- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/404/1719
- Title:
- Combined NVSS-FIRST galaxies (CoNFIG) sample II
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/404/1719
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper focuses on a comparison of the space densities of Fanaroff-Riley type I (FR I) and FR II sources at different epochs, with a particular focus on FR I sources. First, we present the concluding steps in constructing the Combined NVSS-FIRST Galaxies (CoNFIG) catalogue, including new Very Large Array observations, optical identifications and redshift estimates. The final catalogue consists of 859 sources over four samples (CoNFIG-1, -2, -3 and -4 with flux density limits of S1.4GHz=1.3, 0.8, 0.2 and 0.05Jy, respectively). It is 95.7 per cent complete in radio morphology classification and 74.3 per cent of the sources have redshift data. Combining CoNFIG with complementary samples, the distribution and evolution of FR I and FR II sources are investigated. We find that FR I sources undergo mild evolution and that, at the same radio luminosity, FR I and FR II sources show similar space density enhancements in various redshift ranges, possibly implying a common evolution.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/247/57
- Title:
- Compact bright radio-loud AGNs. III. VLBA 43GHz
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/247/57
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results from the 43GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations of 124 compact radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that were conducted between 2014 November and 2016 May. The typical dimensions of the restoring beam in each image are about 0.5masx0.2mas. The highest resolution of 0.2mas corresponds to a physical size of 0.02pc for the lowest redshift source in the sample. The 43GHz very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) images of 97 AGNs are presented for the first time. We study the source compactness on milliarcsecond and submilliarcsecond scales, and suggest that 95 sources in our sample are suitable for future space VLBI observations. By analyzing our data supplemented with other VLBA AGN surveys from the literature, we find that the core brightness temperature increases with increasing frequency below a break frequency ~7GHz, and decreases between ~7 and 240GHz but increases again above 240GHz in the rest frame of the sources. This indicates that the synchrotron opacity changes from optically thick to thin. We also find a strong statistical correlation between radio and {gamma}-ray flux densities. Our correlation is tighter than those in the literature derived from lower-frequency VLBI data, suggesting that the {gamma}-ray emission is produced more cospatially with the 43GHz VLBA core emission. This correlation can also be extrapolated to the unbeamed AGN population, implying that a universal {gamma}-ray production mechanism might be at work for all types of AGNs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/145/83
- Title:
- Compact radio sources at -30<Dec<0
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/145/83
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalog of 321 compact radio sources in the declination range 0{deg}>{delta}>-30{deg}. The positions of these sources have been measured with a two-dimensional rms accuracy of 35milliarcseconds using the NRAO Very Large Array. Each source has a peak flux density >50mJy at 8.4GHz. We intend for this catalog to be used mainly for selection of phase calibration sources for radio interferometers, although compact radio sources have other scientific uses.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/126/325
- Title:
- Compact Radio Sources in & behind LMC catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/126/325
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a continuum snapshot survey of a 3x4{deg}^2^ region of the Large Magellanic Cloud including the area of the giant molecular cloud and the 30 Doradus nebula. The observations have been carried out with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at 1.4 and 2.4GHz. Most fields are complete to about 6mJy peak flux density at 1.4GHz and to about 3mJy at 2.4GHz. The positions, peak and integral flux densities of 113 compact (<54") sources detected at 1.4GHz and of 70 sources (<34") detected at 2.4GHz are presented. Positions are accurate to about 3" and peak flux densities are accurate to about 10% or better, depending on the source position relative to the pointing centers. 32 of the sources detected at 1.4GHz are coincident with H{alpha} objects in the catalogue of Davies, Elliot and Meaburn (1976MmRAS..81...89D); these are possibly intrinsic to the LMC. However, we suppose that most are background objects, since the number vs. flux agrees with predictions of extragalactic source counts from other surveys.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/610/A27
- Title:
- Compact radio sources in NGC 6334D to F
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/610/A27
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The presence and properties of compact radio sources embedded in massive star forming regions can reveal important physical properties about these regions and the processes occurring within them. The NGC 6334 complex, a massive star forming region, has been studied extensively. Nevertheless, none of these studies has focused in its content in compact radio sources. Aims. Our goal here is to report on a systematic census of the compact radio sources toward NGC 6334, and their characteristics. This will be used to attempt to define their very nature. We used the VLA C band (4-8GHz) archive data with 0.36" (500AU) of spatial resolution and noise level of 50Jy/bm to carry out a systematic search for compact radio sources within NGC 6334. We also searched for infrared counterparts to provide some constraints on the nature of the detected radio sources. A total of 83 compact sources and three slightly resolved sources were detected. Most of them are here reported for the first time. We found that 29 of these 86 sources have infrared counterparts and three are highly variable. Region D contains 18 of these sources. The compact source toward the center, in projection, of region E is also detected. From statistical analyses, we suggest that the 83 reported compact sources are real and most of them are related to NGC 6334 itself. A stellar nature for 27 of them is confirmed by their IR emission. Compared with Orion, region D suffers a deficit of compact radio sources. The infrared nebulosities around two of the slightly resolved sources are suggested to be warm dust, and we argue that the associated radio sources trace free-free emission from ionized material. We confirm the thermal radio emission of the compact source in region E. However, its detection at infrared wavelengths implies that it is located in the foreground of the molecular cloud. Finally, three strongly variable sources are suggested to be magnetically active young stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/133/2559
- Title:
- Compact radio sources in spiral galaxies. II.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/133/2559
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the analysis of deep radio observations of the interacting galaxy system M51 from the Very Large Array, with the goal of understanding the nature of the population of compact radio sources in nearby spiral galaxies. We detect 107 compact radio sources, 64% of which have optical counterparts in a deep H{alpha} Hubble Space Telescope image. Thirteen of the radio sources have X-ray counterparts from a Chandra observation of M51. We find that six of the associated H{alpha} sources are young supernova remnants (SNRs) with resolved shells. Most of the SNRs exhibit steep radio continuum spectral indices consistent with synchrotron emission. We detect emission from the Type Ic SN 1994I nearly a decade after explosion: the emission (160+/-22uJy/beam at 20cm, 46+/-11uJy/beam at 6cm, {alpha}=-1.02+/-0.28) is consistent with light-curve models for Type Ib/Ic supernovae. We detect X-ray emission from the supernova; however, no optical counterpart is present. We report on the analysis of the Seyfert 2 nucleus in this galaxy, including the evidence for bipolar outflows from the central black hole.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/586
- Title:
- Compact radio sources in the galactic plane
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/586
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Archival data have been combined with recent observations of the Galactic plane using the Very Large Array to create new catalogs of compact centimetric radio sources. The 20cm source catalog covers a longitude range of -20{deg}<l<120{deg} the latitude coverage varies from +/-0.8{deg} to +/-2.7{deg}. The total survey area is about 331{deg}^2^; coverage is 90% complete at a flux density threshold of about 14mJy, and over 5000 sources are recorded. The 6cm catalog covers 43{deg}^2^ in the region -10{deg}<l<42{deg}, |b|<0.4{deg} to a 90% completeness threshold of 2.9mJy; over 2700 sources are found. Both surveys have an angular resolution of about 6". These catalogs provide a 30% (at 20cm) to 50% (at 6cm) increase in the number of high-reliability compact sources in the Galactic plane, as well as greatly improved astrometry, uniformity, and reliability; they should prove useful for comparison with new mid- and far-infrared surveys of the Milky Way.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/91/503
- Title:
- Compact radio sources near Galactic center
- Short Name:
- J/AZh/91/503
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using literature data on approximately 400 compact radio sources detected with the Very Large Array and located in the direction of the Galactic center within 2{deg} of the compact source Sgr A*, 69 sources whose angular sizes are determined by scattering on electron density inhomogeneities were distinguished. Fifty-five of these are extragalactic, two are supercompact HII regions, ten are sources of maser emission, and two are variable Galactic sources. The excess of the apparent angular sizes of maser sources within 2{deg} of the Galactic center above the mean size of objects of this class in other parts of the Galaxy found in many studies cannot be explained purely by the effect of scattering of their radio emission on interstellar plasma inhomogeneities. The angular sizes of these objects are increased due to scattering only within Galactic longitudes of about 0.4{deg} and Galactic latitudes less than 0.1{deg}. The turbulent medium responsible for scattering of radio emission of compact sources in the immediate vicinity of the Galactic center is strongly concentrated toward the compact source Sgr A* at the Galactic center. No extragalactic sources are observed within 0.4{deg} in longitude and 0.2{deg} in latitude of the Galactic center, because of their low brightness due to the superstrong scattering in this region. Data on scatter broadening can be used to study the distribution of turbulent plasma near the Galactic center.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/80/211
- Title:
- Compact Radio Sources Near the Galactic Plane
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/80/211
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results of the extension of the 20-cm Galactic-plane survey reported by Zoonematkermani to Galactic latitudes of +/-1.8{deg} over the central region of the Milky Way are reported. A total of 1457 discrete radio sources down to flux densities of less than about 5mJy, and 95% completion is achieved at 20mJy. A detailed comparison of all radio sources from the survey in this longitude range with the IRAS Point Source Catalog provides classification for 13% of the objects, including 159 compact H II regions, and nearly 100 planetary nebulae, over 70 of which are identified. The identity of the remaining radio sources is discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/408/2261
- Title:
- Compact steep spectrum new sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/408/2261
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new sample of compact steep spectrum (CSS) sources with radio luminosity below 10^26^W/Hz at 1.4GHz; these are called low-luminosity compact (LLC) objects. The sources have been selected from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm (FIRST) survey and observed with the multi-element radio linked interferometer network (MERLIN) at the L and C bands. The main criterion used for selection was the luminosity of the objects, and approximately one-third of the CSS sources from the new sample have a value of radio luminosity comparable to Fanaroff-Riley type 1 sources (FR Is). About 80 per cent of the sources have been resolved and about 30 per cent have weak extended emission and disturbed structures when compared with the observations of higher-luminosity CSS sources. We have studied the correlation between radio power and linear size, and the redshift with a larger sample that also included published samples of compact objects and large-scale FR IIs and FR Is.
