- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/579/A101
- Title:
- 3mm molecular line survey of 8 AGN
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/579/A101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We aim for a better understanding of the imprints that the nuclear activity in galaxies leaves in the molecular gas. We used the IRAM 30m telescope to observe the frequency range ~[86-116]GHz towards the central regions of the star- burst galaxies M83, M82, and NGC253, the galaxies hosting an active galactic nucleus (AGN) M51, NGC1068, and NGC7469, and the ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) Arp220 and Mrk231. Assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE), we calculated the column densities of 27 molecules and 10 isotopologues (or their upper limits in case of non-detections).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/143
- Title:
- MOJAVE. XI. Spectral distributions
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/143
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have obtained milliarcsecond-scale spectral index distributions for a sample of 190 extragalactic radio jets through the Monitoring of Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei with the VLBA Experiments (MOJAVE) project. The sources were observed in 2006 at 8.1, 8.4, 12.1, and 15.4GHz, and we have determined spectral index maps between 8.1 and 15.4GHz to study the four-frequency spectrum in individual jet features. We have performed detailed simulations to study the effects of image alignment and (u, v)-plane coverage on the spectral index maps to verify our results. We use the spectral index maps to study the spectral index evolution along the jet and determine the spectral distributions in different locations of the jets. The core spectral indices are on average flat with a mean value of +0.22+/-0.03 for the sample, while the jet spectrum is in general steep with a mean index of -1.04+/-0.03. A simple power-law fit is often inadequate for the core regions, as expected if the cores are partially self-absorbed. The overall jet spectrum steepens at a rate of about -0.001 to -0.004 per deprojected parsec when moving further out from the core with flat spectrum radio quasars having significantly steeper spectra (mean -1.09+/-0.04) than the BL Lac objects (mean -0.80+/-0.05). However, the spectrum in both types of objects flattens on average by ~0.2 at the locations of the jet components indicating particle acceleration or density enhancements along the jet. The mean spectral index at the component locations of -0.81+/-0.02 corresponds to a power-law index of ~2.6 for the electron energy distribution. We find a significant trend that jet components with linear polarization parallel to the jet (magnetic field perpendicular to the jet) have flatter spectra, as expected for transverse shocks. Compared to quasars, BL Lacs have more jet components with perpendicular magnetic field alignment, which may explain their generally flatter spectra. The overall steepening of the spectra with distance can be explained with radiative losses if the jets are collimating or with the evolution of the high-energy cutoff in the electron spectrum if the jets are conical. This interpretation is supported by a significant correlation with the age of the component and the spectral index, with older components having steeper spectra.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/468/4992
- Title:
- MOJAVE XIV. AGN jet shapes & opening angles
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/468/4992
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 15 GHz stacked VLBA images of 373 jets associated with active galactic nuclei (AGN) having at least 5 observing epochs within a 20yr time interval 1994-2015 from the MOJAVE programme and/or its precursor, the 2 cm VLBA Survey. These data are supplemented by 1.4 GHz single-epoch VLBA observations of 135 MOJAVE AGNs to probe larger scale jet structures. The typical jet geometry is found to be close to conical on scales from hundreds to thousands of parsecs, while a number of galaxies show quasi-parabolic streamlines on smaller scales. A true jet geometry in a considerable fraction of AGNs appears only after stacking epochs over several years. The jets with significant radial accelerated motion undergo more active collimation. We have analyzed total intensity jet profiles transverse to the local jet ridgeline and derived both apparent and intrinsic opening angles of the flows, with medians of 21.5{deg} and 1.3{deg}, respectively. The Fermi LAT-detected gamma-ray AGNs in our sample have, on average, wider apparent and narrower intrinsic opening angle, and smaller viewing angle than non LAT-detected AGNs. We have established a highly significant correlation between the apparent opening angle and gamma-ray luminosity, driven by Doppler beaming and projection effects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/874/43
- Title:
- MOJAVE. XVII. Parsec-scale jet kinematics of AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/874/43
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from a parsec-scale jet kinematics study of 409 bright radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on 15GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) data obtained between 1994 August 31 and 2016 December 26 as part of the 2cm VLBA survey and Monitoring Of Jets in Active galactic nuclei with VLBA Experiments (MOJAVE) programs. We tracked 1744 individual bright features in 382 jets over at least 5 epochs. A majority (59%) of the best-sampled jet features showed evidence of accelerated motion at the >3{sigma} level. Although most features within a jet typically have speeds within ~40% of a characteristic median value, we identified 55 features in 42 jets that had unusually slow pattern speeds, nearly all of which lie within 4pc (100pc deprojected) of the core feature. Our results, combined with other speeds from the literature, indicate a strong correlation between apparent jet speed and synchrotron peak frequency, with the highest jet speeds being found only in low-peaked AGNs. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we find best-fit parent population parameters for a complete sample of 174 quasars above 1.5Jy at 15GHz. Acceptable fits are found with a jet population that has a simple unbeamed power-law luminosity function incorporating pure luminosity evolution and a power-law Lorentz factor distribution ranging from 1.25 to 50 with slope -1.4+/-0.2. The parent jets of the brightest radio quasars have a space density of 261+/-19Gpc^-3^ and unbeamed 15GHz luminosities above ~10^24.5^W/Hz, consistent with FRII class radio galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/750/136
- Title:
- Molecular clouds in the Antennae from CO(2-1)
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/750/136
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Super star clusters--extremely massive clusters found predominately in starburst environments--are essential building blocks in the formation of galaxies and thought to dominate star formation in the high-redshift universe. However, the transformation from molecular gas into these ultracompact star clusters is not well understood. To study this process, we used the Submillimeter Array and the Plateau de Bure Interferometer to obtain high angular resolution (~1.5" or 160pc) images of the Antennae overlap region in CO(2-1) to search for the molecular progenitors of the super star clusters. We resolve the molecular gas distribution into a large number of clouds, extending the differential cloud mass function down to a 5{sigma} completeness limit of 3.8x10^5^M_{sun}_. We identify a distinct break in the mass function around log M_mol_/M_{sun}_{approx}6.5, which separates the molecular clouds into two distinct populations. The smaller, less massive clouds reside in more quiescent areas in the region, while the larger, more massive clouds cluster around regions of intense star formation. A broken power-law fit to the mass function yields slopes of {alpha}=-1.39+/-0.10 and {alpha}=-1.44+/-0.14 for the low- and high-mass cloud population, well matched to the mass function found for super star clusters in the Antennae galaxies. We find large velocity gradients and velocity dispersions at the locations of intense star formation, suggestive of compressive shocks. It is likely that these environmental factors contribute to the formation of the observed massive molecular clouds and super star clusters in the Antennae galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/344/283
- Title:
- 100-Mpc-scale structures of radio galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/344/283
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present unequivocal evidence for a huge (~80x100x100Mp^3^) superstructure at redshift z=0.27 in the three-dimensional distribution of radio galaxies from the Texas-Oxford NVSS Structure 08h region (TONS08) sample, confirming tentative evidence for such a structure from the 7C redshift survey (7CRS). A second, newly discovered superstructure is also found less securely at redshift 0.35 (of dimensions ~100x100x100Mpc^3^). We present full observational details on the TONS08 sample which was constructed to probe structures in the redshift range 0<z<0.5 by matching NVSS sources with objects in APM catalogues to obtain a sample of optically bright (E~R<=19.83), radio-faint (1.4GHz flux density S_1.4_>=3mJy) radio galaxies in the same 25deg^2^ area as part II of the 7CRS.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/107/19
- Title:
- MRC/1Jy Radio source survey. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/107/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is the first in a series of papers discussing the properties of a complete set of radio sources selected near S408=1Jy. We present optical or infrared identifications for a sample of 452 radio galaxies. The sources were selected from the 408MHz Molonglo Reference Catalog, restricted only by flux density and position on the sky, as follows: S408>0.95Jy and -30<decl.(1950)<-20, and 9h20m<R.A.(1950)<14h4m or 20h20m<R.A.(1950)<6h14m. This complete sample, the MRC/1 Jy survey, contains 558 radio galaxies or quasars, of which six are occulted by bright stars or galaxies and two are multiple confused sources. Of the remaining 550 sources, 527, or 96%, are identified to an r magnitude of 25, and eight additional sources are identified to K=19. Of the 17 unocculted objects that remain unidentified, 15 are sources for which we have either poor radio maps or inadequate optical/IR images. This paper presents finding charts and astrometric positions for the 452 sources that are not identified as either quasars or BL Lacertae objects. Magnitudes in the r passband accurate to typically 0.1mag are given for 353 of the radio galaxy identifications. Redshifts for 268 of the galaxies are also listed; these have been derived from 450 spectroscopic observations. The radio observations, quasar and BL Lac identifications, spectroscopy, and near-IR images will be presented in subsequent papers in this series.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/381/341
- Title:
- MRCR-SUMSS Ultra-steep-spectrum (USS) sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/381/341
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper introduces a new program to find high-redshift radio galaxies in the Southern hemisphere through ultra-steep spectrum (USS) selection. We define a sample of 234 USS radio sources with spectral indices {alpha}^843^_408_<=-1.0 (S_{nu}_{prop.to}{nu}^alpha^) and flux densities S_408_>=200mJy in a region of 0.35sr, chosen by cross-correlating the revised 408MHz Molonglo Reference Catalogue, the 843MHz Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey and the 1400MHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey in the overlap region -40{deg}<DE<-30{deg}. We present Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) high-resolution 1384 and 2368MHz radio data for each source, which we use to analyse the morphological, spectral index and polarization properties of our sample. We find that 85 per cent of the sources have observed-frame spectral energy distributions that are straight over the frequency range 408-2368MHz, and that, on average, sources with smaller angular sizes have slightly steeper spectral indices and lower fractional linear polarization. Fractional polarization is anticorrelated with flux density at both 1400 and 2368MHz. We also use the ATCA data to determine observed-frame Faraday rotation measures for half of the sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/432/1178
- Title:
- 2MTF. HI observations of 303 southern galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/432/1178
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new 21-cm neutral hydrogen (HI) observations of spiral galaxies for the 2MASS Tully-Fisher (2MTF) survey. Using the 64-m Parkes radio telescope multibeam system we obtain 152 high signal to noise ratio HI spectra from which we extract 148 high-accuracy (<5% error) velocity widths and derive reliable rotation velocities. The observed sample consists of 303 southern ({delta}<-40{deg}) galaxies selected from the 2MASS Redshift Survey with Ks<11.25mag, cz<10000km/s and axis ratio b/a<0.5. The HI observations reported in this paper will be combined with new HI spectra from the Green Bank and Arecibo telescopes, together producing the most uniform Tully-Fisher survey ever constructed (in terms of sky coverage). In particular, due to its near-infrared selection, 2MTF will be significantly more complete at low Galactic latitude (|b|<15{deg}) and will provide a more reliable map of peculiar velocities in the local Universe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/484/119
- Title:
- Multi-epoch VLBI survey of CJF sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/484/119
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is the second in a series of papers presenting VLBI observations of the 293 Caltech-Jodrell Bank Flat-spectrum (hereafter CJF) sources and their analysis. We obtain a consistent motion dataset large enough to allow the systematic properties of the population to be studied. We present detailed kinematic analysis of the complete flux-density limited CJF survey. We computed 2-D kinematic models based on the optimal model-fitting parameters of multi-epoch VLBA observations. This allows us to calculate not only radial, but also orthogonal motions, and thus to study curvature and acceleration. Statistical tests of the motions measured and their reliability were performed. A correlation analysis between the derived apparent motions, luminosities, spectral indices, and core dominance and the resulting consequences is described. With at least one velocity in each of the 237 sources, this sample is much larger than any available before, so it allows a meaning ful statistical investigation of apparent motions and any possible correlations with other parameters in AGN jets. The main results to emerge are as follows: * In general motions are not consistent with a single uniform velocity applicable to all components along a jet. * We find a slight trend towards a positive outward acceleration and also adduce some evidence for greater acceleration in the innermost regions. * We find a lack of fast components at physical distances less than a few pc from the reference feature. * Only ~4% of the components from galaxies and <2% of those from quasars undergo large bends i.e. within 15{deg} of +/-90{deg}. * The distribution of radial velocities shows a broad distribution of velocities (apparent velocities up to 30c). Fifteen percent of the best-sampled jet components exhibit low velocities that may need to be explained in a different manner to the fast motions. * Some negative superluminal motions are seen, and in 15 cases (6%) these are definitely significant. * We find a strong correlation between the 5 GHz luminosity and the apparent velocity. * The CJF galaxies, on average, show slower apparent jet-component velocities than the quasars. * The mean velocity in the VLBA 2cm survey (Kellermann et al. 2004) is substantially higher than in the CJF survey, the ratio could be roughly a factor of 1.5-2. This supports the observed trend toward increasing apparent velocity with in creasing observing frequency. This AGN survey provides the basis for any statistical analysis of jet and jet-component properties.
