- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/792/L2
- Title:
- C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2012 S1 (ISON) maps
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/792/L2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Results are presented from the first cometary observations using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), including measurements of the spatially resolved distributions of HCN, HNC, H_2_CO, and dust within the comae of two comets: C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2012 S1 (ISON), observed at heliocentric distances of 1.5 AU and 0.54 AU, respectively. These observations (with angular resolution ~0.5"), reveal an unprecedented level of detail in the distributions of these fundamental cometary molecules, and demonstrate the power of ALMA for quantitative measurements of the distributions of molecules and dust in the inner comae of typical bright comets. In both comets, HCN is found to originate from (or within a few hundred kilometers of) the nucleus, with a spatial distribution largely consistent with spherically symmetric, uniform outflow. By contrast, the HNC distributions are clumpy and asymmetrical, with peaks at cometocentric radii ~500-1000km, consistent with release of HNC in collimated outflow(s). Compared to HCN, the H_2_ CO distribution in comet Lemmon is very extended. The interferometric visibility amplitudes are consistent with coma production of H_2_CO and HNC from unidentified precursor material(s) in both comets. Adopting a Haser model, the H_2_CO parent scale length is found to be a few thousand kilometers in Lemmon and only a few hundred kilometers in ISON, consistent with the destruction of the precursor by photolysis or thermal degradation at a rate that scales in proportion to the solar radiation flux.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/294/607
- Title:
- 7C(G) 151MHz survey of the Galactic plane
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/294/607
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Results form a survey of the northern Galactic plane (at declination >=30{deg} at 151MHz made with the Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope are presented. This survey is designated 7C(G) - i.e. the Galactic portion of the ongoing 7C surveys. This covers the regions 80{deg}<l<104{deg} and 126{deg}<l<180{deg}, for |b|<=5.5{deg}, and has some coverage to |b|~9{deg}, with a resolution of ~70x70cosec{delta}arcsec^2^ (RAxDec). The observations, data reduction and calibration of this survey are described, and a catalogue of 6262 compact sources, with a completeness limit of ~0.25Jy over most of the survey region, is presented. The catalogue has an rms positional accuracy of better than 10arcsec, and the flux densities are tied to the scale of Roger, Bridle & Costain (1973AJ.....78.1030R) with an accuracy of better than 10 per cent.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/175/97
- Title:
- CGRaBS: survey of {gamma}-ray blazar candidates
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/175/97
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe a uniform all-sky survey of bright blazars, selected primarily by their flat radio spectra, that is designed to provide a large catalog of likely {gamma}-ray active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The defined sample has 1625 targets with radio and X-ray properties similar to those of the EGRET blazars, spread uniformly across the |^b^|>10{deg} sky. We also report progress toward optical characterization of the sample; of objects with known R<23, 85% have been classified and 81% have measured redshifts. One goal of this program is to focus attention on the most interesting (e.g., high-redshift, high-luminosity, ...) sources for intensive multiwavelength study during the observations by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on GLAST.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/564/A99
- Title:
- Chamaeleon-MMS1 NH_3_ (1,1) and (2,2) maps
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/564/A99
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The aim of this study is to investigate the structure and kinematics of the nearby candidate first hydrostatic core Cha-MMS1. Cha-MMS1 was mapped in the NH_3_(1,1) line and the 1.2cm continuum using the Australia Telescope Compact Array, ATCA. The angular resolution of the ATCA observations is 7" (~1000AU), and the velocity resolution is 50m/s. The core was also mapped with the 64-m Parkes telescope in the NH_3_(1,1) and (2,2) lines. Observations from Herschel Space Observatory and Spitzer Space telescope were used to help interpretation. The ammonia spectra were analysed using Gaussian fits to the hyperfine structure. A two-layer model was applied in the central parts of the core where the ATCA spectra show signs of self-absorption.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/124/2351
- Title:
- Chandra Deep Field North survey. XII
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/124/2351
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the relationship between faint X-ray and 1.4GHz radio source populations detected within 3' of the Hubble Deep Field (North) using the 1Ms Chandra (Cat. <J/AJ/122/2810>) and 40{mu}Jy VLA (Cat. <J/ApJ/533/611>) surveys. Within this region, we find that ~42% of the 62 X-ray sources have radio counterparts and ~71% of the 28 radio sources have X-ray counterparts; thus, a 40{mu}Jy VLA survey at 1.4GHz appears to be well matched to a 1Ms Chandra observation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/454/952
- Title:
- Chandra Deep Field-South ATLAS 5.5GHz DR2
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/454/952
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new image of the 5.5GHz radio emission from the extended Chandra Deep Field South. Deep radio observations at 5.5GHz were obtained in 2010 and presented in the first data release. A further 76h of integration has since been obtained, nearly doubling the integration time. This paper presents a new analysis of all the data. The new image reaches 8.6{mu}Jy rms, an improvement of about 40% in sensitivity. We present a new catalogue of 5.5GHz sources, identifying 212 source components, roughly 50% more than were detected in the first data release. Source counts derived from this sample are consistent with those reported in the literature for S_5.5GHz_>0.1mJy but significantly lower than published values in the lowest flux density bins (S_5.5GHz_<0.1mJy), where we have more detected sources and improved statistical reliability. The 5.5GHz radio sources were matched to 1.4GHz sources in the literature and we find a mean spectral index of -0.35+/-0.10 for S_5.5GHz_>0.5mJy, consistent with the flattening of the spectral index observed in 5GHz sub-mJy samples. The median spectral index of the whole sample is {alpha}_med_=-0.58, indicating that these observations may be starting to probe the star-forming population. However, even at the faintest levels (0.05<S_5.5GHz_<0.1mJy), 39% of the 5.5GHz sources have flat or inverted radio spectra. Four flux density measurements from our data, across the full 4.5-6.5GHz bandwidth, are combined with those from literature and we find 10% of sources (S_5.5GHz_>~0.1mJy) show significant curvature in their radio spectral energy distribution spanning 1.4-9GHz.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/197/24
- Title:
- Chandra large-scale extragalactic jets. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/197/24
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we report the first stages of an investigation into the X-ray properties of extragalactic jets (XJET project). Our approach is to subject all sources for which X-ray emission has been detected by Chandra to uniform reduction procedures. Using Chandra archival data for 106 such sources, we measure X-ray fluxes in three bands and compare these to radio fluxes. We discuss the sample, the reduction methods, and present first results for the ratio of X-ray to radio flux for jet knots and hotspots. In particular, we apply statistical tests to various distributions of key observational parameters to evaluate differences between the different classes of sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/740/87
- Title:
- Chandra observations of radio transients
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/740/87
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a 50ks Chandra/ACIS-I X-ray observation of the Bower et al. (2007ApJ...666..346B) Very Large Array archival field. The observations reach a limiting sensitivity of ~10^-4^counts/s, corresponding to a flux of a few times 10^-15^erg/s/cm^2^ for the models we explore. The Chandra observations were undertaken to search for X-ray counterparts to the eight transient sources without optical counterparts, and the two transient sources with optical counterparts seen by Bower et al. Neither of the sources with optical counterparts was detected in X-rays. One of the eight optical non-detections is associated with a marginal (2.4{sigma}) X-ray detection in our Chandra image. A second optically undetected Bower et al. transient may be associated with a z=1.29 X-ray-detected quasar or its host galaxy, or alternatively is undetected in X-rays and is a chance association with the nearby X-ray source. The X-ray flux upper limits, and the one marginal detection, are consistent with the interpretation of Ofek et al. (2010ApJ...711..517O) that the optically undetected radio transients are flares from isolated old Galactic neutron stars. The marginal X-ray detection has a hardness ratio that implies a temperature too high for a simple one-temperature neutron star model, but plausible multi-component fits are not excluded, and in any case the marginal X-ray detection may be due to cosmic rays or particle background. The X-ray flux upper limits are also consistent with flare star progenitors at >~1kpc (which would require the radio luminosity of the transient to be unusually high for such an object) or less extreme flares from brown dwarfs at distances of around 100pc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/615/897
- Title:
- Chandra X-Ray sources in the {gamma} Cyg Field
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/615/897
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In search of the counterpart to the brightest unidentified gamma-ray source, 3EG J2020+4017 (2CG 078+2), we report on new X-ray and radio observations of the {gamma} Cygni field with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). We also report on reanalysis of archival ROSAT data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/150/81
- Title:
- CHANG-ES. IV. VLA D-configuration observations
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/150/81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first part of the observations made for the Continuum Halos in Nearby Galaxies, an EVLA Survey (CHANG-ES) project. The aim of the CHANG-ES project is to study and characterize the nature of radio halos, their prevalence as well as their magnetic fields, and the cosmic rays illuminating these fields. This paper reports observations with the compact D configuration of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) for the sample of 35 nearby edge-on galaxies of CHANG-ES. With the new wide bandwidth capabilities of the VLA, an unprecedented sensitivity was achieved for all polarization products. The beam resolution is an average of 9.6" and 36" with noise levels reaching approximately 6 and 30{mu}Jy/beam for C- and L-bands, respectively (robust weighting). We present intensity maps in these two frequency bands (C and L), with different weightings, as well as spectral index maps, polarization maps, and new measurements of star formation rates (SFRs). The data products described herein are available to the public in the CHANG-ES data release available at http://www.queensu.ca/changes. We also present evidence of a trend among galaxies with larger halos having higher SFR surface density, and we show, for the first time, a radio continuum image of the median galaxy, taking advantage of the collective signal-to-noise ratio of 30 of our galaxies. This image shows clearly that a "typical" spiral galaxy is surrounded by a halo of magnetic fields and cosmic rays.
