I. S. Glass
European Southern Observatory
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 2003
Jacco Th. van Loon; Gerard Gilmore; A. Omont; Joris Blommaert; I. S. Glass; Maria Messineo; F. Schuller; Mathias Schultheis; Issei Yamamura; HongSheng Zhao
Near- and mid-IR survey data from DENIS and ISOGAL are used to investigate the structure and formation history of the inner 10 ◦ (1.4 kpc) of the Milky Way galaxy. Synthetic bolometric corrections and extinction coefficients in the near- and mid-infrared (mid-IR) are derived for stars of different spectral types, to allow the transformation of theoretical isochrones into observable colour‐magnitude diagrams. The observed IR colour‐magnitude diagrams are used to derive the extinction, metallicity and age for individual stars. The inner galaxy is dominated by an old population (7 Gyr). In addition, an intermediate-age population (∼200 Myr‐7 Gyr) is detected, which is consistent with the presence of a few hundred asymptotic giant branch stars with heavy mass loss. Furthermore, young stars (200 Myr) are found across the inner bulge. The metallicities of these stellar population components are discussed. These results can be interpreted in terms of an early epoch of intense star formation and chemical enrichment that shaped the bulk of the bulge and nucleus, and a more continuous star formation history that gradually shaped the disc from the accretion of subsolar metallicity gas from the halo. A possible increase in star formation ∼200 Myr ago might have been triggered by a minor merger. Ever since the formation of the first stars, mechanisms have been at play that mix the populations from the nucleus, bulge and disc. Luminosity functions across the inner Galactic plane indicate the presence of an inclined (bar) structure at 1 kpc from the Galactic Centre, near the inner Lindblad resonance. The innermost part of the bulge, within ∼1 kpc from the Galactic Centre, seems azimuthally symmetric.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 2009
Noriyuki Matsunaga; Takahiro Kawadu; Shogo Nishiyama; Takahiro Nagayama; Hirofumi Hatano; Motohide Tamura; I. S. Glass; Tetsuya Nagata
We report the results of a near-infrared survey for long-period variables in a field of view of 20 arcmin by 30 arcmin towards the Galactic Centre (GC). We have detected 1364 variables, of which 348 are identified with those reported in Glass et al. (2001). We present a catalogue and photometric measurements for the detected variables and discuss their nature. We also establish a method for the simultaneous estimation of distances and extinctions using the period-luminosity relations for the JHKs bands. Our method is applicable to Miras with periods in the range 100--350 d and mean magnitudes available in two or more filter bands. While J-band means are often unavailable for our objects because of the large extinction, we estimated distances and extinctions for 143 Miras whose H- and Ks-band mean magnitudes are obtained. We find that most are located at the same distance to within our accuracy. Assuming that the barycentre of these Miras corresponds to the GC, we estimate its distance modulus to be 14.58+-0.02(stat.)+-0.11(syst.) mag, corresponding to 8.24+-0.08(stat.)+-0.42(syst.) kpc. We have assumed the distance modulus to the LMC to be 18.45 mag, and the uncertainty in this quantity is included in the systematic error above. We also discuss the large and highly variable extinction. Its value ranges from 1.5 mag to larger than 4 mag in A(Ks) except towards the thicker dark nebulae and it varies in a complicated way with the line of sight. We have identified mid-infrared counterparts in the Spitzer/IRAC catalogue of Ramirez et al. (2008) for most of our variables and find that they follow rather narrow period-luminosity relations in the 3.6 to 8.0 micrometre wavelength range.
The Astrophysical Journal | 2001
C. Alard; J. A. D. L. Blommaert; Catherine J. Cesarsky; N. Epchtein; Marcello Felli; P. Fouqué; Shashikiran Ganesh; Paul Gatenby; Gerard Gilmore; I. S. Glass; Harm Jan Habing; A. Omont; M. Perault; Stephan D. Price; A. C. Robin; Mathias Schultheis; Gerard Simon; Jacco Th. van Loon; C. Alcock; Robyn A. Allsman; David Randall Alves; Tim Axelrod; Andrew Cameron Becker; D. P. Bennett; Kem Holland Cook; Andrew J. Drake; Kenneth C. Freeman; Marla Geha; Kim Griest; M J Lehner
By cross-correlating the results of two recent large-scale surveys, the general properties of a well-defined sample of semiregular variable stars have been determined. ISOGAL mid-infrared photometry (7 and 15 ?m) and MACHO V and R light curves are assembled for approximately 300 stars in the Baades windows of low extinction toward the Galactic bulge. These stars are mainly giants of late M spectral type, evolving along the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). They are found to possess a wide and continuous distribution of pulsation periods and to obey an approximate log P-Mbol relation or set of such relations. Approximate mass-loss rates in the range of ~1 ? 10-8 to 5 ? 10-7 M? yr-1 are derived from ISOGAL mid-infrared photometry and models of stellar spectra adjusted for the presence of optically thin circumstellar silicate dust. Mass-loss rates depend on luminosity and pulsation period. Some stars lose mass as rapidly as short-period Mira variables but do not show Mira-like amplitudes. A period of 70 days or longer is a necessary but not sufficient condition for mass loss to occur. For AGB stars in the mass-loss ranges that we observe, the functional dependence of mass-loss rate on temperature and luminosity can be expressed as T?L?, where ? = -8.80 and ? = +1.74, in agreement with recent theoretical predictions. If we include our mass-loss rates with a sample of extreme mass-losing AGB stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud and ignore T as a variable, we get the general result for AGB stars that L2.7, valid for AGB stars with 10-8 < < 10-4 M? yr-1.
Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2006
J. A. D. L. Blommaert; M. A. T. Groenewegen; K. Okumura; Shashikiran Ganesh; A. Omont; J. Cami; I. S. Glass; Harm Jan Habing; Mathias Schultheis; G. Simon; J. Th. van Loon
Aims. To study the nature of Bulge AGB stars and in particular their circumstellar dust, we have analysed mid-infrared spectra obtained with the ISOCAM CVF spectrometer in three Bulge fields. Methods. The ISOCAM 5–16.5 µm CVF spectra were obtained as part of the ISOGAL infrared survey of the inner Galaxy. A classification of the shape of the 10 µm dust feature was made for each case. The spectra of the individual sources were modelled using a radiative transfer model. Different combinations of amorphous silicates and aluminium-oxide dust were used in the modelling. Results. Spectra were obtained for 29 sources of which 26 are likely to be Bulge AGB stars. Our modelling shows that the stars suffer mass loss rates in the range of 10 −8 −5 × 10 −7 M� /yr, which is at the low end of the mass-loss rates experienced on the thermally %
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan | 2004
Shuji Deguchi; Hiroshi Imai; Takahiro Fujii; I. S. Glass; Yoshifusa Ita; Hideyuki Izumiura; Osamu Kameya; Atsushi Miyazaki; Yoshikazu Nakada; Jun-ichi Nakashima
We have surveyed ∼400 known large-amplitude variables within 15 ′ of the galactic center in the SiO J = 1–0 v = 1 and 2 maser lines at 43 GHz, resulting in 180 detections. SiO lines were also detected from 16 other sources, which are located within 20 ′′ (the telescope half beamwidth) of the program objects. The detection rate of 48 percent is comparable to that obtained in Bulge IRAS source surveys. Among the SiO detections, five stars have radial velocities greater than 200 km s −1 . The SiO detection rate increases steeply with the period of light variation, particularly for stars with P > 500 d, where it exceeds 80%. We found that, at a given period, the SiO detection rate is approximately three times that for OH. These facts suggest
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan | 2004
Shuji Deguchi; Takahiro Fujii; I. S. Glass; Hiroshi Imai; Yoshifusa Ita; Hideyuki Izumiura; Osamu Kameya; Atsushi Miyazaki; Yoshikazu Nakada; Jun-ichi Nakashima
We have surveyed 401 color selected IRAS sources in the Galactic disk in the SiO J=1--0 v= 1 and 2 maser lines at 43 GHz, resulting in 254 (239 new) detections. The observed sources lie mostly in a strip of the inner Galactic disk with boundaries -10<l<40 deg and |b|<3 deg. This survey provides radial velocities of inner-disk stars for which optical measurements cannot be made due to interstellar extinction. The SiO
Proceedings of SPIE | 1996
Toshihiko Tanabe; Shinji Nishida; Yoshikazu Nakada; Shigeru Matsumoto; Takashi Onaka; Kazuhiro Sekiguchi; Tomoko Ono; I. S. Glass; David Carter
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Lecture Notes in Physics | 1989
I. S. Glass; B. S. Carter
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arXiv: Astrophysics | 2000
I. S. Glass; David Randall Alves
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Proceedings of The International Astronomical Union | 1993
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