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291. 15GHz and jet properties of MOJAVE blazars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/742/27
Title:
15GHz and jet properties of MOJAVE blazars
Short Name:
J/ApJ/742/27
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We investigate the Fermi Large Area Telescope {gamma}-ray and 15GHz Very Long Baseline Array radio properties of a joint {gamma}-ray and radio-selected sample of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) obtained during the first 11 months of the Fermi mission (2008 August 4-2009 July 5). Our sample contains the brightest 173 AGNs in these bands above declination -30{deg} during this period, and thus probes the full range of {gamma}-ray loudness ({gamma}-ray to radio band luminosity ratio) in the bright blazar population. The latter quantity spans at least 4 orders of magnitude, reflecting a wide range of spectral energy distribution (SED) parameters in the bright blazar population. The BL Lac objects, however, display a linear correlation of increasing {gamma}-ray loudness with synchrotron SED peak frequency, suggesting a universal SED shape for objects of this class.
292. 1.4GHz emission of KISS emission-line galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/127/1959
Title:
1.4GHz emission of KISS emission-line galaxies
Short Name:
J/AJ/127/1959
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have searched the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty centimeters (FIRST, <VIII/71>) and the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS, <VIII/65>) 1.4GHz radio surveys for sources that are coincident with emission-line galaxy (ELG) candidates from the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS). A total of 207 of the 2157 KISS ELGs (~10%) in the first two H{alpha}-selected survey lists (Cats <J/AJ/121/66>, <J/AJ/127/1943>) were found to possess radio detections in FIRST, NVSS, or both. Follow-up spectra exist for all of the radio detections, allowing us to determine the activity type (star-forming vs. active nucleus) for the entire sample. We explore the properties of the radio-detected KISS galaxies in order to gain a better insight into the nature of radio-emitting galaxies in the local universe (z<0.1). Because of the selection technique used for KISS, our radio ELGs represent a quasivolume-limited sample, which allows us to develop a clearer picture of the radio galaxy population at low redshift. Nearly two-thirds of the KISS radio galaxies are starburst or star-forming galaxies, which is in stark contrast to the results of flux-limited radio surveys, which are dominated by active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and elliptical galaxies (i.e., classical radio galaxies).
293. 6GHz JVLA observations of low-z SDSS quasars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/831/168
Title:
6GHz JVLA observations of low-z SDSS quasars
Short Name:
J/ApJ/831/168
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We discuss 6GHz JVLA observations covering a volume-limited sample of 178 low-redshift (0.2<z<0.3) optically selected quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). Our 176 radio detections fall into two clear categories: (1) about 20% are radio-loud QSOs (RLQs) with spectral luminosities of L_6_>~10^23.2^W/Hz that are primarily generated in the active galactic nucleus (AGN) responsible for the excess optical luminosity that defines a bona fide QSO; and (2) the remaining 80% that are radio-quiet QSOs (RQQs) that have 10^21^<~L_6_<~10^23.2^W/Hz and radio sizes <~10kpc, and we suggest that the bulk of their radio emission is powered by star formation in their host galaxies. "Radio-silent" QSOs (L_6_<~10^21^W/Hz) are rare, so most RQQ host galaxies form stars faster than the Milky Way; they are not "red and dead" ellipticals. Earlier radio observations did not have the luminosity sensitivity of L_6_<~10^21^W/Hz that is needed to distinguish between such RLQs and RQQs. Strong, generally double-sided radio emission spanning >>10kpc was found to be associated with 13 of the 18 RLQ cores with peak flux densities of S_p_>5mJy/beam (log(L)>~24). The radio luminosity function of optically selected QSOs and the extended radio emission associated with RLQs are both inconsistent with simple "unified" models that invoke relativistic beaming from randomly oriented QSOs to explain the difference between RLQs and RQQs. Some intrinsic property of the AGNs or their host galaxies must also determine whether or not a QSO appears radio-loud.
294. 15GHz monitoring of AGN jets with VLBA
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/137/3718
Title:
15GHz monitoring of AGN jets with VLBA
Short Name:
J/AJ/137/3718
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present images from a long-term program (MOJAVE: Monitoring of Jets in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with VLBA Experiments) to survey the structure and evolution of parsec-scale jet phenomena associated with bright radio-loud active galaxies in the northern sky. The observations consist of 2424 15GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) images of a complete flux-density-limited sample of 135 AGNs above declination -20{deg}, spanning the period 1994 August to 2007 September. These data were acquired as part of the MOJAVE and 2cm Survey programs, and from the VLBA archive. The sample-selection criteria are based on multi-epoch parsec-scale (VLBA) flux density, and heavily favor highly variable and compact blazars. The sample includes nearly all the most prominent blazars in the northern sky, and is well suited for statistical analysis and comparison with studies at other wavelengths. Our multi-epoch and stacked-epoch images show 94% of the sample to have apparent one-sided jet morphologies, most likely due to the effects of relativistic beaming. Of the remaining sources, five have two-sided parsec-scale jets, and three are effectively unresolved by the VLBA at 15GHz, with essentially all of the flux density contained within a few tenths of a milliarcsecond.
295. GHz-peaked spectrum (GPS) sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/482/483
Title:
GHz-peaked spectrum (GPS) sources
Short Name:
J/A+A/482/483
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Gigahertz-peaked spectrum (GPS) sources and high frequency peakers (HFPs) are among the smallest of active galactic nuclei currently believed to represent the earliest phases in the evolution of extragalactic radio sources. Recently there has been evidence of contamination by other types of radio sources among the GPS and HFP samples, but the confirmed GPS sources or HFPs also seem to form a very heterogeneous population. We study the statistical clustering of the GPS sources and the HFPs by taking as many source parameters as possible to find homogeneous groups among the sources. We expect the clustering to give us insight into the physical parameters that play a role in different source populations. We have collected a sample of 206 GPS sources and HFPs from the literature and gathered a massive database of various source properties, such as the redshift, the size, the polarization, the magnitudes, and the properties of the radio continuum. To visualize and to cluster these multidimensional data we used self-organising maps (SOM), which are neural networks trained by an unsupervised algorithm. We have classified the sources with an auxiliary classification to trace the locations of different types of radio continuum spectra on the map.
296. 1.4GHz radio variability in FIRST & SDSS Stripe 82
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/769/125
Title:
1.4GHz radio variability in FIRST & SDSS Stripe 82
Short Name:
J/ApJ/769/125
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report on a blind survey for extragalactic radio variability that was carried out by comparing two epochs of data from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty centimeters survey with a third epoch from a new 1.4GHz survey of SDSS Stripe 82. The three epochs are spaced seven years apart and have an overlapping area of 60deg^2^. We uncover 89 variable sources down to the millijansky level, 75 of which are newly identified, and we find no evidence for transient phenomena. This new sample of variable sources allows us to infer an upper limit to the mean characteristic timescale of active galactic nucleus radio variability of 14yr. We find that only 1% of extragalactic sources have fractional variability f_var_>3, while 44% of Galactic sources vary by this much. The variable sample contains a larger fraction of quasars than a comparable non-variable control sample, though the majority of the variable sources appear to be extended galaxies in the optical. This implies that either quasars are not the dominant contributor to the variability of the sample, or that the deep optical data allow us to detect the host galaxies of some low-z quasars. We use the new, higher resolution data to report on the morphology of the variable sources. Finally, we show that the fraction of sources that are variable remains constant or increases at low flux densities. This may imply that next generation radio surveys with telescopes like Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder and MeerKAT will see a constant or even increasing fraction of variable sources down into the sub-millijansky regime.
297. 15GHz variability of {gamma}-ray blazars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/438/3058
Title:
15GHz variability of {gamma}-ray blazars
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/438/3058
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present results from four years of twice-weekly 15GHz radio monitoring of about 1500 blazars with the Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40m telescope. Using the intrinsic modulation index to measure variability amplitude, we find that, with >6{sigma} significance, the radio variability of radio-selected {gamma}-ray-loud blazars is stronger than that of {gamma}-ray-quiet blazars. Our extended data set also includes at least 21 months of data for all AGN with 'clean' associations in the Fermi Large Area Telescope First AGN Catalog, 1LAC. With these additional data, we examine the radio variability properties of a {gamma}-ray-selected blazar sample. Within this sample, we find no evidence for a connection between radio variability amplitude and optical classification. In contrast, for our radio-selected sample we find that the BL Lac object subpopulation is more variable than the flat-spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) subpopulation. Radio variability is found to correlate with the synchrotron peak frequency, with low- and intermediate-synchrotron-peaked blazars varying more than high-synchrotron-peaked ones. We find evidence for a significant negative correlation between redshift and radio variability among bright FSRQs.
298. 8.4GHz VLBI observations of Southern ICRF sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/2529
Title:
8.4GHz VLBI observations of Southern ICRF sources
Short Name:
J/AJ/130/2529
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present 8.4GHz very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of 48 southern hemisphere extragalactic sources from the International Celestial Reference Frame. These are the second in a series of observations intended to image all such sources in the southern hemisphere at milliarcsecond resolution and bring the total number of observed sources to 111. We use these data, together with previously published data, to quantify the magnitude of the expected effect of intrinsic source structure on astrometric bandwidth synthesis VLBI observations by calculating a "structure index" for the sources; the structure index yields an estimate of their astrometric quality.
299. Giant Gemini GMOS survey. I.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/445/1745
Title:
Giant Gemini GMOS survey. I.
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/445/1745
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present spectra of 163 quasars at z_em_>4.4 taken with the Gemini Multi Object Spectrometers, the largest publicly available sample of high-quality (signal-to-noise ratio S/N~20 per 1.85{AA} pixel) low-resolution (full width at half maximum FWHM~320km/s) rest-frame ultraviolet quasar spectra at these redshifts. The sample was selected from SDSS Data Release 7 with the aim to obtain high-S/N follow-up spectra of the intergalactic HI Lyman series and Lyman continuum absorption at high redshift. Each quasar was observed with the GMOS B600 (FWHM~320km/s) and R400 (FWHM~360km/s) gratings to cover the rest-frame wavelength range from ~850 to ~1500{AA}. Here we make the spectra available in reduced form. The accompanying paper presents a detailed description the sample and a measurement of the mean free path to Lyman limit photons in the IGM, based on stacked rest-frame quasar spectra.
300. Giant radio quasars from SDSS, FIRST & NVSS
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/253/25
Title:
Giant radio quasars from SDSS, FIRST & NVSS
Short Name:
J/ApJS/253/25
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the largest sample of giant radio quasars (GRQs), which are defined as having a projected linear size greater than 0.7Mpc. The sample consists of 272 GRQs, of which 174 are new objects discovered through cross-matching the NRAO Very Large Array Sky Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey 14th Data Release Quasar Catalog (DR14Q) and confirmed using Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters (FIRST) radio maps. In our analysis we compare the GRQs with 367 smaller, lobe-dominated radio quasars found using our search method, as well as with quasars from the SDSS DR14Q, investigating the parameters characterizing their radio emission (i.e., total and core radio luminosity, radio core prominence), optical properties (black hole masses, accretion rates, distribution in Eigenvector 1 plane) and infrared colors. For the GRQs and smaller radio quasars we find a strong correlation between [OIII] luminosity and radio luminosity at 1.4GHz, indicating a strong connection between radio emission and conditions in the narrow-line region. We spot no significant differences between GRQs and smaller radio quasars, however we show that most extended radio quasars belong to a quasar population of evolved active galactic nuclei with large black hole masses and low accretion rates. We also show that GRQs have bluer W2-W3 colors compared to SDSS quasars with FIRST detections, indicating differences in the structure of the dusty torus.