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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/773/67
- Title:
- Compact radio sources near the Galactic center
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/773/67
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have observed the Galactic center (GC) region at 0.154 and 0.255GHz with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. A total of 62 compact likely extragalactic (EG) sources are detected. Their scattering sizes decrease linearly with increasing angular distance from the GC up to about 1{deg}. The apparent scattering sizes of the sources are more than an order of magnitude less than predicted earlier by the NE2001 model of Galactic electron distribution within 359.5{deg}<l<0.5{deg} and -0.5{deg}<b<0.5{deg} (Hyperstrong Scattering Region) of the Galaxy. High free-free optical depths ({tau}) are observed toward most of the extended non-thermal sources within 0.6{deg} from the GC. Significant variation of {tau} indicates that the absorbing medium is patchy at an angular scale of ~10' and n_e_ is ~10/cm3, which matches the NE2001 model. This model predicts the EG sources to be resolved out from 1.4GHz interferometric surveys. However, out of 10 EG sources expected in the region, 8 likely EG are present in the 1.4GHz catalog. Ionized interfaces of dense molecular clouds to the ambient medium are most likely responsible for strong scattering and low radio frequency absorption. However, dense GC clouds traced by CS J=1-0 emission are found to have a narrow distribution of ~0.2{deg} across the Galactic plane. Angular distribution of most EG sources seen through the so-called Hyperstrong Scattering Region are random in b, and typically ~7 out of 10 sources will not be seen through the dense molecular clouds, which explains why most of them are not scatter broadened at 1.4GHz.
- 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/ApJ/809/10
- Title:
- Compact radio sources within 30" of Sgr A*
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/809/10
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Recent broadband 34 and 44GHz radio continuum observations of the Galactic center have revealed 41 massive stars identified with near-IR (NIR) counterparts, as well as 44 proplyd candidates within 30" of SgrA*. Radio observations obtained in 2011 and 2014 have been used to derive proper motions of eight young stars near Sgr A*. The accuracy of proper motion estimates based on NIR observations by Lu et al. (2009ApJ...690.1463L) and Paumard et al. (2006, J/ApJ/643/1011) have been investigated by using their proper motions to predict the 2014 epoch positions of NIR stars and comparing the predicted positions with those of radio counterparts in the 2014 radio observations. Predicted positions from Lu et al. show an rms scatter of 6mas relative to the radio positions, while those from Paumard et al. show rms residuals of 20mas. We also determine the mass-loss rates of 11 radio stars, finding rates that are on average ~2 times smaller than those determined from model atmosphere calculations and NIR data. Clumpiness of ionized winds would reduce the mass loss rate of WR and O stars by additional factors of 3 and 10, respectively. One important implication of this is a reduction in the expected mass accretion rate onto Sgr A* from stellar winds by nearly an order of magnitude to a value of a few x10^-7^m_{sun}_/yr. Finally, we present the positions of 318 compact radio sources within 30" of Sgr A*, 45 of which have stellar counterparts in the NIR K_s_ (2.18{mu}m) and L' (3.8{mu}m) bands.
- 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.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/315/839
- Title:
- Compact variable radio sources at 151MHz. I.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/315/839
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Cambridge Low-Frequency Synthesis Telescope has been used to produce a representative sample of low-frequency variable sources. 20 fields, each covering an area of approximately 9{deg}x9{deg}cosecDE, have been observed at 151MHz at between 2 and 10 epochs over the period from 1984 to 1996. At each epoch, maps were made with rms noise levels of typically 10^-15^mJy/beam. From a total of ~6000 sources detected on these maps, 207 are found for which the flux density variations between at least two epochs appear significant at greater than the 3{sigma} level. A numerical model is used to assess the true significance of the variability, given the analysis method adopted. This shows that for about half of the sources which appear to vary by >3{sigma} the variability is genuine. For the other half it is caused by random statistical fluctuations; most of the spurious variables vary by <=3.5{sigma} between a single pair of epochs. A catalogue of the variable sources is presented, which includes an estimate of the probability that a given source is a genuine variable. Fractional flux density variations of between 5 and 100% (typically 15-25%) have been detected on a range of time-scales from 1 to 12 years.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/511/612
- Title:
- Comparison of Radio-loud and Quiet Quasars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/511/612
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have made radio observations of 87 optically selected quasars at 5 GHz with the VLA in order to measure the radio power for these objects and hence determine how the fraction of radio-loud quasars varies with redshift and optical luminosity. The sample has been selected from the recently completed Edinburgh Quasar Survey and covers a redshift range of 0.3{<=}z{<=}1.5 and an optical absolute magnitude range of (-26.5){<=}M_B_{<=}(-23.5) (h=1/2, q_o_=1/2). We have also matched other existing surveys with the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty Centimeters and NRAO VLA Sky Survey radio catalogs and combined these data so that the optical luminosity-redshift plane is now far better sampled than before. We have fitted a model to the probability of a quasar being radio-loud as a function of absolute magnitude and redshift, and from this model we infer the radio-loud and radio-quiet optical luminosity functions. The radio-loud optical luminosity function is featureless and flatter than the radio-quiet one. It evolves at a marginally slower rate if quasars evolve by density evolution, but the difference in the rate of evolutions of the two different classes is much less than was previously thought.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VIII/56
- Title:
- Compendium of Radio Measurements of Bright Galaxies
- Short Name:
- VIII/56
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalog contains all radio measurements of optically bright 'normal' galaxies available up until publication of this compendium in 1975. The compendium was originally intended to simplify statistical analysis of radio properties of these normal galaxies. No data processing was carried out (except to bring the data into a consistent format) and no identification was attempted. These data were originally published as Haynes R.F., Huchtmeier W.K.H., Siegman B., and Wright A.E., CSIRO Publication, 1975. The electronic version of this catalog has made small changes to the original version in an attempt to better identify positions with their source names. Where there was no entry on a line for the source name or position in the published version, data from the previous line was repeated.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/81/83
- Title:
- Compendium of Radio Spectra and Luminosities
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/81/83
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalog is a complete sample of 256 powerful extragalactic radio sources. The catalog includes source identification, redshift, luminosities and spectral indices at standard rest frequencies as well as bolometric luminosities between emitted frequencies of 10 MHz and 100 GHz. The paper also includes fits to the measured radio spectra which have not been included in this catalog.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/426/3295
- Title:
- Complete 150MHz GMRT source catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/426/3295
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Foreground removal is a major challenge for detecting the redshifted 21cm neutral hydrogen (HI) signal from the Epoch of Reionization. We have used 150MHz Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observations to characterize the statistical properties of the foregrounds in four different fields of view.
