- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/628/A56
- Title:
- Extragalactic MHz Peaked Sources at mas scales
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/628/A56
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Extragalactic peaked-spectrum radio sources are thought to be the progenitors of larger, radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). Synchrotron self-absorption (SSA) has often been identified as the cause of their spectral peak. The identification of new megahertz-peaked spectrum sources from the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey provides an opportunity to test how radio sources with spectral peaks below 1GHz fit within this evolutionary picture. We observed six peaked-spectrum sources selected from the GLEAM survey, three that have spectral characteristics which violate SSA and three that have spectral peaks below 230MHz, with the Very Long Baseline Array at 1.55 and 4.96 GHz. We present milliarcsecond resolution images of each source and constrain their morphology, linear size, luminosity, and magnetic field strength. Of the sources that are resolved by our study, the sources that violate SSA appear to be compact doubles, while the sources with peak frequencies below 230MHz have core-jet features. We find that all of our sources are smaller than expected from SSA by factors of >~20. We also find that component magnetic field strengths calculated from SSA are likely inaccurate, differing by factors of >~5 from equipartition estimates. The calculated equipartition magnetic field strengths more closely resemble estimates from previously studied gigahertz-peaked spectrum sources. Exploring a model of the interaction between jets and the interstellar medium, we demonstrate that free-free absorption (FFA) can accurately describe the linear sizes and peak frequencies of our sources. Our findings support the theory that there is a fraction of peaked-spectrum sources whose spectral peaks are best modelled by FFA, implying our understanding of the early stages of radio AGN is incomplete.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/471/3806
- Title:
- Extragalactic radio sources with recurrent jet
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/471/3806
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a sample of 74 radio sources with recurrent jet activity. The sample consists of 67 galaxies, 2 quasars and 5 unidentified sources, selected from the published data or are newly recognized. The sample's redshift range is 0.002<z<0.7 and the size of inner and outer structures varies from 0.02 to 4248kpc. We analyse the optical and radio properties of the sample and compare them with the characteristics of ordinary one-off FRII radio sources. With the help of stellar population modelling, we derive black hole masses and stellar masses of host galaxies of 35 restarting radio sources, finding that the black hole masses in restarting radio sources are comparable to those of typical single-cycle FRII radio sources. The obtained median values of log M_BH_ are 8.58 and 8.62M_{sun}_. Unlike the black hole masses, the stellar masses in restarting radio sources tend to be smaller than in the FRII sources. Although the stellar populations of the hosts of recurrent activity sources are dominated by old stars, a significant fraction of young stars can be observed as well. Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric observations, we also analyse the morphology of the host galaxies and obtained significantly smaller concentration indices for the restarting radio sources when compared to the classical FRII hosts. This effect can be interpreted as a result of frequent merger events in the history of host galaxies of restarting radio sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/498/4033
- Title:
- Extreme quasar X-ray variability
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/498/4033
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze 1598 serendipitous Chandra X-ray observations of 462 radio-quiet quasars to constrain the frequency of extreme amplitude X-ray variability that is intrinsic to the quasar corona and innermost accretion flow. The quasars in this investigation are all spectroscopically confirmed, optically bright (m_i_<=20.2), and contain no identifiable broad absorption lines in their optical/ultraviolet spectra. This sample includes quasars spanning z~0.1-4 and probes X-ray variability on timescales of up to ~12 rest-frame years. Variability amplitudes are computed between every epoch of observation for each quasar and are analyzed as a function of timescale and luminosity. The tail-heavy distributions of variability amplitudes at all timescales indicate that extreme X-ray variations are driven by an additional physical mechanism and not just typical random fluctuations of the coronal emission. Similarly, extreme X-ray variations of low-luminosity quasars seem to be driven by an additional physical mechanism, whereas high-luminosity quasars seem more consistent with random fluctuations. The amplitude at which an X-ray variability event can be considered extreme is quantified for different timescales and luminosities. Extreme X-ray variations occur more frequently at long timescales ({DELTA}t>=300-days) than at shorter timescales, and in low-luminosity quasars compared to high-luminosity quasars over a similar timescale. A binomial analysis indicates that extreme intrinsic X-ray variations are rare, with a maximum occurrence rate of <2.4% of observations. Finally, we present X-ray variability and basic optical emission-line properties of three archival quasars that have been newly discovered to exhibit extreme X-ray variability.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/129/2074
- Title:
- Faint Chandra sources in SWIRE
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/129/2074
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We exploit deep combined observations with Spitzer and Chandra of the Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey (SWIRE) in the ELAIS N1 region to investigate the nature of the faint X-ray and IR sources in common, to identify active galactic nucleus (AGN)/starburst diagnostics, and to study the sources of the X-ray and IR cosmic backgrounds (XRB and CIRB).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/1216
- Title:
- Faint radio sources in the CDF-S ACS field
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/131/1216
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical and X-ray identifications for the 64 radio sources in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) in Chandra Deep Field-South Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) field revealed in the Australia Telescope Compact Array 1.4GHz survey of the Chandra Deep Field-South. Optical identifications are made using the ACS images and catalogs, while the X-ray view is provided by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory 1Ms observations. Redshifts for the identified sources are drawn from publicly available catalogs of spectroscopic observations and multiband photometric-based estimates. Using this multiwavelength information we provide a first characterization of the faint radio source population in this region.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/923
- Title:
- Faint radio sources in the NOAO Bootes field
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/923
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As a step toward investigating the parsec-scale properties of faint extragalactic radio sources, the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) was used at 5.0GHz to obtain phase-referenced images of 76 sources in the NOAO Bootes field. These 76 sources were selected from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty cm (FIRST) catalog to have peak flux densities above 10mJy at 5" resolution and deconvolved major diameters of less than 3" at 1.4GHz. Of these faint radio sources, 57 were identified with accretion-powered radio galaxies and quasars brighter than 25.5mag in the optical I band. On Very Large Array (VLA) scales at 1.4GHz, a measure of the compactness of the faint sources (the ratio of the peak flux density from FIRST to the integrated flux density from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey catalog) spans the full range of possibilities arising from source-resolution effects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/426/833
- Title:
- Faint reddened AGNs in VLA-FIRST
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/426/833
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- More than half of the sources identified by recent radio sky surveys have not been detected by wide-field optical surveys. We present a study, based on our co-added image stacking technique, in which our aim is to detect the optical emission from unresolved, isolated radio sources of the Very Large Array (VLA) Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm (FIRST) survey that have no identified optical counterparts in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe 82 co-added data set. From the FIRST catalogue, 2116 such radio point sources were selected, and cut-out images, centred on the FIRST coordinates, were generated from the Stripe 82 images. The already co-added cut-outs were stacked once again to obtain images of high signal-to-noise ratio, in the hope that optical emission from the radio sources would become detectable. Multiple stacks were generated, based on the radio luminosity of the point sources. The resulting stacked images show central peaks similar to point sources. The peaks have very red colours with steep optical spectral energy distributions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/Ap/42.1
- Title:
- FBS blue stellar objects
- Short Name:
- J/other/Ap/42.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The second part of the First Byurakan Survey is aimed at detecting all bright (B<16.5) UV-excess starlike objects in a large area of the sky. By comparison with other major surveys such as the ROSAT All Sky Survey (Cat. <IX/10>, the ROSAT WGACAT (Cat. <IX/12>) catalogue of point sources, the IRAS (Cat. <II/125>) survey, the 6cm Green Bank (Cat. <VIII/52>, the 1.4GHz NRAO VLA (Cat. <J/AJ/115/1693>, and the 92cm Westerbork Northern sky surveys (Cat. <VIII/62>) and with the catalogue of mean UBV data on stars, we estimate the number of AGNs present in the FBS survey and its completeness. We have made spectroscopic observations of nine of the most promising FBS candidates. We have found six new QSOs, bringing the total number of known QSOs in this survey to 42. By comparison with the Bright Quasar Survey, we found that the completeness of this last survey is of the order of 70% rather than 30-50% as suggested by several authors.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/189/15
- Title:
- FeII emission in a sample of AGN spectra
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/189/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of optical FeII emission in 302 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We group the strongest FeII multiplets into three groups according to the lower term of the transition (b^4^F, a^6^S, and a^4^G terms). These approximately correspond to the blue, central, and red parts, respectively, of the "iron shelf" around H{beta}. We calculate an FeII template that takes into account transitions into these three terms and an additional group of lines, based on a reconstruction of the spectrum of I Zw 1. This FeII template gives a more precise fit of the FeII lines in broad-line AGNs than other templates. We extract FeII, H{alpha}, H{beta}, [OIII], and [NII] emission parameters and investigate correlations between them. We find that FeII lines probably originate in an intermediate line region. We note that the blue, red, and central parts of the iron shelf have different relative intensities in different objects. Their ratios depend on continuum luminosity, FWHM H{beta}, the velocity shift of FeII, and the H{alpha}/H{beta} flux ratio. We examine the dependence of the well-known anti-correlation between the equivalent widths of FeII and [OIII] on continuum luminosity. We find that there is a Baldwin effect for [OIII] but an inverse Baldwin effect for the FeII emission. The [OIII]/FeII ratio thus decreases with L_{lambda}5100_. Since the ratio is a major component of the Boroson & Green Eigenvector 1 (EV1), this implies a connection between the Baldwin effect and EV1 and could be connected with AGN evolution. We find that spectra are different for H{beta} FWHMs greater and less than ~3000km/s, and that there are different correlation coefficients between the parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/736/86
- Title:
- FeII emission in SDSS type 1 AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/736/86
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We used a large, homogeneous sample of 4178 z<=0.8 Seyfert 1 galaxies and QSOs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to investigate the strength of FeII emission and its correlation with other emission lines and physical parameters of active galactic nuclei. We find that the strongest correlations of almost all the emission-line intensity ratios and equivalent widths (EWs) are with the Eddington ratio (L/L_Edd_), rather than with the continuum luminosity at 5100{AA} (L_5100_) or black hole mass (M_BH_); the only exception is the EW of ultraviolet FeII emission, which does not correlate at all with broad-line width, L_5100_, M_BH_, or L/L_Edd_. By contrast, the intensity ratios of both the ultraviolet and optical FeII emission to MgII{lambda}2800 correlate quite strongly with L/L_Edd_. Interestingly, among all the emission lines in the near-UV and optical studied in this paper (including MgII{lambda}2800, H{beta}, and [OIII]{lambda}5007), the EW of narrow optical FeII emission has the strongest correlation with L/L_Edd_. We hypothesize that the variation of the emission-line strength in active galaxies is regulated by L/L_Edd_ because it governs the global distribution of the hydrogen column density of the clouds gravitationally bound in the line-emitting region, as well as its overall gas supply. The systematic dependence on L/L_Edd_ must be corrected when using the FeII/MgII intensity ratio as a measure of the Fe/Mg abundance ratio to study the history of chemical evolution in QSO environments.
