- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/651/A86
- Title:
- GLOSTAR Galactic plane survey. II. SNR.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/651/A86
- Date:
- 17 Jan 2022 00:20:41
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The properties of the population of Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) are essential to our understanding of the dynamics of the interstellar medium (ISM) in the Milky Way. However, the completeness of the catalog of Galactic SNRs is expected to be only ~30%, with on order 700 SNRs yet to be detected. Deep interferometric radio continuum surveys of the Galactic plane help in rectifying this apparent deficiency by identifying low surface brightness SNRs and compact SNRs that have not been detected in previous surveys. However, SNRs are routinely confused with HII regions, which can have similar radio morphologies. Radio spectral index, polarization, and emission at mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths can help distinguish between SNRs and HII regions. We aim to identify SNR candidates using continuum images from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array GLObal view of the STAR formation in the Milky Way (GLOSTAR) survey. GLOSTAR is a C-band (4-8GHz) radio wavelength survey of the Galactic plane covering 358{deg}>=l<=60{deg}, |b|<=1{deg}. The continuum images from this survey, which resulted from observations with the most compact configuration of the array, have an angular resolution of 18''. We searched for SNRs in these images to identify known SNRs, previously identified SNR candidates, and new SNR candidates. We study these objects in MIR surveys and the GLOSTAR polarization data to classify their emission as thermal or nonthermal. We identify 157 SNR candidates, of which 80 are new. Polarization measurements provide evidence of nonthermal emission from 9 of these candidates. We find that two previously identified candidates are filaments. We also detect emission from 91 of the 94 known SNRs in the survey region. Four of these are reclassified as HII regions following detection in MIR surveys. The better sensitivity and resolution of the GLOSTAR data have led to the identification of 157 SNR candidates, along with the reclassification of several misidentified objects. We show that the polarization measurements can identify nonthermal emission, despite the diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission. These results underscore the importance of higher resolution and higher sensitivity radio continuum data in identifying and confirming SNRs.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/627/A175
- Title:
- GLOSTAR. Radio Source Catalogue I
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/627/A175
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Radio continuum surveys of the Galactic plane are an excellent way to identify different source populations such as planetary nebulae, HII regions, and radio stars and characterize their statistical properties. The Global View of Star Formation in the Milky Way (GLOSTAR) survey will study the star formation in the Galactic plane between -2{deg}<l<85{deg} and |b|<1{deg} with unprecedented sensitivity in both flux density (~40uJy/beam) and range of angular scales (~1.5" to the largest radio structures in the Galaxy). In this paper we present the first results obtained from a radio continuum map of a 16-square-degree-sized region of the Galactic plane centered on l=32{deg} and b=0{deg} (28{deg}<l<36{deg} and |b|<1{deg}). This map has a resolution of 18" and a sensitivity of 60-150uJy/beam. We present data acquired in 40 hours of observations with the VLA in D-configuration. Two 1GHz wide sub-bands were observed simultaneously and they were centered at 4.7 and 6.9GHz. These data were calibrated and imaged using the Obit software package. The source extraction was performed using the BLOBCAT software package and verified through a combination of visual inspection and cross-matching with other radio and mid-infrared surveys. The final catalog consists of 1575 discrete radio sources and 27 large scale structures (including W43 and W44). By crossmatching with other catalogs and calculating the spectral indices (S({nu}){prop.to}{nu}^{alpha}^), we have classified 231 continuum sources as HII regions, 37 as ionization fronts, and 46 as planetary nebulae. The longitude and latitude distribution and negative spectral indices are all consistent with the vast majority of the unclassified sources being extragalactic background sources. We present a catalog of 1575 radio continuum sources and discuss their physical properties, emission nature, and relation to previously reported data. These first GLOSTAR results have increased the number of reliable HII regions in this part of the Galaxy by a factor of four.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/431/1587
- Title:
- GRS/BGPS sources in Galactic Plane
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/431/1587
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The line of sight through the Galactic plane between longitudes l=37.83{deg} and 42.50{deg} allows for the separation of Galactic Ring Survey molecular clouds into those that fall within the spiral arms and those located in the interarm regions. By matching these clouds in both position and velocity with dense clumps detected in the mm continuum by the Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey, we are able to look for changes in the clump formation efficiency (CFE), the ratio of clump to cloud mass, with Galactic environment. We find no evidence of any difference in the CFE between the interarm and spiral-arm regions along this line of sight. This is further evidence that, outside the Galactic Centre region, the large-scale structures of the Galaxy play little part in changing the dense, potentially star-forming structures within molecular clouds.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/384/1277
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission line sources from IPHAS
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/384/1277
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first catalogue of point-source H{alpha} emission line objects selected from the INT/WFC Photometric H{alpha} Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS). In total, our catalogue contains 4853 point sources that exhibit strong photometric evidence for H{alpha} emission. The catalogue is a conservative subset of the emitters present in IPHAS and it is likely that there are many more H{alpha} emitters present in the area of the Galactic Plane that IPHAS observes. Our selection criteria are designed to be conservative (rather than complete) in order to avoid a significant number of false positives in the catalogue. In line with this, we find that of the ~300 catalogue sources for which we have preliminary spectroscopic follow-up observations, more than 95% are confirmed as genuine emission-line sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/612/A1
- Title:
- H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/612/A1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of the most comprehensive survey of the Galactic plane in very high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays, including a public release of Galactic sky maps, a catalog of VHE sources, and the discovery of 16 new sources of VHE gamma-rays. The High Energy Spectroscopic System (H.E.S.S.) Galactic plane survey (HGPS) was a decade-long observation program carried out by the H.E.S.S. I array of Cherenkov telescopes in Namibia from 2004 to 2013. The observations amount to nearly 2700 h of quality-selected data, covering the Galactic plane at longitudes from l=250{deg} to 65{deg} and latitudes |b|<=3. In addition to the unprecedented spatial coverage, the HGPS also features a relatively high angular resolution (0.08{deg}~5-arcmin mean point spread function 68% containment radius), sensitivity (1.5% Crab flux for point-like sources), and energy range (0.2-100TeV). We constructed a catalog of VHE gamma-ray sources from the HGPS data set with a systematic procedure for both source detection and characterization of morphology and spectrum. We present this likelihood- based method in detail, including the introduction of a model component to account for unresolved, large-scale emission along the Galactic plane. In total, the resulting HGPS catalog contains 78 VHE sources, of which 14 are not reanalyzed here, for example, due to their complex morphology, namely shell-like sources and the Galactic center region. Where possible, we provide a firm identification of the VHE source or plausible associations with sources in other astronomical catalogs. We also studied the characteristics of the VHE sources with source parameter distributions. 16 new sources were previously unknown or unpublished, and we individually discuss their identifications or possible associations. We firmly identified 31 sources as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), supernova remnants (SNRs), composite SNRs, or gamma-ray binaries. Among the 47 sources not yet identified, most of them (36) have possible associations with cataloged objects, notably PWNe and energetic pulsars that could power VHE PWNe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/173/85
- Title:
- HI 21cm forbidden-velocity wings
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/173/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a search for faint HI 21cm emission line wings at velocities forbidden by Galactic rotation in the Galactic plane using the Leiden/Dwingeloo HI Survey data and the HI Southern Galactic Plane Survey data. These "forbidden-velocity wings" (FVWs) appear as protruding excessive emission in comparison with their surroundings in limited (>~2{deg}) spatial regions over velocity extents of more than ~20km/s in large-scale (l,v) diagrams. Their high velocities imply that there should be some dynamical phenomena associated. We have identified 87 FVWs. We present their catalog and discuss their distribution and statistical properties. We found that 85% of FVWs are not coincident with known supernova remnants (SNRs), galaxies, or high-velocity clouds. Their natures are currently unknown.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/526/A151
- Title:
- Hi-Gal sources distance determination
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/526/A151
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Hi-GAL, an open time key-project of the Herschel satellite, was awarded 343 hours observing time to carry out a 5-band photometric imaging survey at 70, 160, 250, 350, and 500um of a |b|<=1{deg} wide strip of the Milky Way Galactic plane in the longitude range -70{deg}<=l<=70{deg}. Two 2{deg}x2{deg} fields centred at l=30{deg} and l=59{deg} have been observed with the SPIRE and PACS photometric cameras in parallel mode during the Herschel science demonstration phase (SDP). From the images, compact sources are extracted for which the distance must be established in order to determine their physical properties. The aim of this paper is to present the distance determination strategy for the Hi-GAL compact sources. We illustrate this strategy for the two fields at l=30{deg} and l=59{deg}.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/867/167
- Title:
- High-mass outflows from the COHRS CO(3-2) survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/867/167
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An unbiased search of molecular outflows within the region of the CO High Resolution survey has identified 157 high-mass outflows from a sample of 770 APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy clumps with a detection rate of 20%. The detection rate of outflows increases for clumps with higher M_clump_, L_bol_, L_bol_/M_clump_,N_H2_, and T_dust_ compared to the clumps with no outflow. The detection rates of the outflow increase from protostellar (8%) to young stellar object clump (17%) to massive star-forming clump (29%). The detection rate 26% for quiescent clump is preliminary, because the sample of quiescent clumps is small. A statistical relation between the outflow and clump masses for our sample is log(M_out_/M_{sun}_)=(-1.1+/-0.21)+(0.9+/-0.07)log(M_clump_/M_{sun}_). The detection rate of outflows and the outflow mass-loss rate show an increase with increasing M_clump_, L_bol_, N_H_2_, and T_dust_, which indicates that clumps with outflow with higher parameter values are at a more advanced evolutionary stage. The outflow mechanical force increases with increasing bolometric luminosities. No clear evidence has yet been found that higher-mass outflows have different launching conditions than low-mass outflows.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/156
- Title:
- High resolution survey of Galactic plane at 408 MHz
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/156
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The interstellar medium is a complex "ecosystem" with gas constituents in the atomic, molecular and ionized states, dust, magnetic fields, and relativistic particles. The Canadian Galactic Plane Survey has imaged these constituents at multiple radio and infrared frequencies with angular resolution of the order of arcminutes. This paper presents radio continuum data at 408 MHz over the area of 52{deg}=<l=<193{deg}, -6.5{deg}=<b=<8.5{deg}, with an extension to b=21{deg} in the range of 97{deg}=<l=<120{deg}, with angular resolution 2.8'x2.8' cosec{delta}. Observations were made with the Synthesis Telescope at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory as part of the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey. The calibration of the survey using existing radio source catalogs is described. The accuracy of 408 MHz flux densities from the data is 6%. Information on large structures has been incorporated into the data using the single-antenna survey of Haslam et al. (1982A&AS...47....1H). The paper presents the data, describes how it can be accessed electronically, and gives examples of applications of the data to ISM research.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/450/2025
- Title:
- HIPASS-ZoA HII regions
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/450/2025
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a Radio Recombination Line (RRL) survey of the Galactic plane from the Hi Parkes All-sky Survey and associated Zone of Avoidance survey, which mapped the region l=196{deg}-0{deg}-52{deg} and |b|<=5{deg} at 1.4GHz and 14.4-arcmin resolution. We combine three RRLs, H168{alpha}, H167{alpha}, and H166{alpha} to derive fully sampled maps of the diffuse ionized emission along the inner Galactic plane. The velocity information, at a resolution of 20km/s, allows us to study the spatial distribution of the ionized gas and compare it with that of the molecular gas, as traced by CO. The longitude-velocity diagram shows that the RRL emission is mostly associated with CO gas from the molecular ring and is concentrated within the inner 30{deg} of longitude. A map of the free-free emission in this region of the Galaxy is derived from the line-integrated RRL emission, assuming an electron temperature gradient with Galactocentric radius of 496+/-100K/kpc. Based on the thermal continuum map, we extracted a catalogue of 317 compact (<~15-arcmin) sources, with flux densities, sizes, and velocities. We report the first RRL observations of the southern ionized lobe in the Galactic Centre. The line profiles and velocities suggest that this degree-scale structure is in rotation. We also present new evidence of diffuse ionized gas in the 3-kpc arm. Helium and carbon RRLs are detected in this survey. The He line is mostly observed towards HII regions, whereas the C line is also detected further away from the source of ionization. These data represent the first observations of diffuse C RRLs in the Galactic plane at a frequency of 1.4GHz.
