- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/462/81
- Title:
- L_IR_-T_dust_ relation in galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/462/81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- IRAS observations show the existence of a correlation between the infrared luminosity L_IR_ and dust temperature T_d_ in star-forming galaxies, in which larger L_IR_ leads to higher dust temperature. The L_IR_-T_d_ relation is commonly seen as reflecting the increase in dust temperature in galaxies with higher star formation rate (SFR). Even though the correlation shows a significant amount of dispersion, a unique relation has been commonly used to construct spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies in distant universe studies, such as source number counting or photometric redshift determination. In this work, we introduce a new parameter, namely the size of the star-forming region r_IR_ and lay out the empirical and modelled relation between the global parameters L_IR_, T_d_ and r_IR_ of IR-bright non-AGN galaxies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/438/796
- Title:
- Local radio-galaxy population at 20GHz
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/438/796
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have made the first detailed study of the high-frequency radio-source population in the local Universe, using a sample of 202 radio sources from the Australia Telescope 20GHz (AT20G) survey identified with galaxies from the 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS). The AT20G-6dFGS galaxies have a median redshift of z=0.058 and span a wide range in radio luminosity, allowing us to make the first measurement of the local radio luminosity function at 20GHz. Our sample includes some classical Fanaroff-Riley type I (FR I) and FR II radio galaxies, but most of the AT20G-6dFGS galaxies host compact (FR 0) radio active galactic nuclei which appear to lack extended radio emission even at lower frequencies. Most of these FR 0 sources show no evidence for relativistic beaming, and the FR 0 class appears to be a mixed population which includes young compact steep-spectrum and gigahertz peaked-spectrum radio galaxies. We see a strong dichotomy in the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mid-infrared colours of the host galaxies of FR I and FR II radio sources, with the FR I systems found almost exclusively in WISE 'early-type' galaxies and the FR II radio sources in WISE 'late-type' galaxies. The host galaxies of the flat- and steep-spectrum radio sources have a similar distribution in both K-band luminosity and WISE colours, though galaxies with flat-spectrum sources are more likely to show weak emission lines in their optical spectra. We conclude that these flat-spectrum and steep-spectrum radio sources mainly represent different stages in radio-galaxy evolution, rather than beamed and unbeamed radio-source populations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/343/93
- Title:
- Local radio luminosity function of galaxies. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/343/93
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using new extensive radio continuum surveys at 1.4GHz (FIRST and NVSS), we derive the distribution of the radio/optical and radio/NIR luminosity (RLF) of late-type (Sa-Irr) galaxies (m_p_<15.7) in 5 nearby clusters of galaxies: A262, Cancer, A1367, Coma and Virgo. With the aim of discussing possible environmental dependences of the radio properties, we compare these results with those obtained for relatively isolated objects in the Coma supercluster. We find that the RLF of Cancer, A262 and Virgo are consistent with that of isolated galaxies. Conversely we confirm earlier claims that galaxies in A1367 and Coma have their radio emissivity enhanced by a factor ~5 with respect to isolated objects. We discuss this result in the framework of the dynamical pressure suffered by galaxies in motion through the intra-cluster gas (ram-pressure). We find that the radio excess is statistically larger for galaxies in fast transit motion. This is coherent with the idea that enhanced radio continuum activity is associated with magnetic field compression. The X-ray luminosities and temperatures of Coma and A1367 imply that these two clusters have significantly larger intracluster gas density than the remaining three studied ones, providing a clue for explaining the higher radio continuum luminosities of their galaxies. Multiple systems in the Coma supercluster bridge (with projected separations smaller than 300kpc) have radio luminosities significantly larger than isolated galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/478/1611
- Title:
- Local Volume H I Survey (LVHIS)
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/478/1611
- Date:
- 19 Jan 2022 11:54:59
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The 'Local Volume HI Survey' (LVHIS) comprises deep HI spectral line and 20-cm radio continuum observations of 82 nearby, gas-rich galaxies, supplemented by multiwavelength images. Our sample consists of all galaxies with Local Group velocities v_LG_<550km/s or distances D<10Mpc that are detected in the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS). Using full synthesis observations in at least three configurations of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), we obtain detailed HI maps for a complete sample of gas-rich galaxies with {delta}~-30{deg}. Here we present a comprehensive LVHIS galaxy atlas, including the overall gas distribution, mean velocity field, velocity dispersion, and position-velocity diagrams, together with a homogeneous set of measured and derived galaxy properties. Our primary goal is to investigate the HI morphologies, kinematics, and environment at high resolution and sensitivity. LVHIS galaxies represent a wide range of morphologies and sizes; our measured HI masses range from ~10^7^ to 10^10^M_{sun}_, based on independent distance estimates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/463/2997
- Title:
- Lockman Hole low-frequency radio sources
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/463/2997
- Date:
- 02 Nov 2021 11:21:03
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Lockman Hole is a well-studied extragalactic field with extensive multi-band ancillary data covering a wide range in frequency, essential for characterizing the physical and evolutionary properties of the various source populations detected in deep radio fields (mainly star-forming galaxies and AGNs). In this paper, we present new 150-MHz observations carried out with the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR), allowing us to explore a new spectral window for the faint radio source population. This 150-MHz image covers an area of 34.7 square degrees with a resolution of 18.6x14.7-arcsec and reaches an rms of 160{mu}Jy/beam at the centre of the field. As expected for a low-frequency selected sample, the vast majority of sources exhibit steep spectra, with a median spectral index of {alpha}_150_^1400^=-0.78+/-0.015. The median spectral index becomes slightly flatter (increasing from {alpha}_150_^1400^=-0.84 to {alpha}_150_^1400^=-0.75) with decreasing flux density down to S_150_ ~10mJy before flattening out and remaining constant below this flux level. For a bright subset of the 150-MHz selected sample, we can trace the spectral properties down to lower frequencies using 60-MHz LOFAR observations, finding tentative evidence for sources to become flatter in spectrum between 60 and 150MHz. Using the deep, multi-frequency data available in the Lockman Hole, we identify a sample of 100 ultra-steep-spectrum sources and 13 peaked-spectrum sources. We estimate that up to 21 per cent of these could have z>4 and are candidate high-z radio galaxies, but further follow-up observations are required to confirm the physical nature of these objects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A4
- Title:
- LOFAR imaging of Arp299 at 150MHz
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A4
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the spatially resolved emission of Arp 299 revealed by 150 MHz international baseline Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) and 1.4, 5.0, and 8.4GHz Very Large Array (VLA) observations. Nowadays, LOFAR allows to compare its resolution with the VLA ones. These will allow us to obtain pixel-by-pixel spectral imdex maps and local radio SEDs. With this information we recover the nature of the ISM around the main structures (either clumpy or continuous), as well as magnetic fields. The 150MHz image also shows structures never seen before, pointing out that these radio-frequencies observations are a perfect tool to detect them.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/628/A69
- Title:
- LOFAR 143MHz images of 3C 236
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/628/A69
- Date:
- 23 Mar 2022 16:28:49
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have examined the giant radio galaxy 3C 236 using LOFAR at 143MHz down to an angular resolution of 7 arcseconds, in combination with observations at higher frequencies. We used the low frequency data to derive spectral index maps with the highest resolution yet at these low frequencies. We confirm a previous detection of an inner hotspot in the north-west lobe and for the first time observe that the south-east lobe hotspot is in fact a triple hotspot, which may point to an intermittent source activity. Also, the spectral index map of 3C 236 shows that the spectral steepening at the inner region of the northern lobe is prominent at low frequencies. The outer regions of both lobes show spectral flattening, in contrast with previous high frequency studies. We derive spectral age estimates for the lobes, as well as particle densities of the IGM at various locations. We propose that the morphological differences between the lobes are driven by variations in the ambient medium density as well as the source activity history.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/622/A4
- Title:
- LOFAR observations XMM-LSS field
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/622/A4
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present observations of the XMM Large-Scale Structure (XMM-LSS) field observed with the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) at 120-168MHz. Centred at a J2000 declination of -4.5{deg}, this is a challenging field to observe with LOFAR because of its low elevation with respect to the array. The low elevation of this field reduces the effective collecting area of the telescope, thereby reducing sensitivity. This low elevation also causes the primary beam to be elongated in the north-south direction, which can introduce side lobes in the synthesised beam in this direction. However the XMM-LSS field is a key field to study because of the wealth of ancillary information, encompassing most of the electromagnetic spectrum. The field was observed for a total of 12 hours from three four-hour LOFAR tracks using the Dutch array. The final image presented encompasses ~27deg^2^, which is the region of the observations with a >50% primary beam response. Once combined, the observations reach a central rms of 280uJy/beam at 144MHz and have an angular resolution of 7.5x8.5". We present our catalogue of detected sources and investigate how our observations compare to previous radio observations. This includes investigating the flux scale calibration of these observations compared to previous measurements, the implied spectral indices of the sources, the observed source counts and corrections to obtain the true source counts, and finally the clustering of the observed radio sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/655/A40
- Title:
- LoLSS-Deep Bootes 54MHz catalog
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/655/A40
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first sub-mJy (~0.7mJy/beam) survey to be completed below 100 MHz, which is over an order of magnitude deeper than previously achieved for widefield imaging of any field at these low frequencies. The high-resolution (15x15arcsec) image of the Bootes field at 34-75MHz is made from 56 hours of observation with the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Low Band Antenna (LBA) system. We present a radio source catalogue containing 1,948 sources detected over an area of 23.6 sq. deg, with a peak flux density threshold of 5{sigma}. Using the available deep 144-MHz data, we identified 144-MHz counterparts to all the 54-MHz sources, and produced a matched catalogue within the deep optical coverage area containing 829 sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/622/A23
- Title:
- LoTSS compact groups of galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/622/A23
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) Data Release I to identify the groups of galaxies (and individual galaxies) from the Hickson compact groups (HCG) and magnitude-limited compact groups (MLCG) samples that emit at the frequency of 150MHz, characterise their radio emission (extended or limited to the galaxies), and compare new results to earlier observations and theoretical predictions. The detection of 73 systems (and 7 more - probably) out of 120, of which as many as 17 show the presence of extended radio structures, confirms the previous hypothesis of the common character of the magnetic field inside galaxy groups and its detectability. In order to investigate the future potential of low-frequency radio studies of galaxy groups, we also present a more detailed insight into four radio-emitting systems, for which the strength of the magnetic field inside their intergalactic medium (IGM) is calculated. The estimated values are comparable to that found inside star-forming galaxies, suggesting a dynamical and evolutionary importance of the magnetic field in galaxy groups.