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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/198/1
- Title:
- Photometry catalogs for the Lockman Hole
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/198/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present broadband photometry and photometric redshifts for 187611 sources located in ~0.5deg^2^ in the Lockman Hole area. The catalog includes 388 X-ray-detected sources identified with the very deep XMM-Newton observations available for an area of 0.2deg^2^. The source detection was performed on the Rc-, z'-, and B-band images and the available photometry is spanning from the far-ultraviolet to the mid-infrared, reaching in the best-case scenario 21 bands. Astrometry corrections and photometric cross-calibrations over the entire data set allowed the computation of accurate photometric redshifts. Special treatment is undertaken for the X-ray sources, the majority of which are active galactic nuclei (AGNs). For normal galaxies, comparing the photometric redshifts to the 253 available spectroscopic redshifts, we achieve an accuracy of {sigma}_{Delta}z/(1+z)_=0.036, with 12.6% outliers. For the X-ray-detected sources, compared to 115 spectroscopic redshifts, the accuracy is {sigma}_{Delta}z/(1+z)_=0.069, with 18.3% outliers, where the outliers are defined as sources with |z_phot_-z_spec_|>0.15x(1+z_spec_).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/192/12
- Title:
- Photometry of the blazar PKS 0537-441
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/192/12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a large collection of photometric data on the blazar PKS 0537-441 in the VRIJHK bands taken in 2004-2009. At least three flare-like episodes with months duration and >3mag amplitude are apparent. The spectral energy distribution is consistent with a power law, and no indication of a thermal component is found. We searched for short timescale variability, and an interesting event was identified in the J band, with a duration of ~25 minutes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/795/38
- Title:
- Photometry/spectroscopic measurements for KA1858+4850
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/795/38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- KA1858+4850 is a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy at redshift 0.078 and is among the brightest active galaxies monitored by the Kepler mission. We have carried out a reverberation mapping campaign designed to measure the broad-line region size and estimate the mass of the black hole in this galaxy. We obtained 74 epochs of spectroscopic data using the Kast Spectrograph at the Lick 3 m telescope from 2012 February to November, and obtained complementary V-band images from five other ground-based telescopes. We measured the H{beta} light curve lag with respect to the V-band continuum light curve using both cross-correlation techniques (CCF) and continuum light curve variability modeling with the JAVELIN method and found rest-frame lags of {tau}_CCF_=13.53_-2.32_^+2.03^ days and {tau}_JAVELIN_=13.15_-1.00_^+1.08^ days. The H{beta} rms line profile has a width of {sigma}_line_=770+/-49 km/s. Combining these two results and assuming a virial scale factor of f=5.13, we obtained a virial estimate of M_BH_=8.06_-1.72_^+1.59^x10^6^M_{sun}_ for the mass of the central black hole and an Eddington ratio of L/L_Edd_{approx}0.2. We also obtained consistent but slightly shorter emission-line lags with respect to the Kepler light curve. Thanks to the Kepler mission, the light curve of KA1858+4850 has among the highest cadences and signal-to-noise ratios ever measured for an active galactic nucleus; thus, our black hole mass measurement will serve as a reference point for relations between black hole mass and continuum variability characteristics in active galactic nuclei.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/593/A47
- Title:
- Pinpointing the SMBH in NGC1052
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/593/A47
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Supermassive black holes (SMBH) are essential for the production of jets in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). Theoretical models based on Blandford & Znajek (1977MNRAS.179..433B) extract the rotational energy from a Kerr black hole, which could be the case for NGC1052, to launch these jets. This requires magnetic fields on the order of 1000G to 10000G. We imaged the vicinity of the SMBH of the AGN NGC1052 with the Global Millimetre VLBI Array and found a bright and compact central feature that is smaller than 1.9 light days (100 Schwarzschild radii) in radius. Interpreting this as a blend of the unresolved jet bases, we derive the magnetic field at 1 Schwarzschild radius to lie between 200G and ~83000G consistent with Blandford & Znajek (1977MNRAS.179..433B) models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/586/A60
- Title:
- PKS 1502+106 15, 43 and 86GHz images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/586/A60
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Blazars are among the most energetic objects in the Universe. In 2008 August, Fermi/LAT detected the blazar PKS 1502+106, which showed a rapid and strong gamma-ray outburst followed by high and variable flux over the next months. This activity at high energies triggered an intensive multi-wavelength campaign that also covered the radio, optical, UV, and X-ray bands, indicating that the flare was accompanied by a simultaneous outburst at optical/UV/X-rays and a delayed outburst at radio bands. We explore the phenomenology and physical conditions within the ultra-relativistic jet of the gamma-ray blazar PKS 1502+106. Additionally, we address the question of the spatial localization of the MeV/GeV-emitting region of the source. We used ultra-high angular resolution mm-VLBI observations at 43 and 86GHz complemented by VLBI observations at 15GHz. We also employed single-dish radio data from the F-GAMMA program at frequencies matching the VLBI monitoring. PKS 1502+106 shows a compact core-jet morphology and fast superluminal motion with apparent speeds in the range 5-22c. Estimating Doppler factors along the jet yields values of between ~7 up to ~50. This Doppler factor gradient implies an accelerating jet. The viewing angle towards the source differs between the inner and outer jet, with the former at {theta}~3{deg} and the latter at {theta}~1{deg}, after the jet bends towards the observer beyond 1mas. The de-projected opening angle of the ultra-fast magnetically dominated jet is found to be (3.8+/-0.5){deg}. A single jet component can be associated with the pronounced flare both at high energies and in radio bands. Finally, the gamma-ray emission region is localized at <=5.9pc away from the jet base.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/614/A42
- Title:
- PKS B1718-649 ALMA observations
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/614/A42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present ALMA observations of the ^12^CO (2-1) line of the newly born (t_radio_~10^2^years) active galactic nucleus (AGN), PKS B1718-649. These observations reveal that the carbon monoxide in the innermost 15 kpc of the galaxy is distributed in a complex warped disk. In the outer parts of this disk, the CO gas follows the rotation of the dust lane and of the stellar body of the galaxy hosting the radio source. In the innermost kiloparsec, the gas abruptly changes orientation and forms a circumnuclear disk (r<~700pc) with its major axis perpendicular to that of the outer disk. Against the compact radio emission of PKS B1718-649 (r~2pc), we detect an absorption line at red-shifted velocities with respect to the systemic velocity ({Delta}v=+365+/-22km/s). This absorbing CO gas could trace molecular clouds falling onto the central super-massive black hole. A comparison with the near-infra red H_2_ 1-0 S(1) observations shows that the clouds must be close to the black hole (r<~75pc). The physical conditions of these clouds are different from the gas at larger radii, and are in good agreement with the predictions for the conditions of the gas when cold chaotic accretion triggers an active galactic nucleus. These observations on the centre of PKS B1718-649 provide one of the best indications that a population of cold clouds is falling towards a radio AGN, likely fuelling its activity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/643/A174
- Title:
- PKS J1209-2032 & CGRaBS J1549+5038 radio spectra
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/643/A174
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the detection of HI 21-cm absorption in a member of the rare and recently discovered class of compact radio sources, "Extremely Inverted Spectrum Extragalactic Radio Sources (EISERS)" . EISERS conceivably form a special sub-class of the inverted spectrum radio galaxies since the spectral index of the optically thick part of the spectrum for these sources crosses the synchrotron self absorption limit of {alpha}=+2.5 (S({nu}) {prop.to} {nu}^{alpha}^). We have searched for HI absorption in two EISERS using the recently upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) and detected an absorption feature in one of them. The strong associated HI absorption detected against the source J1209-2032 (z=0.4040) implies an optical depth of 0.178+/-0.02 corresponding to an HI column density of 34.8+/-2.9x10^20^cm^-2^, for an assumed HI spin temperature of 100K and covering factor of 1. This is among the highest known optical depth and HI column densities found for compact radio sources of peaked spectrum type and supports the free-free absorption model for the steeply inverted radio spectrum of this source. For the other source, J1549+5038 (z=2.171), no HI absorption was detected in our observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/642/A59
- Title:
- PKS 1510-089 spectroscopic light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/642/A59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Reverberation results of the flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089 from 8.5 years of spectroscopic monitoring carried out at Steward Observatory over nine observing seasons between December 2008 and June 2017 are presented. Optical spectra show strong H{beta}, H{gamma}, and FeII emission lines overlying on a blue continuum. All the continuum and emission line light curves show significant variability with fractional root-mean-square variations of 37.30+/-0.06% (f_5100_), 11.88+/-0.29% (H{beta}), and 9.61+/-0.71% (H{gamma}); however, along with thermal radiation from the accretion disk, non-thermal emission from the jet also contributes to f5100. Several methods of time series analysis (ICCF, DCF, von Neumann, Bartels, javelin, 2) are used to measure the lag between the continuum and line light curves. The observed frame broad line region size is found to be 61.1^+4.0^_3.2_ (64.7^+27.1^_10.6_) light-days for H{beta} (H{gamma}). Using the line of 1262+/-247km/s measured from the root-mean-square spectrum, the black hole mass of PKS 1510-089 is estimated to be 5.71^+0.62^_0.58_x1^0^7M_{sun}_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/455/3249
- Title:
- Planck-ATCA Co-eval Observations project
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/455/3249
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Planck-ATCA Co-eval Observations (PACO) project has yielded observations of 464 sources with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) between 4.5 and 40GHz. The main purpose of the project was to investigate the spectral properties of mm-selected radio sources at frequencies below and overlapping with the ESA's Planck satellite frequency bands, minimizing the variability effects by observing almost simultaneously with the first two Planck all-sky surveys. In this paper we present the whole catalogue of observations in total intensity. By comparing PACO with the various measures of Planck Catalog of Compact Sources (PCCS) flux densities we found the best consistency with the PCCS 'detection pipeline' photometry (DETFLUX) that we used to investigate the spectral properties of sources from 5 to 217GHz. Of our sources, 91 percent have remarkably smooth spectrum, well described by a double power-law over the full range. This suggests a single emitting region, at variance with the notion that `flat' spectra result from the superposition of the emissions from different compact regions, self-absorbed up to different frequencies. Most of the objects show a spectral steepening above =~30GHz, consistent with synchrotron emission becoming optically thin. Thus, the classical dichotomy between flat-spectrum/compact and steep-spectrum/extended radio sources, well established at cm wavelengths, breaks down at mm wavelengths. The mm-wave spectra do not show indications of the spectral break expected as the effect of `electron ageing', suggesting young source ages.
