Browsing by Author "Eigenthaler, Paul"

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    Intrinsic Morphology of Ultra-diffuse Galaxies
    (IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2020) Rong, Yu; Dong, Xiao Yu; Puzia, Thomas H.; Galaz, Gaspar; Sanchez Janssen, Ruben; Cao, Tianwen; van der Burg, Remco F. J.; Sifon, Cristobal; Pina, Pavel E. Mancera; Marcelo, Mora; D'Ago, Giuseppe; Zhang, Hong Xin; Johnston, Evelyn J.; Eigenthaler, Paul
    With the published data of apparent axis ratios for 1109 ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) located in 17 low-redshift (z similar to 0.020-0.063) galaxy clusters and 84 UDGs in two intermediate-redshift (z similar to 0.308-0.348) clusters, we take advantage of a Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach and assume a triaxial model to investigate the intrinsic morphologies of UDGs. In contrast to the conclusion of Burkert, i.e., the underlying shapes of UDGs are purely prolate (C = B < A), we find that the data favor the oblate-triaxial models (i.e., thick disks with C < B less than or similar to A) over the nearly prolate ones. We also find that the intrinsic morphologies of UDGs are related to their stellar masses/luminosities, environments, and redshifts. First, the more luminous UDGs have puffier morphologies compared with the less luminous counterparts; the UDG morphologic dependence on luminosity is distinct from that of the typical quiescent dwarf ellipticals (dEs) and dwarf spheroidals (dSphs); in this sense, UDGs may not be simply treated as an extension of the dE/dSph class with similar evolutionary histories; they may differ not only in size. Second, the UDGs with smaller clustercentric distances are more puffed up, compared with the counterparts with larger clustercentric distances; in combination with the UDG thickness dependence on luminosity, the puffier morphologies of UDGs with high luminosities or located in the denser environments are very likely to be attributed to tidal interactions with massive galaxies. Third, we find that the intermediate-redshift UDGs are more flattened, compared with the low-redshift counterparts, which plausibly suggests a "disky" origin for the high-redshift, newly born UDGs.
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    Radial Velocity Survey for Planets around Young stars (RVSPY) : Target characterisation and high-cadence survey
    (EDP Sciences, 2022) Zakhozhay, Olga V.; Launhardt, Ralf; Müller, Andre; Eigenthaler, Paul; Hempel, Angela; Hempel, Maren; Henning, Thomas; Kim, Sam; Kurster, Martin; Lachaume, Régis; Manerikar, Yashodham; Pavlov, Alexey; Trifonov, Trifonov; Brems, Stefan S.; Reffert, Sabine; Gennaro, Mario; Kennedy G.M.; Patel, Jayshil A.
    Context. The occurrence rate and period distribution of (giant) planets around young stars is still not as well constrained as for older main-sequence stars. This is mostly due to the intrinsic activity-related complications and the avoidance of young stars in many large planet search programmes. Yet, dynamical restructuring processes in planetary systems may last significantly longer than the actual planet formation phase and may well extend long into the debris disc phase, such that the planet populations around young stars may differ from those observed around main-sequence stars. Aims. We introduce our Radial Velocity Survey for Planets around Young stars (RVSPY), which is closely related to the NaCo-ISPY direct imaging survey, characterise our target stars, and search for substellar companions at orbital separations smaller than a few au from the host star. Methods. We used the FEROS spectrograph, mounted to the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope in Chile, to obtain high signal-to-noise spectra and time series of precise radial velocities (RVs) of 111 stars, most of which are surrounded by debris discs. Our target stars have spectral types between early F and late K, a median age of 400 Myr, and a median distance of 45 pc. During the initial reconnaissance phase of our survey, we determined stellar parameters and used high-cadence observations to characterise the intrinsic stellar activity, searched for hot companions with orbital periods of up to 10 days, and derived the detection thresholds for longer-period companions. In our analysis we, have included archival spectroscopic data, spectral energy distribution, and data for photometric time series from the TESS mission. Results. For all target stars we determined their basic stellar parameters and present the results of the high-cadence RV survey and activity characterisation. We have achieved a median single-measurement RV precision of 6 m s−1 and derived the short-term intrinsic RV scatter of our targets (median 23 m s−1), which is mostly caused by stellar activity and decays with an age from >100 m s−1 at <20 Myr to <20 m s−1 at >500 Myr. We analysed time series periodograms of the high-cadence RV data and the shape of the individual cross-correlation functions. We discovered six previously unknown close companions with orbital periods between 10 and 100 days, three of which are low-mass stars, and three are in the brown dwarf mass regime. We detected no hot companion with an orbital period <10 days down to a median mass limit of ~1 MJup for stars younger than 500 Myr, which is still compatible with the established occurrence rate of such companions around main-sequence stars. We found significant RV periodicities between 1.3 and 4.5 days for 14 stars, which are, however, all caused by rotational modulation due to starspots. We also analysed the data for TESS photometric time series and found significant periodicities for most of the stars. For 11 stars, the photometric periods are also clearly detected in the RV data. We also derived stellar rotation periods ranging from 1 to 10 days for 91 stars, mostly from the TESS data. From the intrinsic activity-related short-term RV jitter, we derived the expected mass-detection thresholds for longer-period companions, and selected 84 targets for the longer-term RV monitoring
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    Star formation properties of Hickson Compact Groups based on deep Ha imaging
    (2015) Eigenthaler, Paul; Ploeckinger, Sylvia; Verdugo, Miguel; Ziegler, Bodo
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    Stellar population properties of ultracompact dwarfs in M87 : a mass-metallicity correlation connecting low-metallicity globular clusters and compact ellipticals
    (2018) Zhang, Hong Xin; Puzia, Thomas H.; Peng, Eric W.; Liu, Chengze; Coté, Patrick; Ferrarese, Laura; Duc, Pierre Alain; Eigenthaler, Paul; Lim, Sungsoon; Muñoz, Roberto P.
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    The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS). III. Revealing the Spatial Substructure of the Dwarf Galaxy Population Inside Half of Fornax's Virial Radius
    (2018) Órdenes Briceño, Yasna; Eigenthaler, Paul; Taylor, Matthew A.; Puzia, Thomas H.; Alamo-Martinez, Karla; Ribbeck, Karen X.; Munoz, Roberto P.; Zhang, Hongxin; Grebel, Eva K.; Ángel Ángel, Simón Andrés; Cote, Patrick; Ferrarese, Laura; Hilker, Michael; Lancon, Ariane; Mieske, Steffen; Miller, Bryan W.; Rong, Yu; Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben
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    The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS). IV. Mass and Age Bimodality of Nuclear Clusters in the Fornax Core Region
    (2018) Órdenes Briceño, Yasna; Puzia, Thomas H.; Eigenthaler, Paul; Taylor, Matthew A.; Munoz, Roberto P.; Zhang, Hongxin; Alamo-Martinez, Karla; Ribbeck, Karen X.; Grebel, Eva K.; Ángel Ángel, Simón Andrés; Cote, Patrick; Ferrarese, Laura; Hilker, Michael; Lancon, Ariane; Mieske, Steffen; Miller, Bryan W.; Rong, Yu; Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben
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    The next generation fornax survey (NGFS). V. Discovery of a dwarf-dwarf galaxy pair at z=0.30 and its characterization using deep VLT/MUSE observations
    (2019) Johnston, E.J.; Eigenthaler, Paul; Puzia, Thomas H.; Órdenes Briceño, Yasna; Taylor, M.A.; Alamo Martinez, K.; Cote, P.; Galaz, Gaspar; Grebel, E.K.; Rong, Y.; Johnston, E.J.; Eigenthaler, Paul; Puzia, Thomas H.; Órdenes Briceño, Yasna; Taylor, M.A.; Alamo Martinez, K.; Cote, P.; Galaz, Gaspar; Grebel, E.K.; Rong, Y.
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    The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XXXII. A Search for Globular Cluster Substructures in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster Core
    (2018) Powalka, Mathieu; Puzia, Thomas H.; Lancon, Ariane; Longobardi, Alessia; Peng, Eric W.; Duc, Pierre-Alain; Alamo-Martinez, Karla; Blakeslee, John P.; Cote, Patrick; Cuillandre, Jean-Charles; Durrell, Patrick; Eigenthaler, Paul; Ferrarese, Laura; Guhathakurta, Puragra; Gwyn, S. D. J.; Hudelot, Patrick; Liu, Chengze; Mei, Simona; Munoz, Roberto P.; Roediger, Joel; Sanchez-Janssen, Ruben; Toloba, Elisa; Zhang, Hongxin
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    The Survey of Centaurus A's Baryonic Structures (SCABS) – II. The extended globular cluster system of NGC 5128 and its nearby environment
    (2017) Taylor, Matthew A.; Puzia, Thomas H.; Muñoz, Roberto P.; Mieske, Steffen; Lançon, Ariane; Zhang, Hongxin; Eigenthaler, Paul; Bovill, Mia Sauda