Proyecto de Investigación:
CARTOGRAFIANDO EL CIELO: SONDEOS DE ESTRELLAS O DE LA VIA LACTEA

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MONOS: Multiplicity Of Northern O-type Spectroscopic systems I. Project description and spectral classifications and visual multiplicity of previously known objects
(EDP Sciences, 2019-06-05) Maíz Apellániz, J.; Trigueros Páez, E.; Negueruela, I.; Barbá, R. H.; Simón Díaz, S.; Lorenzo, J.; Sota, A.; Gamen, R. C.; Fariña, C.; Salas, J.; Caballero, J. A.; Morrell, N. I.; Pellerín, A.; Alfaro, E. J.; Herrero, A.; Arias, J. I.; Marco, A.; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Cabildo de Gran Canaria; 0000-0003-0825-3443; 0000-0001-6770-1977; 0000-0003-1952-3680; 0000-0001-5358-0932; 0000-0002-9404-6952; 0000-0002-5227-9627; 0000-0002-7349-1387; 0000-0003-1887-1966; 0000-0001-8768-2179; 0000-0002-9594-1879; Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS (IAC), SEV-2015-0548; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
Context. Multiplicity in massive stars is key to understanding the chemical and dynamical evolution of galaxies. Among massive stars, those of O type play a crucial role due to their high masses and short lifetimes. Aims. MONOS (Multiplicity Of Northern O-type Spectroscopic systems) is a project designed to collect information and study O-type spectroscopic binaries with δ >  −20°. In this first paper we describe the sample and provide spectral classifications and additional information for objects with previous spectroscopic and/or eclipsing binary orbits. In future papers we will test the validity of previous solutions and calculate new spectroscopic orbits. Methods. The spectra in this paper have two sources: the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS), a project that obtains blue-violet R ∼ 2500 spectroscopy of thousands of massive stars, and LiLiMaRlin, a library of libraries of high-resolution spectroscopy of massive stars obtained from four different surveys (CAFÉ-BEANS, OWN, IACOB, and NoMaDS) and additional data from our own observing programs and public archives. We have also used lucky images obtained with AstraLux. Results. We present homogeneous spectral classifications for 92 O-type spectroscopic multiple systems and ten optical companions, many of them original. We discuss the visual multiplicity of each system with the support of AstraLux images and additional sources. For eleven O-type objects and for six B-type objects we present their first GOSSS spectral classifications. For two known eclipsing binaries we detect double absorption lines (SB2) or a single moving line (SB1) for the first time, to which we add a third system reported by us recently. For two previous SB1 systems we detect their SB2 nature for the first time and give their first separate spectral classifications, something we have also done for a third object just recently identified as a SB2. We also detect nine new astrometric companions and provide updated information on several others. We emphasize the results for two stars: for σ Ori AaAbB we provide spectral classifications for the three components with a single observation for the first time thanks to a lucky spectroscopy observation obtained close to the Aa,Ab periastron and for θ1 Ori CaCb we add it to the class of Galactic Of?p stars, raising the number of its members to six. Our sample of O-type spectroscopic binaries contains more triple- or higher-order systems than double systems.
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Lucky Spectroscopy, an equivalent technique to Lucky Imaging Spatially resolved spectroscopy of massive close visual binaries using the William Herschel Telescope
(EDP Sciences, 2018-07-01) Maíz Apellániz, J.; Barbá, R. H.; Simón Díaz, S.; Sota, A.; Trigueros Páez, E.; Caballero, J. A.; Alfaro, Emilio J.; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Maíz Apellániz, J. [0000-0003-0825-3443]; Barbá, R. H. [0000-0003-1086-1579]; Simón Díaz, S. [0000-0003-1168-3524]; Trigueros Páez, E. [0000-0001-6770-1977]
Context. Many massive stars have nearby companions whose presence hamper their characterization through spectroscopy. Aims. We want to obtain spatially resolved spectroscopy of close massive visual binaries to derive their spectral types. Methods. We obtained a large number of short long-slit spectroscopic exposures of five close binaries under good seeing conditions. We selected those with the best characteristics, extracted the spectra using multiple-profile fitting, and combined the results to derive spatially separated spectra. Results. We demonstrate the usefulness of Lucky Spectroscopy by presenting the spatially resolved spectra of the components of each system, in two cases with separations of only ~0.′′3. Those are δ Ori Aa+Ab (resolved in the optical for the first time) and σ Ori AaAb+B (first time ever resolved). We also spatially resolve 15 Mon AaAb+B, ζ Ori AaAb+B (both previously resolved with GOSSS, the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey), and η Ori AaAb+B, a system with two spectroscopic B+B binaries and a fifth visual component. The systems have in common that they are composed of an inner pair of slow rotators orbited by one or more fast rotators, a characteristic that could have consequences for the theories of massive star formation.
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Deriving stellar parameters from GALANTE photometry: bias and precision
(Oxford Academics: Oxford University Press, 2020-04-09) Lorenzo Gutiérrez, A.; Alfaro, E. J.; Maíz Apellániz, J.; Barbá, R. H.; Marín Franch, A.; Ederoclite, A.; Cristóbal Hornillos, D.; Varela, J.; Vázquez Ramió, H.; Cenarro, A. J.; Lennon, D. J.; García Lario, P.; Daflon, S.; Borges Fernandes, M.; Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Maíz Apellániz, J. [0000-0003-0825-3443]; Marín Franch, A. [0000-0002-9026-3933]; Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE ANDALUCIA (IAA), SEV-2017-0709; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
In this paper, we analyse how to extract the physical properties from the GALANTE photometry of a stellar sample. We propose a direct comparison between the observational colours (photometric bands normalized to the 515 nm central wavelength) and the synthetic colours derived from different stellar libraries. We use the reduced χ2 as the figure of merit for selecting the best fitting between both colour sets. The synthetic colours of the Next Generation Spectral Library (NGSL) provide a valuable sample for testing the uncertainty and precision of the stellar parameters derived from observational data. Reddening, as an extrinsic stellar physical parameter becomes a crucial variable for accounting for the errors and bias in the derived estimates: the higher the reddenings, the larger the errors and uncertainties in the derived parameters. NGSL colours also enable us to compare different theoretical stellar libraries for the same set of physical parameters, where we see how different catalogues of models can provide very different solutions in a, sometimes, non-linear way. This peculiar behaviour makes us to be cautious with the derived physical parameters obtained from GALANTE photometry without previous detailed knowledge of the theoretical libraries used to this end. In addition, we carry out the experiment of deriving physical stellar parameters from some theoretical libraries, using some other libraries as observational data. In particular, we use the Kurucz and Coelho libraries, as input observational data, to derive stellar parameters from Coelho + TLUSTY and Kurucz + TLUSTY stellar libraries, respectively, for different photometric errors and colour excesses.© 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
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The OTELO survey I. Description, data reduction, and multi-wavelength catalogue
(EDP Sciences, 2019-10-14) Ramón Pérez, M.; Pérez García, A. M.; Cepa, J.; Cerviño, M.; Nadolny, J.; Pérez Martínez, R.; Alfaro, Emilio J.; Castañeda, H. O.; De Diego, J. A.; Ederoclite, A.; Fernández Lorenzo, M.; Gallego, J.; González, J. J.; González Serrano, J. I.; Lara López, M. A.; Oteo Gómez, I.; Padilla Torres, C. P.; Pintos Castro, I.; Povic, M.; Sánchez Portal, M.; Jones, H.; Bland Hawthorn, J.; Cabrera Lavers, A.; Bongiovanni, Á.; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Bongiovanni, Á. [0000-0002-3557-3234]
Context. The evolution of galaxies through cosmic time is studied observationally by means of extragalactic surveys. The usefulness of these surveys is greatly improved by increasing the cosmological volume, in either depth or area, and by observing the same targets in different wavelength ranges. A multi-wavelength approach using different observational techniques can compensate for observational biases. Aims. The OTELO survey aims to provide the deepest narrow-band survey to date in terms of minimum detectable flux and emission line equivalent width in order to detect the faintest extragalactic emission line systems. In this way, OTELO data will complements other broad-band, narrow-band, and spectroscopic surveys. Methods. The red tunable filter of the OSIRIS instrument on the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) is used to scan a spectral window centred at 9175 Å, which is free from strong sky emission lines, with a sampling interval of 6 Å and a bandwidth of 12 Å in the most deeply explored EGS region. Careful data reduction using improved techniques for sky ring subtraction, accurate astrometry, photometric calibration, and source extraction enables us to compile the OTELO catalogue. This catalogue is complemented with ancillary data ranging from deep X-ray to far-infrared, including high resolution HST images, which allow us to segregate the different types of targets, derive precise photometric redshifts, and obtain the morphological classification of the extragalactic objects detected. Results. The OTELO multi-wavelength catalogue contains 11 237 entries and is 50% complete at AB magnitude 26.38. Of these sources, 6600 have photometric redshifts with an uncertainty δ zphot better than 0.2 (1+zphot). A total of 4336 of these sources correspond to preliminary emission line candidates, which are complemented by 81 candidate stars and 483 sources that qualify as absorption line systems. The OTELO survey results will be released to the public on the second half of 2019.
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The OTELO survey III. Demography, morphology, IR luminosity and environment of AGN hosts
(EDP Sciences, 2019-10-14) Ramón Pérez, M.; Bongiovanni, Á.; Pérez García, A. M.; Cepa, J.; Nadolny, J.; Pintos Castro, I.; Lara López, M. A.; Alfaro, Emilio J.; Castañeda, H. O.; Cerviño, M.; De Diego, J. A.; Fernández Lorenzo, M.; Gallego, J.; González, J. J.; González Serrano, J. I.; Oteo Martínez, R.; Povic, M.; Sánchez Portal, M.; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737; Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE ANDALUCIA (IAA), SEV-2017-0709
Aims. We take advantage of the capabilities of the OSIRIS Tunable Emission Line Object (OTELO) survey to select and study the AGN population in the field. In particular, we aim to perform an analysis of the properties of these objects, including their demography, morphology, and IR luminosity. Focusing on the population of Hα emitters at z ∼ 0.4, we also aim to study the environments of AGN and non-AGN galaxies at that redshift. methods. We make use of the multiwavelength catalogue of objects in the field compiled by the OTELO survey, unique in terms of minimum flux and equivalent width. We also take advantage of the pseudo-spectra built for each source, which allow the identification of emission lines and the discrimination of different types of objects. Results. We obtained a sample of 72 AGNs in the field of OTELO, selected with four different methods in the optical, X-rays, and mid-infrared bands. We find that using X-rays is the most efficient way to select AGNs. An analysis was performed on the AGN population of OTELO in order to characterise its members. At z ∼ 0.4, we find that up to 26% of our Hα emitters are AGNs. At that redshift, AGNs are found in identical environments to non-AGNs, although they represent the most clustered group when compared to passive and star-forming galaxies. The majority of our AGNs at any redshift were classified as late-type galaxies, including a 16% proportion of irregulars. Another 16% of AGNs show signs of interactions or mergers. Regarding the infrared luminosity, we are able to recover all the luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) in the field of OTELO up to z ∼ 1.6. We find that the proportion of LIRGs and ultra-luminous infraed galaxies (ULIRGs) is higher among the AGN population, and that ULIRGs show a higher fraction of AGNs than LIRGs.

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