J/ApJ/916/21 OIII PN luminosity functions from MUSE datacubes (Roth+, 2021)
Toward precision cosmology with improved PNLF distances using VLT-MUSEI.
Methodology and tests.
Roth M.M., Jacoby G.H., Ciardullo R., Davis B.D., Chase O., Weilbacher P.M.
<Astrophys. J., 916, 21 (2021)>
=2021ApJ...916...21R 2021ApJ...916...21R
ADC_Keywords: Planetary nebulae; Magnitudes; Optical; Radial velocities
Keywords: Hubble constant
Abstract:
The [OIII]λ5007 planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF) is
an established distance indicator that has been used for more than
30yr to measure the distances of galaxies out to ∼15Mpc. With the
advent of the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on the Very Large
Telescope (MUSE) as an efficient wide-field integral-field
spectrograph, the PNLF method is due for a renaissance, as the spatial
and spectral information contained in the instrument's data cubes
provides many advantages over classical narrowband imaging. Here we
use archival MUSE data to explore the potential of a novel
differential emission-line filter (DELF) technique to produce
spectrophotometry that is more accurate and more sensitive than other
methods. We show that DELF analyses are superior to classical
techniques in high surface brightness regions of galaxies, and we
validate the method both through simulations and via the analysis of
data from two early-type galaxies (NGC 1380 and NGC 474) and one
late-type spiral (NGC 628). We demonstrate that with adaptive optics
support or under excellent seeing conditions, the technique is capable
of producing precision (≲0.05mag) [OIII] photometry out to distances
of 40Mpc while providing discrimination between planetary nebulae and
other emission-line objects such as HII regions, supernova remnants,
and background galaxies. These capabilities enable us to use MUSE to
measure precise PNLF distances beyond the reach of Cepheids and the
tip of the red giant branch method and become an additional tool for
constraining the local value of the Hubble constant.
Description:
For this initial demonstration, we used the publicly available, fully
reduced MUSE data cubes in the ESO Archive to derive planetary nebula
luminosity functions (PNLFs) across a range of galaxy types and
distances. Because the MUSE data cubes were obtained from a variety of
programs that were executed at the VLT between 2014 and 2019, the data
are inhomogeneous and sample a wide range of observing conditions.
Table 1 summarizes the archival data sets used for this paper.
Objects:
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RA (ICRS) DE Designation(s)
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03 36 27.59 -34 58 34.6 NGC 1380 = MCG-06-09-002
01 36 41.74 +15 47 01.1 NGC 628 = MCG+03-05-011
01 20 06.68 +03 24 55.8 NGC 474 = MCG+00-04-085
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File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 67 29 MUSE exposures of the galaxies
table9.dat 84 149 Catalogue of PN candidates in NGC 1380
table10.dat 82 202 Catalogue of PN candidates in NGC 628
table11.dat 71 15 Catalogue of PN candidates in NGC 474
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See also:
B/eso : ESO Science Archive Catalog (ESO, 1991-2022)
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J/AJ/123/269 : New SMC planetary nebulae (Jacoby+, 2002)
J/ApJ/582/170 : M51 Planetary Nebula Candidates (Durrell+, 2003)
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J/ApJ/703/894 : PNe in 5 nearby galaxies (Herrmann+, 2009)
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J/MNRAS/413/813 : ATLAS3D project. I. (Cappellari+, 2011)
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J/ApJ/847/18 : Mass, Z, dust attenuation, and SFR relations (Zahid+, 2017)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Name Galaxy name
10- 19 A10 "Y/M/D" Obs.date UT date of observation
21- 28 A8 "h:m:s" Obs.time Time of observation
30- 33 F4.2 arcsec Seeing [0.45/1.46] Seeing
35- 39 I5 s Exp [600/37312] Exposure time
41- 50 A10 --- PID Program ID
52- 65 A14 --- TID Target ID
67 I1 --- Note [1/2] Notes
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table9.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 A2 --- --- [PN]
3- 5 I3 --- Seq [1/149] PN candidate number
7- 11 A5 --- ID ID in field
13- 16 A4 --- IDSp Spriggs+ (2020, J/A+A/637/A62) recno
(<F3D JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.ss> in Simbad)
18- 21 A4 --- IDFm Feldmeier+ (2007, J/ApJ/657/76) ID
23- 28 F6.2 pix Xpix Datacube/image X pixel coordinate
30- 35 F6.2 pix Ypix Datacube/image Y pixel coordinate
37- 37 I1 h RAh [3] Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
39- 40 I2 min RAm [36] Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
42- 47 F6.3 s RAs Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
49- 49 A1 --- DE- [-] Sign of the Declination (J2000)
50- 51 I2 deg DEd [34] Degree of Declination (J2000)
53- 54 I2 arcmin DEm [56/59] Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
56- 60 F5.2 arcsec DEs Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
62- 66 F5.2 mag m5007 [26.43/28.97] PN magnitude
68- 72 F5.3 mag e_m5007 [0.04/0.3] Uncertainty in m5007
74- 77 F4.1 --- ArN [3.6/21.2] Amplitude-to-Noise ratio
of OIII5007Å
79- 84 F6.1 km/s LOSV [1393/2275] Barycentric line-of-sight velocity
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table10.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 A2 --- --- [PN]
3- 5 I3 --- Seq [1/202] PN candidate number
7- 12 A6 --- ID ID in field
14- 20 A7 --- IDHe Herrmann+ (2008ApJ...683..630H 2008ApJ...683..630H) ID
(<[HC2009b] M74-NNN> in Simbad)
22- 27 F6.2 pix Xpix Datacube/image X pixel coordinate
29- 34 F6.2 pix Ypix Datacube/image Y pixel coordinate
36- 36 I1 h RAh [1] Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
38- 39 I2 min RAm [36] Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
41- 46 F6.3 s RAs Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
48- 48 A1 --- DE- [+] Sign of the Declination (J2000)
49- 50 I2 deg DEd [15] Degree of Declination (J2000)
52- 53 I2 arcmin DEm [44/49] Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
55- 59 F5.2 arcsec DEs Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
61- 65 F5.2 mag m5007 [25.4/29.1] PN magnitude
67- 71 F5.3 mag e_m5007 [0.017/0.4] Uncertainty in m5007
73- 76 F4.1 --- ArN [-4/59] Amplitude-to-Noise ratio of OIII5007Å
78- 82 F5.1 km/s LOSV [510.9/813.2] Barycentric line-of-sight velocity
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table11.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 A2 --- --- [PN]
3- 4 I2 --- Seq [1/15] PN candidate number
6- 8 A3 --- IDFe Fensch et al. (2020A&A...644A.164F 2020A&A...644A.164F), ID
10- 15 F6.2 pix Xpix Datacube/image X pixel coordinate
17- 22 F6.2 pix Ypix Datacube/image Y pixel coordinate
24- 24 I1 h RAh [1] Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
26- 27 I2 min RAm [20] Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
29- 34 F6.3 s RAs [17.4/20.2] Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
36 A1 --- DE- [+] Sign of Declination (J2000)
37 I1 deg DEd [3] Degree of Declination (J2000)
39- 40 I2 arcmin DEm [24/26] Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
42- 46 F5.2 arcsec DEs Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
48- 52 F5.2 mag m5007 [28.52/30.75] PN magnitude
54- 58 F5.3 mag e_m5007 [0.05/0.4] Uncertainty in m5007
60- 63 F4.1 --- ArN [2/19.4] Amplitude-to-Noise ratio of OIII5007Å
65- 71 F7.2 km/s LOSV [5045/5047.3] Barycentric line-of-sight velocity
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History:
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(End) Prepared by [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS] 21-Dec-2022