- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/597/A80
- Title:
- GMVA 86GHz images of OJ 287
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/597/A80
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The gamma-ray BL Lac object OJ 287 is known to exhibit inner-parsec "jet-wobbling", high degrees of variability at all wavelengths and quasi-stationary features, including an apparent (~100{deg}) position-angle change in projection on the sky plane. Sub-50 micro-arcsecond resolution 86GHz observations with the global mm-VLBI array (GMVA) supplement ongoing multifrequency VLBI blazar monitoring at lower frequencies. Using these maps, together with cm/mm total intensity and gamma-ray observations from Fermi/LAT from 2008-2014, we aim to determine the location of gamma-ray emission and to explain the inner-mas structural changes. Observations with the GMVA offset approximately double the angular resolution compared with 43GHz VLBA observations and enable us to observe above the synchrotron self-absorption peak frequency. Fermi-LAT gamma-ray data were reduced and analysed. The jet was spectrally decomposed at multiple locations along the jet. From this, we could derive estimates of the magnetic field using equipartition and synchrotron self-absorption arguments. How the field decreases down the jet provided an estimate of the distance to the jet apex and an estimate of the magnetic field strength at the jet apex and in the broad line region. Combined with accurate kinematics, we attempt to locate the site of gamma-ray activity, radio flares, and spectral changes.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/619/A48
- Title:
- GOODS-N AGN VLBI detect. & radio properties
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/619/A48
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Conventional radio surveys of deep fields ordinarily have arc-second scale resolutions often insufficient to reliably separate radio emission in distant galaxies originating from star-formation and AGN-related activity. Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) can offer a solution by identifying only the most compact radio emitting regions in galaxies at cosmological distances where the high brightness temperatures (in excess of 10^5^K) can only be reliably attributed to AGN activity.The newest VLBI techniques are used to completely cover an entire 7.5' radius area to milliarcsecond resolutions, while bright radio sources (S>0.1mJy) are targeted up to 25-arcmin from the pointing centre. Multi-source self-calibration, and a primary beam model for the EVN array are used to correct for residual phase errors and primary beam attenuation respectively. This paper presents the largest catalogue of VLBI detected sources in GOODS-N comprising of 31 compact radio sources across a redshift range of 0.11-3.44, almost three times more than previous VLBI surveys in this field.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/544/A25
- Title:
- GPS radio sources multifrequency study
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/544/A25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Gigahertz peaked spectrum (GPS) radio sources are a class of extragalactic radio sources characterized by a spectral peak in the gigahertz domain. They are a mixed class of quasars and galaxies. A large proportion of the sources studied in the literature have only few data points in the radio domain, and the determination of variability and shape of the simultaneous spectra is inadequate. Sources currently included in the GPS source lists are very heterogeneous. We present the observational results from 12 observing campaigns (carried out between 2006 and 2010) at the RATAN-600 radio telescope to obtain the simultaneous radio spectra, which is valuable and necessary to derive genuine GPS sources from flat-spectrum radio sources caught in a flaring state when their spectra are temporarily inverted. The sample contains both quasar- and galaxy-type GPS (122 sources) identified in the literature.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/756/73
- Title:
- gri light curves of the low-luminosity AGN NGC 4395
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/756/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of broadband photometric reverberation mapping (RM) to measure the radius of the broad-line region, and subsequently the black hole mass (M_BH_), in the nearby, low-luminosity active galactic nuclei NGC 4395. Using the Wise Observatory's 1m telescope equipped with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey g', r', and i' broadband filters, we monitored NGC 4395 for nine consecutive nights and obtained three light curves each with over 250 data points. The g' and r' bands include time variable contributions from H{beta} and H{alpha}, respectively, plus continuum. The i' band is free of broad lines and covers exclusively continuum. We show that by looking for a peak in the difference between the cross-correlation and the auto-correlation functions for all combinations of filters, we can get a reliable estimate of the time lag necessary to compute M_BH_. We measure the time lag for H{alpha} to be 3.6+/-0.8hr, comparable to previous studies using the line-resolved spectroscopic RM method. We argue that this lag implies a black hole mass of M_BH_=(4.9+/-2.6)x10^4^M_{sun}_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/466/823
- Title:
- Hard 2-10kev X-ray selected sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/466/823
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Chandra and Spitzer data for the 186, extragalactic, hard 2-10keV X-ray selected sources, which lie in the central part of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). For the vast majority of sources (99.5%), there is a spectroscopic or photometric redshift available. We classify 17 sources as X-ray obscured QSOs, strictly according to X-ray criteria, i.e. defined as having large hydrogen column densities (NH>10^22cm^-2^) and luminosities (LX>10^44^erg/s). The surface density of X-ray obscured QSOs is ~210{deg}^-2^. We find 18 candidate Compton-thick NH>10^24^cm^-2^ sources, of which three have QSO luminosities (LX>10^44^erg/s). The X-ray obscured QSO comprise a mixed bag of objects, covering the redshift range z=1.3-4.3. Eight of these show narrow-line optical spectra, two show no obscuration in their optical spectra that present broad lines, while for the other seven there is only a photometric redshift available. About half of the X-ray obscured QSOs show high X-ray to optical flux ratios, X/O>1, and red colours, I-3.6{mu}m>4. Combining the X-ray with the mid-IR 8{mu}m or 24{mu}m flux can be used as an additional diagnostic to sift out the heavily obscured AGN. All X-ray selected QSOs present red mid-IR colours and can be easily separated among mid-IR sources, demonstrating that mid-IR selection provides a powerful tool for detecting obscured QSOs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/618/123
- Title:
- Hard X-ray-emitting AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/618/123
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present X-ray and optical analysis of 188 active galactic nuclei (AGN) identified from 497 hard X-ray (f_2.0-8.0keV_>2.7x10-15ergs/cm^2^/s) sources in 20 Chandra fields (1.5{deg}^2^) forming part of the Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP). These medium depth X-ray observations enable us to detect a representative subset of those sources responsible for the bulk of the 28keV cosmic X-ray background. Brighter than our optical spectroscopic limit, we achieve a reasonable degree of completeness (77% of X-ray sources with counterparts r'<22.5 have been classified): broad emission-line AGNs (62%), narrow emission-line galaxies (24%), absorption line galaxies (7%), stars (5%), or clusters (2%).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/207/19
- Title:
- Hard X-ray survey from Swift-BAT 2004-2010
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/207/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the catalog of sources detected in 70 months of observations with the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) hard X-ray detector on the Swift gamma-ray burst observatory. The Swift-BAT 70 month survey has detected 1171 hard X-ray sources (more than twice as many sources as the previous 22 month survey) in the 14-195 keV band down to a significance level of 4.8{sigma}, associated with 1210 counterparts. The 70 month Swift-BAT survey is the most sensitive and uniform hard X-ray all-sky survey and reaches a flux level of 1.03x10^-11^erg/s/cm2 over 50% of the sky and 1.34x10^-11^erg/s/cm2 over 90% of the sky. The majority of new sources in the 70 month survey continue to be active galactic nuclei, with over 700 in the catalog.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/588/A70
- Title:
- Hard X-ray view of the soft excess in AGN
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/588/A70
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An excess of X-ray emission below 1keV, called soft excess, is detected in a large fraction of Seyfert 1-1.5s. The origin of this feature remains debated, as several models have been suggested to explain it, including warm Comptonization and blurred ionized reflection. In order to constrain the origin of this component, we exploit the different behaviors of these models above 10keV. Ionized reflection covers a broad energy range, from the soft X-rays to the hard X-rays, while Comptonization drops very quickly in the soft X-rays. We present here the results of a study done on 102 Seyfert 1s (Sy 1.0, 1.2, 1.5 and NLSy1) from the Swift BAT 70-Month Hard X-ray Survey catalog. The joint spectral analysis of Swift/BAT and XMM-Newton data allows a hard X-ray view of the soft excess that is present in about 80% of the objects of our sample. We discuss how the soft-excess strength is linked to the reflection at high energy, to the photon index of the primary continuum and to the Eddington ratio. In particular, we find a positive dependence of the soft excess intensity on the Eddington ratio. We compare our results to simulations of blurred ionized-reflection models and show that they are in contradiction. By stacking both XMM-Newton and Swift/BAT spectra per soft-excess strength, we see that the shape of reflection at hard X-rays stays constant when the soft excess varies, showing an absence of link between reflection and soft excess. We conclude that the ionized-reflection model as the origin of the soft excess is disadvantaged in favor of the warm Comptonization model in our sample of Seyfert 1s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/593/A118
- Title:
- HCN(1-0) cube for the nucleus of M51
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/593/A118
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- AGN feedback is invoked as one of the most relevant mechanisms that shape the evolution of galaxies. Our goal is to understand the interplay between AGN feedback and the interstellar medium in M51, a nearby spiral galaxy with a modest AGN and a kpc-scale radio jet expanding through the disc of the galaxy. For that, we combine molecular gas observations in the CO(1-0) and HCN(1-0) lines from the Plateau de Bure interferometer with archival radio, X-ray, and optical data. We show that there is a significant scarcity of CO emission in the ionisation cone, while molecular gas emission tends to accumulate towards the edges of the cone. The distribution and kinematics of CO and HCN line emission reveal AGN feedback effects out to r~500pc, covering the whole extent of the radio jet, with complex kinematics in the molecular gas which displays strong local variations. We propose that this is the result of the almost coplanar jet pushing on molecular gas in different directions as it expands; the effects are more pronounced in HCN than in CO emission, probably as the result of radiative shocks. Following previous interpretation of the redshifted molecular line in the central 5" as caused by a molecular outflow, we estimate the outflow rates to be Mdot_H2~0.9M_{sun}_/yr and dM/dt_dense_~0.6M_{sun}_/yr, which are comparable to the molecular inflow rates (~1M_{sun}_/yr); gas inflow and AGN feedback could be mutually regulated processes. The agreement with findings in other nearby radio galaxies suggests that this is not an isolated case, and probably the paradigm of AGN feedback through radio jets, at least for galaxies hosting low-luminosity active nuclei.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A5
- Title:
- Hercules A LOFAR and JVLA images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A5
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The prominent radio source Hercules A features complex structures in its radio lobes. Despite being one of the most comprehensively studied sources in the radio sky, the origin of the ring structures in the Hercules A radio lobes remains an open question. We present the first sub-arcsecond angular resolution images at low frequencies (<300MHZ) of Hercules A, made with the International LOFAR Telescope. With the addition of data from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, we map the structure of the lobes from 144MHz to 7GHz. We explore the origin of the rings within the lobes of Hercules A, and test whether their properties are best described by a shock model where shock waves are produced by the jet propagating in the radio lobe, or an inner-lobe model in which the rings are formed by decelerated jetted plasma. From spectral index mapping, our large frequency coverage reveals that the curvature of the different ring spectra increases with distance away from the central active galactic nucleus. We demonstrate that the spectral shape of the rings is consistent with synchrotron aging, which speaks in favor of an inner-lobe model, where the rings are formed from the deposition of material from past periods of intermittent core activity.
