- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/121/2843
- Title:
- QSOs in 2MASS second incremental data release
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/121/2843
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the 2MASS Second Incremental Data Release (Cat. <B/2mass>), we have searched for near-infrared counterparts to 13214 quasars from the Veron-Cetty & Veron (Cat. <VII/215>) catalog. We have detected counterparts within 4" for 2277 of the approximately 6320 quasars within the area covered by the 2MASS Second Incremental Data Release. Only 1.6% of these are expected to be chance coincidences. Though this sample is heterogeneous, we find that known radio-loud quasars are more likely to have large near-infrared-to-optical luminosity ratios than radio-quiet quasars are, at a statistically significant level. This is consistent with dust-reddened quasars being more common in radio-selected samples than in optically selected samples, due to stronger selection effects against dust-reddened quasars in the latter. We also find a statistically significant dearth of optically luminous quasars with large near-infrared-to-optical luminosity ratios. This can be explained in a dust obscuration model but not in a model where synchrotron emission extends from the radio into the near-infrared and creates such large ratios. We also find that selection of quasar candidates from the B-J/J-K color-color diagram, modeled on the V-J/J-K selection method of Warren, Hewett, & Foltz, is likely to be more sensitive to dust-obscured quasars than selection using only infrared-infrared colors.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/478/321
- Title:
- QSO Type1/Type2 dichotomy
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/478/321
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- For Seyfert galaxies, the AGN unification model provides a simple and well-established explanation of the type 1/type 2 dichotomy through orientation-based effects. The generalization of this unification model to the higher luminosity AGNs that quasars are remains a key question. The recent detection of type 2 radio-quiet quasars seems to support such an extension. We propose a further test of this scenario. On the basis of a compilation of quasar host-galaxy position angles consisting of previously published data and of new measurements performed using HST Archive images, we investigate the possible existence of a correlation between the linear polarization position angle and the host-galaxy/extended emission position angle of quasars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/650/A84
- Title:
- QSO type 2 VLA images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/650/A84
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The role of radio mode feedback in non radio-loud quasars needs to be explored in depth to determine its true importance. Its effects can be identified based on the evidence of interactions between the radio structures and the ambient ionised gas. We investigate this in a sample of 13 optically selected type-2 quasars (QSO2) at z<0.2 with Very Large Array (VLA) FIRST Survey radio detections. None are radio loud. The ranges of [OIII]c1l{lambda}5007 and monochromatic radio luminosities are log(L[OIII]=erg/s)~42.08-42.79 and log(P_1.4GHz_/erg/s/Hz)~30.08-31.76. All show complex optical morphologies, with signs of distortion across tens of kpc due to mergers/interactions. We have searched for evidence of interactions between the radio structures and the ionised gas by characterising and comparing their morphologies. The first is traced by narrow band H images obtained with the GTC 10.4m Spanish telescope and the Osiris instrument. The second is traced by VLA radio maps obtained with A and B configurations to achieve both high resolution and brightness sensitivity. The radio luminosity has an active galatic nucleus (AGN) component in 11/13 QSO2, which is spatially extended in our radio data in 9 of them (jets/lobes/other). The relative contribution of the extended radio emission to the total P_1.4GHz_ is in most cases in the range 30% to 90%. The maximum sizes are in the range d^R^_max_~few-500kpc. QSO2 undergoing interaction/merger events appear to be invariably associated with ionised gas spread over large spatial scales with maximum distances from the AGN in the range rmax~12-90kpc. The morphology of the ionised gas at <30kpc is strongly influenced by AGN related processes. Evidence for radio-gas interactions exist in 10/13 QSO2; that is, all but one with confirmed AGN radio components. The interactions are identified across different spatial scales, from the nuclear narrow line region up to tens of kpc. Although this sample cannot be considered representative of the general population of QSO2, it supports the idea that large scale low/modest power radio sources can exist in radio-quiet QSO2, which can provide a source of feedback on scales of the spheroidal component of galaxies and well into the circumgalactic medium, in systems where radiative mode feedback is expected to dominate.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/648/A82
- Title:
- Quasar 3C 345 at 18 cm with RadioAstron
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/648/A82
- Date:
- 23 Mar 2022 16:32:52
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Supermassive black holes in the centres of radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) can produce collimated relativistic outflows (jets). Magnetic fields are thought to play a key role in the formation and collimation of these jets, but the details are much debated. We study the innermost jet morphology and magnetic field strength in the AGN 3C 345 with an unprecedented resolution using images obtained within the framework of the key science programme on AGN polarisation of the Space VLBI mission RadioAstron. We observed the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 345 at 1.6GHz on 2016 March 30 with RadioAstron and 18 ground-based radio telescopes in full polarisation mode. Our images, in both total intensity and linear polarisation, reveal a complex jet structure at 300{mu}as as angular resolution, corresponding to a projected linear scale of about 2pc or a few thousand gravitational radii. We identify the synchrotron self-absorbed core at the jet base and find the brightest feature in the jet 1.5 mas downstream of the core. Several polarised components appear in the Space VLBI images that cannot be seen from ground array-only images. Except for the core, the electric vector position angles follow the local jet direction, suggesting a magnetic field perpendicular to the jet. This indicates the presence of plane perpendicular shocks in these regions. Additionally, we infer a minimum brightness temperature at the largest uv-distances of 1.1x10^12^K in the source frame, which is above the inverse Compton limit and an order of magnitude larger than the equipartition value. This indicates locally efficient injection or re-acceleration of particles in the jet to counter the inverse Compton cooling or the geometry of the jet creates significant changes in the Doppler factor, which has to be >11 to explain the high brightness temperatures.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/307/293
- Title:
- Quasars from 7C survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/307/293
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe the selection of candidate radio-loud quasars obtained by cross-matching radio source positions from the low-frequency (151-MHz) 7C survey with optical positions from five pairs of EO POSS-1 plates scanned with the Cambridge Automatic Plate-measuring Machine (APM). The sky region studied is centred at RA=10h28m, DE=+41{deg} and covers ~0.057sr. We present VLA observations of the quasar candidates, and tabulate various properties derived from the radio maps. We discuss the selection criteria of the resulting '7CQ' sample of radio-loud quasars. The 70 confirmed quasars, and some fraction of the 36 unconfirmed candidates, constitute a filtered sample with the following selection criteria: 151-MHz flux density S_151_>100mJy; POSS-I E-plate magnitude E~R<20; POSS-I colour (O-E)<1.8; the effective area of the survey drops significantly below S_151_~200mJy. We argue that the colour criterion excludes few if any quasars, but note, on the basis of recent work by Willott et al. (1998MNRAS.300..625W), that the E magnitude limit probably excludes more than 50 per cent of the radio-loud quasars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/581/844
- Title:
- Radio and Infrared observations of EROs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/581/844
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results from a sensitive multiwavelength analysis of the properties of extremely red objects (EROs). Our analysis employs deep RIzJHK photometry of an 8.5'x8.5' region to select a sample of 68 EROs with (R-K)>=5.3 and brighter than K=20.5 (5{sigma}). We combine this photometric data set with an extremely deep 1.4GHz radio map of the field obtained from the VLA. This map reaches a 1{sigma} limiting flux density of 3.5{mu}Jy , making it the deepest 1.4GHz map taken, and is sensitive enough to detect an active galaxy with L1.4>~10^23^W/Hz at z>1.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/703/285
- Title:
- Radio and IR counterparts of BLAST sources in CDFS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/703/285
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have identified radio and/or mid-infrared counterparts to 198 out of 350 sources detected at >=5{sigma} over ~9deg^2^ centered on the Chandra Deep Field South by the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) at 250, 350, and 500um. We have matched 114 of these counterparts to optical sources with previously derived photometric redshifts and fitted spectral energy distributions to the BLAST fluxes and fluxes at 70 and 160um acquired with the Spitzer Space Telescope. In this way, we have constrained dust temperatures, total far-infrared/submillimeter luminosities, and star formation rates for each source. Our findings show that, on average, the BLAST sources lie at significantly lower redshifts and have significantly lower rest-frame dust temperatures compared to submillimeter sources detected in surveys conducted at 850um. We demonstrate that an apparent increase in dust temperature with redshift in our sample arises as a result of selection effects. Finally, we provide the full multiwavelength catalog of >=5{sigma} BLAST sources contained within the complete ~9deg^2^ survey area.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/347/837
- Title:
- Radio and K-band obs. of Ultra-Steep sources
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/347/837
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A sample of 76 ultra-steep spectrum (USS) radio sources is defined from the 843-MHz Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey (SUMSS) and 1.4-GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) radio surveys with spectral index {alpha}<-1.3 and S(1.4GHz)>15mJy; 71 of these sources without bright optical or near-infrared counterparts at 1.385GHz were observed with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), providing 5arcsec resolution images and subarcsec positional accuracy. To identify their host galaxies, near-infrared K-band images were obtained with IRIS2 at the AAT and SofI at the NTT; 92% of the USS sources could be identified down to K~20.5. 142 FITS files containing the radio maps and the K-band images are included in the fits subdirectory.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/141/182
- Title:
- Radio and optical properties of QSOs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/141/182
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the largest homogeneous quasar sample with high-quality optical spectra and robust radio morphology classifications assembled to date, we investigate relationships between radio and optical properties with unprecedented statistical power. The sample consists of 4714 radio quasars from FIRST with S_20_>=2mJy and with spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Radio morphology classes include core-only (core), core-lobe (lobe), core-jet (jet), lobe-core-lobe (triple), and double-lobe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/645/890
- Title:
- Radio and X-ray-emitting broad-line AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/645/890
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We derived the black hole fundamental plane relationship between the 1.4GHz radio luminosity (Lr), 0.1-2.4keV X-ray luminosity (LX), and black hole mass (M) from a uniform broad-line SDSS AGN sample including both radio-loud and radio-quiet X-ray-emitting sources. We found in our sample that the fundamental plane relation has a very weak dependence on the black hole mass, and a tight correlation also exists between the Eddington-luminosity-scaled X-ray and radio luminosities for the radio-quiet subsample. In addition, we noticed that the radio-quiet and radio-loud AGNs have different power-law slopes in the radio-X-ray nonlinear relationship. The radio-loud sample displays a slope of 1.39, which seems consistent with the jet-dominated X-ray model. However, it may also be partly due to the relativistic beaming effect. For the radio-quiet sample the slope of the radio-X-ray relationship is about 0.85, which is possibly consistent with the theoretical prediction from the accretion-flow-dominated X-ray model. We briefly discuss the reason why our derived relationship is different from some previous works and expect the future spectral studies in radio and X-ray bands on individual sources in our sample to confirm our result.
