Pub Date : 2024-05-13DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad39c5
Christian I. Eze and Gerald Handler
The combined strength of asteroseismology and empirical stellar basic parameter determinations for in-depth asteroseismic analysis of massive pulsators in eclipsing binaries shows great potential for treating the challenging and mysterious discrepancies between observations and models of stellar structure and the evolution of massive stars. This paper compiles a comprehensive list of massive pulsators in eclipsing binary systems observed with TESS. The TESS light curves and discrete Fourier transforms of a sample of 8055 stars of spectral type B0–B3 were examined for eclipses and stellar pulsations, and the ephemerides of the resulting subsample of massive pulsators in eclipsing binaries were computed. This subsample was also crossmatched with existing catalogs of massive pulsators. Until now, fewer than 30 β Cephei pulsators in eclipsing binaries have been reported in the literature. Here we announce a total of 78 pulsators of the β Cephei type in eclipsing binaries, 59 of which are new discoveries. Forty-three are recognized as definite, and 35 are candidate pulsators. Our sample of pulsating massive stars in eclipsing binaries allows for future asteroseismic modeling to better understand the internal mixing profile and to resolve the mass discrepancy in massive stars. We have already started follow-up work on some of the most interesting candidates.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad3de7
ShuWang Chang, Bing Wang, Guang Lu, YuPeng Shen, Yu Bai, ZiQian Shang, Lei Zhang, Zhao Wu, YanRui Su, Yao Chen, FaBao Yan
Radio observation is important for understanding coronal mass ejections (CMEs), coronal shock waves, and high-energy electron acceleration. Here, we developed a new Chashan broadband solar radio spectrometer at a meter wavelength for observing the (super)fine structure of the solar radio burst spectrum. In the signal-receiving unit, we adopt an antenna system consisting of a 12 m large-aperture parabolic reflector and dual-line polarized logarithmic periodic feed source, as well as a high-precision Sun-tracking turntable system, all of which ensure the high-precision acquisition of solar radiation signals. For the digital receiver, we use a high-speed analog-to-digital converter with a sampling rate of 1.25 GSPS to directly sample the signal amplified and filtered by the analog receiver, simplifying the structure of the analog receiver, and design a 16k-point fast Fourier transform algorithm in the field programmable gate array to perform time–frequency transformation on the sampled signals. The default frequency and temporal resolution of the system are 76.294 kHz and 0.839 ms (up to 0.21 ms), respectively. The noise coefficient of the system is less than 1 dB, the dynamic range is more than 60 dB, and the sensitivity is as high as 1 sfu. We have observed a large number of radio bursts, including type I radio storms, hundreds of type III, ∼20 type II, and ∼15 type IV bursts in the past year. These high-quality data are useful in the further study of CMEs and associated particle acceleration and the origins of solar radio bursts.
射电观测对于了解日冕物质抛射(CME)、日冕冲击波和高能电子加速非常重要。在这里,我们开发了一种新的米波长茶山宽带太阳射电频谱仪,用于观测太阳射电爆发频谱的(超)精细结构。在信号接收单元,我们采用了由 12 米大口径抛物面反射镜和双线极化对数周期馈源组成的天线系统,以及高精度太阳跟踪转台系统,这些都确保了太阳辐射信号的高精度采集。在数字接收机方面,我们采用采样率为 1.25 GSPS 的高速模数转换器,直接对模拟接收机放大和滤波后的信号进行采样,简化了模拟接收机的结构,并在现场可编程门阵列中设计了 16k 点快速傅里叶变换算法,对采样后的信号进行时频变换。系统的默认频率和时间分辨率分别为 76.294 kHz 和 0.839 ms(最高 0.21 ms)。系统的噪声系数小于 1 dB,动态范围超过 60 dB,灵敏度高达 1 sfu。在过去的一年中,我们观测到了大量的射电暴,包括 I 型射电暴、数百个 III 型射电暴、∼20 个 II 型射电暴和∼15 个 IV 型射电暴。这些高质量的数据有助于进一步研究CME和相关的粒子加速以及太阳射电暴的起源。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad3641
Deokkeun An, Timothy C. Beers, Anirudh Chiti
Using a grid of empirically calibrated synthetic spectra developed in our previous study, we construct an all-sky 3D extinction map from the large collection of low-resolution XP spectra in Gaia DR3. Along each line of sight, with an area ranging from 0.2 to 13.4 deg2, we determine both the reddening and metallicity of main-sequence stars and model the foreground extinction up to approximately 3 kpc from the Sun. Furthermore, we explore variations in the total-to-selective extinction ratio in our parameter search and identify its mean systematic change across diverse cloud environments in both hemispheres. In regions outside the densest parts of the clouds, our reddening estimates are validated through comparisons with previous reddening maps. However, a notable discrepancy arises in comparison to other independent work based on XP spectra, which can be attributed to systematic offsets in their metallicity estimates. On the other hand, our metallicity scale exhibits reasonable agreement with the high-resolution spectroscopic abundance scale. We also assess the accuracy of the XP spectra by applying our calibrated models, and we confirm an increasing trend of flux overestimation at shorter wavelengths below 400 nm.
利用我们之前研究中开发的经验校准合成光谱网格,我们从 Gaia DR3 中的大量低分辨率 XP 光谱集合中构建了一张全天空三维消光图。沿着每条视线(面积从 0.2 到 13.4 deg2 不等),我们确定了主序星的红度和金属度,并建立了距离太阳约 3 kpc 的前景消光模型。此外,我们还探索了参数搜索中总消光与选择性消光比的变化,并确定了其在两个半球不同云环境中的平均系统变化。在云的最密集部分以外的区域,我们的红化估计值通过与以前的红化图的比较得到了验证。不过,与其他基于 XP 光谱的独立研究相比,我们的结果存在明显差异,这可能是由于他们在估计金属度时出现了系统偏差。另一方面,我们的金属性标度与高分辨率光谱丰度标度呈现出合理的一致性。我们还应用校准模型评估了 XP 光谱的准确性,并证实在 400 nm 以下的较短波长上,通量高估呈上升趋势。
{"title":"A Blueprint for the Milky Way’s Stellar Populations. V. 3D Local Dust Extinction","authors":"Deokkeun An, Timothy C. Beers, Anirudh Chiti","doi":"10.3847/1538-4365/ad3641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ad3641","url":null,"abstract":"Using a grid of empirically calibrated synthetic spectra developed in our previous study, we construct an all-sky 3D extinction map from the large collection of low-resolution XP spectra in Gaia DR3. Along each line of sight, with an area ranging from 0.2 to 13.4 deg<sup>2</sup>, we determine both the reddening and metallicity of main-sequence stars and model the foreground extinction up to approximately 3 kpc from the Sun. Furthermore, we explore variations in the total-to-selective extinction ratio in our parameter search and identify its mean systematic change across diverse cloud environments in both hemispheres. In regions outside the densest parts of the clouds, our reddening estimates are validated through comparisons with previous reddening maps. However, a notable discrepancy arises in comparison to other independent work based on XP spectra, which can be attributed to systematic offsets in their metallicity estimates. On the other hand, our metallicity scale exhibits reasonable agreement with the high-resolution spectroscopic abundance scale. We also assess the accuracy of the XP spectra by applying our calibrated models, and we confirm an increasing trend of flux overestimation at shorter wavelengths below 400 nm.","PeriodicalId":22368,"journal":{"name":"The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140925428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-09DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad390d
Wooseok Kang, Ho Seong Hwang, Hyunmi Song, Changbom Park, Narae Hwang and Byeong-Gon Park
We study the global kinematics of the Perseus galaxy cluster (A426) at redshift z = 0.017 using a large sample of galaxies from our new MMT/Hectospec spectroscopic observation for this cluster. The sample includes 1447 galaxies with measured redshifts within 60′ from the cluster center (1148 from this MMT/Hectospec program and 299 from the literature). The resulting spectroscopic completeness is 67% at r-band apparent magnitude rPetro,0 ≤ 18.0 within 60′ from the cluster center. To identify cluster member galaxies in this sample, we develop a new open-source Python package, CausticSNUpy. This code implements the algorithm of the caustic technique and yields 418 member galaxies within 60′ of the cluster. We study the cluster using this sample of member galaxies. The cluster shows no significant signal of global rotation. A statistical test shows that the cluster does not have a noticeable substructure within 30′. We find two central regions where the X-ray-emitting intracluster medium and galaxies show significant velocity differences (>7σ). On a large scale, however, the overall morphology and kinematics between the intracluster medium and galaxies agree well. Our results suggest that the Perseus cluster is a relaxed system and has not experienced a recent merger.
{"title":"A Deep Redshift Survey of the Perseus Cluster (A426): Spatial Distribution and Kinematics of Galaxies","authors":"Wooseok Kang, Ho Seong Hwang, Hyunmi Song, Changbom Park, Narae Hwang and Byeong-Gon Park","doi":"10.3847/1538-4365/ad390d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ad390d","url":null,"abstract":"We study the global kinematics of the Perseus galaxy cluster (A426) at redshift z = 0.017 using a large sample of galaxies from our new MMT/Hectospec spectroscopic observation for this cluster. The sample includes 1447 galaxies with measured redshifts within 60′ from the cluster center (1148 from this MMT/Hectospec program and 299 from the literature). The resulting spectroscopic completeness is 67% at r-band apparent magnitude rPetro,0 ≤ 18.0 within 60′ from the cluster center. To identify cluster member galaxies in this sample, we develop a new open-source Python package, CausticSNUpy. This code implements the algorithm of the caustic technique and yields 418 member galaxies within 60′ of the cluster. We study the cluster using this sample of member galaxies. The cluster shows no significant signal of global rotation. A statistical test shows that the cluster does not have a noticeable substructure within 30′. We find two central regions where the X-ray-emitting intracluster medium and galaxies show significant velocity differences (>7σ). On a large scale, however, the overall morphology and kinematics between the intracluster medium and galaxies agree well. Our results suggest that the Perseus cluster is a relaxed system and has not experienced a recent merger.","PeriodicalId":22368,"journal":{"name":"The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140925458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-09DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad3948
Rosalia O’Brien, Rolf A. Jansen, Norman A. Grogin, Seth H. Cohen, Brent M. Smith, Ross M. Silver, W. P. Maksym, Rogier A. Windhorst, Timothy Carleton, Anton M. Koekemoer, Nimish P. Hathi, Christopher N. A. Willmer, Brenda L. Frye, M. Alpaslan, M. L. N. Ashby, T. A. Ashcraft, S. Bonoli, W. Brisken, N. Cappelluti, F. Civano, C. J. Conselice, V. S. Dhillon, S. P. Driver, K. J. Duncan, R. Dupke, M. Elvis, G. G. Fazio, S. L. Finkelstein, H. B. Gim, A. Griffiths, H. B. Hammel, M. Hyun, M. Im, V. R. Jones, D. Kim, B. Ladjelate, R. L. Larson, S. Malhotra, M. A. Marshall, S. N. Milam, J. D. R. Pierel, J. E. Rhoads, S. A. Rodney, H. J. A. Röttgering, M. J. Rutkowski, R. E. Ryan, M. J. Ward, C. W. White, R. J. van Weeren, X. Zhao, J. Summers, J. C. J. D’Silva, R. Ortiz, A. S. G. Robotham, D. Coe, M. Nonino, N. Pirzkal, H. Yan, T. Acharya
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) Time-domain Field (TDF) is a >14′ diameter field optimized for multiwavelength time-domain science with JWST. It has been observed across the electromagnetic spectrum both from the ground and from space, including with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). As part of HST observations over three cycles (the “TREASUREHUNT” program), deep images were obtained with the Wide Field Camera on the Advanced Camera for Surveys in F435W and F606W that cover almost the entire JWST NEP TDF. Many of the individual pointings of these programs partially overlap, allowing an initial assessment of the potential of this field for time-domain science with HST and JWST. The cumulative area of overlapping pointings is ∼88 arcmin2, with time intervals between individual epochs that range between 1 day and 4+ yr. To a depth of m