- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/55/351
- Title:
- ATCA observations of 202 compact radio sources
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/55/351
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) has been used in support of the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) space VLBI mission, to monitor the total and polarised flux densities of 202 objects that make up 83% of the VSOP all-sky Survey of compact extragalactic radio sources south of DE=+10{deg}. The primary goal of the ATCA observations is to provide information on the total and polarised emission from the compact components in these sources, for correlation with parameters obtained from VSOP imaging observations. These data represent the first high resolution, long timescale flux density monitoring observations of a large number of southern compact radio sources. In the future, comparison of the ATCA and VSOP data will be used to investigate relativistic beaming models and identify similarities or differences between the major classes of extragalactic radio sources. As an illustration of the scientific value of the ATCA data we undertake a comparison of the properties of the gamma-ray loud and gamma-ray quiet AGN in the southern component of the VSOP Survey sample, finding that in a flat-spectrum sub-sample the gamma-ray loud AGN are more variable than the gamma-ray quiet AGN.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/227/26
- Title:
- ATCA obs. of ground-state OH masers
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/227/26
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on high spatial resolution observations, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), of ground-state OH masers. These observations were carried out toward 196 pointing centers previously identified in the Southern Parkes Large-Area Survey in Hydroxyl (SPLASH) pilot region, between Galactic longitudes of 334{deg} and 344{deg} and Galactic latitudes of -2{deg} and +2{deg}. Supplementing our data with data from the MAGMO (Mapping the Galactic Magnetic field through OH masers) survey, we find maser emission toward 175 of the 196 target fields. We conclude that about half of the 21 nondetections were due to intrinsic variability. Due to the superior sensitivity of the followup ATCA observations, and the ability to resolve nearby sources into separate sites, we have identified 215 OH maser sites toward the 175 fields with detections. Among these 215 OH maser sites, 111 are new detections. After comparing the positions of these 215 maser sites to the literature, we identify 122 (57%) sites associated with evolved stars (one of which is a planetary nebula), 64 (30%) with star formation, two sites with supernova remnants, and 27 (13%) of unknown origin. The infrared colors of evolved star sites with symmetric maser profiles tend to be redder than those of evolved star sites with asymmetric maser profiles, which may indicate that symmetric sources are generally at an earlier evolutionary stage.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/335/1085
- Title:
- ATCA SMC Radio Continuum Source. I.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/335/1085
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have analysed radio-continuum mosaics of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) obtained using both the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Parkes telescope and present a new catalogue of sources in the SMC at 1.42, 2.37, 4.80 and 8.64GHz ({lambda}=20, 13, 6 and 3cm). We find a total of 717 radio-continuum sources at these frequencies in the field of the SMC, which is three times more than previous Parkes surveys. From these 717 radio-continuum sources, some 534 were detected at 1.42GHz, 697 at 2.37GHz, 75 at 4.80GHz and 54 at 8.64GHz. The integrated flux density was measured for each of these sources. We have assessed the accuracy of the position and flux measurements of our catalogue and found no significant discrepancy with previous catalogues. Our new data show a significant improvement in sensitivity (over 10 times) and positional accuracy (<1") over previous catalogues.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/355/44
- Title:
- ATCA SMC Radio Continuum Source. II.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/355/44
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the classification of 717 radio-continuum sources from the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) Catalogue of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). All 717 sources have been categorised into one of three groups: supernova remnants (SNRs), HII regions and background sources. In total, we name 71 sources as HII regions (or candidates) and 21 sources as SNRs (or candidates). Six sources are named as either HII regions or background sources and two are candidate radio planetary nebulae. One source is coincident with an X-ray binary. We classify 616 objects as background sources and present their statistics.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/452/3969
- Title:
- ATCA Survey of Sagittarius B2 at 7mm
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/452/3969
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a 30-50GHz survey of Sagittarius B2(N) conducted with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) with 5 - 10 arcsec resolution. We analyze the spectra towards three HII regions that have foreground molecular gas in Sgr B2. Towards the most line-dense region, we detect >500 spectral line components, >90% of which are assigned to H and He recombination lines and 53 firmly identified molecular species (not including isotopologues). The data reveal extremely subthermally excited molecular gas in Sgr B2 absorbing against the continuum background, as well as molecular line emission from two hot cores in Sgr B2(N). They also also contain line-of-sight absorption by ~15 molecules observed in translucent gas in the Galactic Center, bar, and intervening spiral arm clouds, revealing the complex chemistry and clumpy structure of this gas. Formamide (NH_2_CHO) is detected for the first time in a translucent cloud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/124/509
- Title:
- ATCA/VLA OH 1612 MHz survey. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/124/509
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present observations of the region between -45{deg}<=l<=-10{deg} and |b|<=3{deg} in the OH 1612.231MHz line, taken in 1994 January with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). These observations are part of a larger survey, covering |l|<=45{deg} and |b|<=3{deg}, with the ATCA and the Very Large Array. In a previous article we have discussed the observational strategy in detail. In this paper we present only the objects found in this part of the survey. The region was systematically searched for OH-maser emission and was covered completely with 910 pointing centres separated by 30'. We found 202 OH-masing objects, 112 of which are new detections. Out of the 202 objects, 166 have a standard double-peaked spectral profile, 32 a single-peaked profile and 4 objects have non-standard or irregular profiles. In this article we analyse the data statistically and give classifications and identifications with known sources where possible. The astrophysical, kinematical, morphological and dynamical properties of subsets of the data will be addressed in future articles.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/366/481
- Title:
- ATCA/VLA OH 1612 MHz survey. III.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/366/481
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present observations of the region between 5{deg}<=l<=45{deg} and |b|<=3{deg}, in the OH 1612.231MHz line, taken from 1993 to 1995 with NRAO's Very Large Array (VLA). These observations are the last part of a larger survey, covering |l|<=45{deg} and |b|<=3{deg}, with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the VLA. The region was systematically observed on a 30'x30' grid in (l,b) and the resulting coverage was 92%, with 965 pointings. We found 286 OH-masing objects, 161 of which are new detections and 207 have reliable IRAS point-source identifications. The outflow velocity was determined for 276 sources. A total of 766 sources were detected in the combined ATCA/VLA survey, of which 29 were detected in two regions of the survey.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/457/517
- Title:
- ATESP 5 GHz radio survey. I.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/457/517
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The nature and evolutionary properties of the faint radio population, responsible for the steepening observed in the 1.4GHz source counts below 1mJy, are not yet entirely clear. Radio spectral indices may help to constrain the origin of the radio emission in such faint radio sources and may be fundamental in understanding eventual links to the optical light. We study the spectral index behaviour of sources that were found in the 1.4GHz ATESP survey (Prandoni et al., 2000A&AS..146...31P & 2000, Cat. <VIII/63>), considering that the ATESP is one of the most extensive sub-mJy surveys existing at present. Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array we observed at 5GHz part of the region covered by the sub-mJy ATESP survey. In particular we imaged a one square degree area for which deep optical imaging in UBVRIJK is available. In this paper we present the 5GHz survey and source catalogue, we derive the 5GHz source counts and we discuss the 1.4-5GHz spectral index properties of the ATESP sources. The analysis of the optical properties of the sample will be the subject of a following paper.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/621/A19
- Title:
- ATESP 5 GHz radio survey. IV.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/621/A19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is now established that the faint radio population is a mixture of star-forming galaxies and faint active galactic nuclei (AGNs), with the former dominating below S_1.4GHz_~100uJy and the latter at larger flux densities. The faint radio AGN component can itself be separated into two main classes, mainly based on the host-galaxy properties: sources associated with red/early-type galaxies (like radio galaxies) are the dominant class down to ~100uJy; quasar/Seyfert-like sources contribute an additional 10-20%. One of the major open questions regarding faint radio AGNs is the physical process responsible for their radio emission. This work aims at investigating this issue, with particular respect to the AGN component associated with red/early-type galaxies. Such AGNs show, on average, flatter radio spectra than radio galaxies and are mostly compact (<=30kpc in size). Various scenarios have been proposed to explain their radio emission. For instance they could be core/core-jet dominated radio galaxies, low-power BL LACs, or advection dominated accretion flow (ADAF) systems. We used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to extend a previous follow-up multi-frequency campaign to 38 and 94GHz. This campaign focuses on a sample of 28 faint radio sources associated with early-type galaxies extracted from the ATESP 5GHz survey. Such data, together with those already at hand, are used to perform radio spectral and variability analyses. Both analyses can help us to disentangle between core- and jet-dominated sources, as well as to verify the presence of ADAF/ADAF+jet systems. Additional high-resolution observations at 38GHz were carried out to characterise the radio morphology of these sources on kiloparsec scales. Most of the sources (25/28) were detected at 38GHz, while only one (ATESP5J224547-400324) of the twelve sources observed at 94 GHz was detected. From the analysis of the radio spectra we confirmed our previous findings that pure ADAF models can be ruled out. Only eight out of the 28 sources were detected in the 38-GHz high-resolution (0.6 arcsec) radio images and of those eight only one showed a tentative core-jet structure. Putting together spectral, variability, luminosity, and linear size information we conclude that different kinds of sources compose our AGN sample: (a) luminous and large (>=100kpc) classical radio galaxies (~18% of the sample); (b) compact (confined within their host galaxies), low-luminosity, power-law (jet-dominated) sources (~46% of the sample); and (c) compact, flat (or peaked) spectrum, presumably core-dominated, radio sources (~36% of the sample). Variability is indeed preferentially associated with the latter.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/434/956
- Title:
- AT20G high-angular-resolution catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/434/956
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the high-angular-resolution catalogue for the Australia Telescope 20GHz (AT20G, Cat. J/MNRAS/402/2403) survey, using the high-angular-resolution 6-km antenna data at the baselines of ~4500m of the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We have used the data to produce the visibility catalogue that separates the compact active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the extended radio sources at the 0.15arcsec angular scale, corresponding to the linear size scale of 1kpc at redshifts higher than 0.7. We find the radio population at 20GHz to be dominated by compact AGNs constituting 77% of the total sources in the AT20G. We introduce the visibility-spectra diagnostic plot, produced using the AT20G cross-matches with lower frequency radio surveys at 1GHz [the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS, Cat. VIII/65) and the Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey (SUMSS, Cat. VIII/81)], that separates the 20GHz population into distinct sub-populations of the compact AGNs, the compact steep-spectrum (CSS) sources, the extended AGN-powered sources and extended flat-spectrum sources. The extended flat-spectrum sources include a local thermal emitting population of high-latitude planetary nebulae and also gravitational lens and binary black hole candidates among the AGNs. We find a smooth transition in properties between the CSS sources and the AGN populations. The visibility catalogue, together with the main AT20G survey, provides an estimate of angular size scales for sources in the AT20G and an estimate of the flux arising from central cores of extended radio sources. The identification of the compact AGNs in the AT20G survey provides high-quality calibrators for high-frequency radio telescope arrays and very large baseline interferometry observations.
