The structure of the NGC 6251 jet on the milliarcsecond scale is investigated using images taken with the European VLBI Network and the Very Long Baseline Array. We detect a structural transition of the jet from a parabolic to a conical shape at a distance of (1-2)x10^5^ times the Schwarzschild radius from the central engine, which is close to the sphere of gravitational influence of the supermassive black hole (SMBH). We also examine the jet pressure profiles with the synchrotron minimum energy assumption to discuss the physical origin of the structural transition. The NGC 6251 jet, together with the M87 jet, suggests a fundamental process of structural transition in the jets of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Collimated AGN jets are characterized by their external galactic medium, showing that AGN jets interplay with the SMBH and its host galaxy.
This paper analyses the radio properties of a subsample of optically obscured (R>=25.5) galaxies observed at 24um by the Spitzer Space Telescope within the First Look Survey. Ninety-six F24um>=0.35mJy objects out of 510 are found to have a radio counterpart at 1.4GHz, 610MHz or at both frequencies, respectively, down to ~40 and ~200uJy. IRAC photometry sets the majority of them in the redshift interval z~=[1-3] and allows for a broad distinction between active galactic nucleus (AGN) dominated galaxies (~47 per cent of the radio-identified sample) and systems powered by intense star formation (~13 per cent), the remaining objects being impossible to classify. The percentage of radio identifications is a strong function of 24-um flux: almost all sources brighter than F_24um_~2mJy are endowed with a radio flux at both 1.4GHz and 610MHz, while this fraction drastically decreases by lowering the 24-um flux level.
We present a 1.4GHz catalog of 810 radio sources (560 sources in the complete sample) found in the SSA 13 field (RA=13:12, DE=42:38). The 1.4GHz radio image was obtained from a 91hr VLA integration with an rms noise level of 4.82uJy/beam at the field center. Optical images in the R band (6300{AA}) and z band (9200{AA}) with 3{sigma} detection magnitudes of 26.1 and 24.9, respectively, were obtained from three observing nights on the 8m Subaru Telescope. We find that 88%+/-2% of the radio sources are identified with an optical counterpart.
A reexamination of the correspondence between 6cm radio continuum sources and young star clusters in the Antennae galaxies indicates that ~85% of the strong thermal sources have optical counterparts, once the optical image is shifted 1.2" to the southwest. A sample of 37 radio-optical matches are studied in detail, showing correlations between radio properties (i.e., total flux and spectral index) and a variety of optical characteristics (i.e., intrinsic cluster brightness, H{alpha} flux and equivalent width, extinction, and cluster ages). There is a strong correlation between the radio flux and the intrinsic optical brightness.
The Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope has been used to survey a region ~7x7deg^2^ about the North Ecliptic Cap at 151MHz with a resolution of 70x77arcsec^2^. The resulting radio source catalogue of 400 sources is complete to a peak flux density limit of 120mJy/beam. Using the Cambridge APM we have searched for identifications on the Palomar Sky Survey plate 550 which covers much of the survey area, and we list the 157 sources with one or more optical objects within 15arcsec of the radio position.
We have observed UX Arietis at C band (6cm) for 3 weeks with four VLA antennas. The temporal coverage during the program was approximately three scans per day. A few days into the VLA program, UX Ari began a radio flaring period which lasted for at least 2 weeks. All the radio fluxes were above the system noise during this episode, but the largest values (up to 270mJy) occurred close to 0.0 phase. This phasing is confirmed by the UX Ari radio observations of Neidhoefer, Massi, & Chiuderi-Drago (1993A&A...278L..51N). Visible-band light curves of UX Ari were obtained both during and after our radio observations; the peak-to-peak variation in all filters was ~0.2mag. The light curves indicate that the maximum starspot visibility occurred very close to 0.0 phase, the same phase as the radio maxima. Closer comparison of our radio and optical light curves indicates that they are almost perfectly anticorrelated. A similar radio/optical correlation has been found by Lim et al. (1992ApJ...388L..27L) and Lim et al. (1994ApJ...430..332L) for the single K0 V star AB Dor. We make the following conclusions from our observations. First, the episodes of long-term (~hours to days) radio flaring were modulated by stellar eclipses. Second, the flares were located close to the starspot groups. Third, the sizes of the flares were comparable to sizes of the starspot groups, which is consistent with nonthermal emission of brightness temperature T_b~10^10-10^13K. Fourth, the radio emission arose only from the midlatitude starspot groups. Last, the radio flares emitted their radiation nearly normal to the stellar surface.
We study the correlations between the VLBA (Very Long Baseline Array) radio emission at 15GHz, extended emission at 151MHz, and optical nuclear emission at 5100{AA} for a complete sample of 135 compact jets. We use the partial Kendall's tau correlation analysis to check the link between radio properties of parsec-scale jets and optical nuclear luminosities of host active galactic nuclei (AGN).
We present deep polarimetric observations at 1420MHz of the European Large Area ISO Survey North 1 region (ELAIS N1) as part of the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Planck Deep Fields project. By combining closely spaced aperture synthesis fields, we image a region of 7.43deg^2^ to a maximum sensitivity in Stokes Q and U of 78uJy/beam, and detect 786 compact sources in Stokes I. Of these, 83 exhibit polarized emission.
