sample at various redshifts. Finally, through comparing the linewidth of CO and H_2_O lines, we find that they agree well in almost all our SMGs, confirming that the emitting regions of the CO and H_2_O lines are co-spatially located.
20943. Strong MgII absorber blazars
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/473/5154
- Title:
- Strong MgII absorber blazars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/473/5154
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is widely believed that the cool gas clouds traced by MgII absorption, within a velocity offset of 5000km/s relative to the background quasar are mostly associated with the quasar itself, whereas the absorbers seen at larger velocity offsets towards us are intervening absorber systems and hence their existence is completely independent of the background quasar. Recent evidence by Bergeron et al. (2011A&A...525A..61P, hereinafter BBM) has seriously questioned this paradigm, by showing that the number density of intervening MgII absorbers towards the 45 blazars in their sample is nearly two times the expectation based on the MgII absorption systems seen towards normal quasars (QSOs). Given its serious implications, it becomes important to revisit this finding, by enlarging the blazar sample and subjecting it to an independent analysis. Here, we first report the outcome of our re-analysis of the available spectroscopic data for the BBM sample itself. Our analysis of the BBM sample reproduces their claimed factor of 2 excess of dN/dz along blazar sightlines, vis-a-vis normal QSOs. We have also assembled an approximately three times larger sample of blazars, albeit with moderately sensitive optical spectra. Using this sample together with the BBM sample, our analysis shows that the dN/dz of the MgII absorbers statistically matches that known for normal QSO sightlines. Further, the analysis indicates that associated absorbers might be contributing significantly to the estimated dN/dz up to offset speeds {DELTA}v~0.2c relative to the blazar.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/739/L44
- Title:
- Structural data for galaxies between 0.2<z<2.7
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/739/L44
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an analysis of the size growth seen in early-type galaxies over 10Gyr of cosmic time. Our analysis is based on a homogeneous synthesis of published data from 16 spectroscopic surveys observed at similar spatial resolution, augmented by new measurements for galaxies in the Gemini Deep Deep Survey. In total, our sample contains structural data for 465 galaxies (mainly early-type) in the redshift range 0.2<z<2.7. The size evolution of passively evolving galaxies over this redshift range is gradual and continuous, with no evidence for an end or change to the process around z~1, as has been hinted at by some surveys which analyze subsets of the data in isolation. The size growth appears to be independent of stellar mass, with the mass-normalized half-light radius scaling with redshift as R_e_{propto}(1+z)^-1.62+/-0.34^. Surprisingly, this power law seems to be in good agreement with the recently reported continuous size evolution of UV-bright galaxies in the redshift range z~0.5-3.5. It is also in accordance with the predictions from recent theoretical models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/146/20
- Title:
- Structural parameters for 79 globular clusters in M31
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/146/20
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we present surface brightness profiles for 79 globular clusters in M31, using images observed with the Hubble Space Telescope, some of which are from new observations. The structural and dynamical parameters are derived from fitting the profiles to several different models for the first time. The results show that in the majority of cases, King models fit the M31 clusters just as well as Wilson models and better than S\'ersic models. However, there are 11 clusters best fitted by Sersic models with the Sersic index n>2, meaning that they have cuspy central density profiles. These clusters may be the well-known core-collapsed candidates. There is a bimodality in the size distribution of M31 clusters at large radii, which is different from their Galactic counterparts. In general, the properties of clusters in M31 and the Milky Way fall in the same regions of parameter spaces. The tight correlations of cluster properties indicate a "fundamental plane" for clusters, which reflects some universal physical conditions and processes operating at the epoch of cluster formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/626/A61
- Title:
- Structural parameters of galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/626/A61
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- High-resolution multi-wavelength photometry is crucial to explore the spatial distribution of star formation in galaxies and understand how these evolve. To this aim, in this paper we exploit the deep, multi-wavelength Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data available in the central parts of the GOODS fields and study the distribution of star formation activity and mass in galaxies located at different positions with respect to the Main Sequence (MS) of star-forming galaxies. Our sample consists of galaxies with stellar mass >=10^9.5^M_{sun}_ in the redshift range 0.2<=z<=1.2. Exploiting 10-band photometry from the UV to the near-infrared at HST resolution, we derive spatially resolved maps of galaxies properties, such as stellar mass and star formation rate and specific star formation rate, with a resolution of 0.16arcsec. We find that the star formation activity is centrally enhanced in galaxies above the MS and centrally suppressed below the MS, with quiescent galaxies (1dex below the MS) characterised by the highest suppression. The sSFR in the outer region does not show systematic trends of enhancement or suppression above or below the MS. The distribution of mass in MS galaxies indicates that bulges are growing when galaxies are still on the MS relation. Galaxies below the MS are more bulge-dominated with respect to MS counterparts at fixed stellar mass, while galaxies in the upper envelope are more extended and have Sersic indexes that are always smaller than or comparable to their MS counterparts. The suppression of star formation activity in the central region of galaxies below the MS hints at inside-out quenching, as star formation is still ongoing in the outer regions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/203/24
- Title:
- Structural parameters of galaxies in CANDELS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/203/24
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present global structural parameter measurements of 109533 unique, H_F160W_-selected objects from the CANDELS multi-cycle treasury program. Sersic model fits for these objects are produced with GALFIT in all available near-infrared filters (H_F160W_, J_F125W_ and, for a subset, Y_F105W_). The parameters of the best-fitting Sersic models (total magnitude, half-light radius, Sersic index, axis ratio, and position angle) are made public, along with newly constructed point-spread functions for each field and filter. Random uncertainties in the measured parameters are estimated for each individual object based on a comparison between multiple, independent measurements of the same set of objects. To quantify systematic uncertainties, we create a mosaic with simulated galaxy images with a realistic distribution of input parameters and then process and analyze the mosaic in an identical manner as the real data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/659/A59
- Title:
- Structural parameters of 389 local open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/659/A59
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2022 05:56:37
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The distribution of member stars in the surroundings of an Open Cluster (OC) can shed light on the process of its formation, evolution and dissolution. The analysis of structural parameters of OCs as a function of their age and position in the Galaxy brings constraints on theoretical models of cluster evolution. The Gaia catalogue is very appropriate to find members of OCs at large distance from their centers. We aim at revisiting the membership lists of OCs from the solar vicinity, in particular by extending these membership lists to the peripheral areas thanks to Gaia EDR3. We then take advantage of these new lists of members to study the morphological properties and the mass segregation levels of the clusters. We used the clustering algorithm HDBSCAN on Gaia parallaxes and proper motions to systematically look for members up to 50pc from the cluster centers. We fitted a King's function on the radial density profile of these clusters and a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) on their two dimensional distribution of members to study their shape. We also evaluated the degree of mass segregation of the clusters and the correlations of these parameters with the age and Galactic position of the clusters. Our methodology performs well on 389 clusters out of the 467 selected ones, including several recently discovered clusters that were poorly studied until now. We report the detection of vast coronae around almost all the clusters and report the detection of 71 OCs with tidal tails, multiplying by more than four the number of such structures identified. We find the size of the cores to be on average smaller for old clusters than for young ones. Also, the overall size of the clusters seems to slightly increase with age while the fraction of stars in the halo seems to decrease. As expected the mass segregation is more pronounced in the oldest clusters but a clear trend with age is not seen. OCs are more extended than previously expected, regardless of their age. The decrease in the proportion of stars populating the clusters halos highlights the different cluster evaporation processes and the short timescales they need to affect the clusters. Reported parameters like cluster sizes or mass segregation levels all depend on cluster ages but can not be described as single functions of time.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/426/2427
- Title:
- Structural parameters of M33 star clusters
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/426/2427
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the morphological properties of 161 star clusters in M33 using the Advanced Camera for Surveys Wide Field Channel on-board the Hubble Space Telescope using observations with the F606W and F814W filters. We obtain, for the first time, ellipticities, position angles and surface brightness profiles for a significant number of clusters. On average, M33 clusters are more flattened than those of the Milky Way (MW) and M31, and more similar to clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The ellipticities do not show any correlation with age or mass, suggesting that rotation is not the main cause of elongation in the M33 clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/414
- Title:
- Structural parameters of SMC star clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/131/414
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present structural parameters for 204 stellar clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud derived from fitting King and Elson, Fall, and Freeman (EFF, 1987ApJ...323...54E) model profiles to the V-band surface brightness profiles as measured from the Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey images.
