Gaia Focused Product Release

Autor(en)
, M. Trabucchi, N. Mowlavi, T. Lebzelter, I. Lecoeur-Taibi, M. Audard, L. Eyer, P. García-Lario, P. Gavras, B. Holl, G. Jevardat De Fombelle, K. Nienartowicz, L. Rimoldini, P. Sartoretti, R. Blomme, Y. Frémat, O. Marchal, Y. Damerdji, A. G.A. Brown, A. Guerrier, P. Panuzzo, D. Katz, G. M. Seabroke, K. Benson, R. Haigron, M. Smith, A. Lobel, A. Vallenari, T. Prusti, J. H.J. De Bruijne, F. Arenou, C. Babusiaux, A. Barbier, M. Biermann, O. L. Creevey, C. Ducourant, D. W. Evans, R. Guerra, A. Hutton, C. Jordi, S. A. Klioner, U. Lammers, L. Lindegren, X. Luri, F. Mignard, S. Randich, R. Smiljanic, P. Tanga, N. A. Walton, C. A.L. Bailer-Jones, J. Alves
Abstrakt

Context. The third Gaia Data Release (DR3) provided photometric time series of more than 2 million long-period variable (LPV) candidates. Anticipating the publication of full radial-velocity data planned with Data Release 4, this Focused Product Release (FPR) provides radial-velocity time series for a selection of LPV candidates with high-quality observations. Aims. We describe the production and content of the Gaia catalog of LPV radial-velocity time series, and the methods used to compute the variability parameters published as part of the Gaia FPR. Methods. Starting from the DR3 catalog of LPV candidates, we applied several filters to construct a sample of sources with high-quality radial-velocity measurements. We modeled their radial-velocity and photometric time series to derive their periods and amplitudes, and further refined the sample by requiring compatibility between the radial-velocity period and at least one of the G, G

BP, or G

RP photometric periods. Results. The catalog includes radial-velocity time series and variability parameters for 9614 sources in the magnitude range 6 ≲ G/mag ≲ 14, including a flagged top-quality subsample of 6093 stars whose radial-velocity periods are fully compatible with the values derived from the G, G

BP, and G

RP photometric time series. The radial-velocity time series contain a mean of 24 measurements per source taken unevenly over a duration of about three years. We identify the great majority of the sources (88%) as genuine LPV candidates, with about half of them showing a pulsation period and the other half displaying a long secondary period. The remaining 12% of the catalog consists of candidate ellipsoidal binaries. Quality checks against radial velocities available in the literature show excellent agreement. We provide some illustrative examples and cautionary remarks. Conclusions. The publication of radial-velocity time series for almost ten thousand LPV candidates constitutes, by far, the largest such database available to date in the literature. The availability of simultaneous photometric measurements gives a unique added value to the Gaia catalog.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
Università degli Studi di Padova, Université de Genève, European Space Astronomy Centre (ESA), Sednai Sàrl, Observatoire de Paris, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Université de Strasbourg, Université de Liège, Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Géophysique, Leiden University, Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), University College London, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, European Space Research & Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, Universität Heidelberg, Université Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, University of Cambridge, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), Technische Universität Dresden, Lund University, Lund Observatory, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Journal
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Band
680
Anzahl der Seiten
38
ISSN
0004-6361
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347287
Publikationsdatum
12-2023
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/gaia-focused-product-release(bea05d67-dda5-4eeb-8dc6-85e6884e9315).html