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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/117/319
- Title:
- Northern RASS X-ray sources catalog
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/117/319
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalog of optical identifications of a representative sample of northern ({delta})>-9{deg}) ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) sources. A full identification has been carried out for a count-rate- and area-limited complete RASS subsample comprising 674 sources. All sources are within six study areas outside the galactic plane (|b|>19.6{deg}), one area being near the north Galactic pole and one near the north ecliptic pole.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/77/797
- Title:
- NRAO 5GHz Strong Source Survey
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/77/797
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The 140-ft telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory has been used to extend the 5-GHz strong source (S) survey over an area of 1.14 steradian. Some 240 sources have been detected in this region, of which 135 are above the completeness limit of 0.6f.u. The distribution of spectral indices for sources above the completeness limit is much broader than for samples selected from long-wavelength surveys, owing to an increase in the fraction of compact sources with flat spectra. For about half of the sources selected at 6 cm, the spectral index {alpha}>-0.5. Analysis of the dependence of the spectral index on the flux density shows that, as expected from the 408-MHz number counts and spectral index distribution, at 5 GHz there are fewer flat spectra among the weak sources than among the stronger ones. The spectral index distributions for the identified galaxies and quasars show the familiar forms: the galaxies have a strong concentration near {alpha}=-0.8 with a small tail extending toward flat spectra. The quasars show a much broader distribution of indices, but the fraction (80%) of quasars having flat spectra ({alpha}>-0.5) is much greater than that found in the low-frequency surveys. The number-flux density relation for various groups of sources selected from the 5-GHz survey show that the anomalously steep slope is confined to (a) unidentified sources, (b) sources with steep spectra ({alpha}<-0.5), and (c) sources located in the north galactic hemisphere. Sources identified with radio galaxies or quasars, or which have flat spectra, or which are in the south galactic hemisphere all show a number-flux density slope near -1.5.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/A+C/25.176
- Title:
- NVSS and FIRST variable sources
- Short Name:
- J/other/A+C/25.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the present study we have cross-correlated NVSS and FIRST radio catalogues having radio flux measurements at the same 1.4GHz frequency. This way we benefit from repeated observations from both catalogues, as they give more accurate positions and fluxes and more important, reveal large differences between the two measured fluxes, thus allowing to establish radio variability. As a result 79382 radio variables have been revealed, including 6301 with flux differences at 1.4GHz larger than 15mJy, 1917 with flux differences 45mJy and 260 with flux differences 200mJy. By using a special technique (Mickaelian & Sinamyan 2010 (J/MNRAS/407/681) Mickaelian+ 2011 (J/MNRAS/415/1061)), 2425 optically variable objects out of 6301 radio sources have been revealed. 2425 radio sources with both high radio and optical variability into four categories have been divided. 1206 (19%) out of 6301 radio sources have activity types from available catalogues and 619 (25.5%) out of 2425 radio sources with at the same time radio and optical variability have activity types from available catalogues. In addition, 279 radio sources out of 2425 have high variability in optical range. We have established their activity types when available. The IR fluxes and colours for the 6301 variable radio sources have been studied. Colour-colour diagrams show that most of the "unknown" sources are galaxies. The activity types for 110 (42%) out of 260 extremely high variable radio sources also have been retrieved.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/71/352
- Title:
- Objects of 1988 Zenith Sky Survey
- Short Name:
- J/AZh/71/352
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results of optical identification of radio sources Zenith Sky Survey with the Palomar Sky Survey prints are presented. The sky survey was conducted with a RATAN-600 radio telescope at 8.0cm in a ring-aperture operation mode. All the objects belong to the radio source population with flux densities in a range from 5 to 50mJy. The mean value of the spectral index distribution for the sources identified with other catalogs was found to be equal to -0.9 at 8.0cm.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/810/85
- Title:
- Observation of first Fermi-LAT sources at Parkes
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/810/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In a search with the Parkes radio telescope of 56 unidentified Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray sources, we have detected 11 millisecond pulsars (MSPs), 10 of them discoveries, of which five were reported by Kerr et al (2012ApJ...748L...2K). We did not detect radio pulsations from six other pulsars now known in these sources. We describe the completed survey, which included multiple observations of many targets conducted to minimize the impact of interstellar scintillation, acceleration effects in binary systems, and eclipses. We consider that 23 of the 39 remaining sources may still be viable pulsar candidates. We present timing solutions and polarimetry for five of the MSPs and gamma-ray pulsations for PSR J1903-7051 (pulsations for five others were reported in the second Fermi-LAT catalog of gamma-ray pulsars). Two of the new MSPs are isolated and five are in >1 day circular orbits with 0.2-0.3 M_{sun}_ presumed white dwarf companions. PSR J0955-6150, in a 24 day orbit with a 0.2-0.3 M_{sun}_ companion but eccentricity of 0.11, belongs to a recently identified class of eccentric MSPs. PSR J1036-8317 is in an 8 hr binary with a>0.14 M_{sun}_ companion that is probably a white dwarf. PSR J1946-5403 is in a 3 hr orbit with a>0.02 M_{sun}_ companion with no evidence of radio eclipses.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/707/103
- Title:
- Observation of Ser FIRS 1 at 230GHz
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/707/103
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first results of a program to characterize the disk and envelope structure of typical Class 0 protostars in nearby low-mass star-forming regions. We use Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) mid-infrared spectra, high-resolution Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) 230GHz continuum imaging, and two-dimensional radiative transfer models to constrain the envelope structure, as well as the size and mass of the circumprotostellar disk in Serpens FIRS 1. The primary envelope parameters (centrifugal radius, outer radius, outflow opening angle, and inclination) are well constrained by the spectral energy distribution (SED), including Spitzer IRAC and MIPS photometry, IRS spectra, and 1.1mm Bolocam photometry. These together with the excellent uv-coverage (4.5-500k{lambda}) of multiple antenna configurations with CARMA allow for a robust separation of the envelope and a resolved disk. The SED of Serpens FIRS 1 is best fit by an envelope with the density profile of a rotating, collapsing spheroid with an inner (centrifugal) radius of approximately 600AU, and the millimeter data by a large resolved disk with M_disk_~1.0M_{sun}_ and R_disk_~300AU.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/194/29
- Title:
- Observations of blazars at 15GHz
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/194/29
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provides an unprecedented opportunity to study gamma-ray blazars. To capitalize on this opportunity, beginning in late 2007, about a year before the start of LAT science operations, we began a large-scale, fast-cadence 15GHz radio monitoring program with the 40m telescope at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO). This program began with the 1158 northern ({delta}>-20{deg}) sources from the Candidate Gamma-ray Blazar Survey and now encompasses over 1500 sources, each observed twice per week with about 4mJy (minimum) and 3% (typical) uncertainty. Here, we describe this monitoring program and our methods, and present radio light curves from the first two years (2008 and 2009). As a first application, we combine these data with a novel measure of light curve variability amplitude, the intrinsic modulation index, through a likelihood analysis to examine the variability properties of subpopulations of our sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/489/49
- Title:
- Observations of candidate GPS sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/489/49
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum (GPS) sources are likely the precursors of local radio galaxies. Existing GPS source samples are small (<200). We aim to extend the available sample of the Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum (GPS) and High Frequency Peaker (HFP) sources in order to study their nature with greater detail and higher statistical significance.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/778/16
- Title:
- Observations of HCO^+^ in NGC 7293
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/778/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The J=1->0 transition of HCO^+^ at 89GHz has been mapped across the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) with 70" spatial resolution (1.68km/s velocity resolution) using the Arizona Radio Observatory 12m telescope. This work is the first large-scale mapping project of a dense gas tracer (n(H_2_)~10^5^/cm3) in old planetary nebulae. Observations of over 200 positions encompassing the classical optical image were conducted with a 3{sigma} noise level of ~20mK. HCO^+^ was detected at most positions, often exhibiting multiple velocity components indicative of complex kinematic structures in dense gas. The HCO^+^ spectra suggest that the Helix is composed of a bipolar, barrel-like structure with red- and blue-shifted halves, symmetric with respect to the central star and oriented ~10{deg} east from the line of sight. A second bipolar, higher velocity outflow exists as well, situated along the direction of the Helix "plumes." The column density of HCO^+^ across the Helix is N_tot_~1.5x10^10^-5.0x10^11^/cm2, with an average value N_ave_~1x10^11^/cm2, corresponding to an abundance, relative to H_2_, of f~1.4x10^-8^. This value is similar to that observed in young PN, and contradicts chemical models, which predict that the abundance of HCO^+^ decreases with nebular age. This study indicates that polyatomic molecules readily survive the ultraviolet field of the central white dwarf, and can be useful in tracing nebular morphology in the very late stages of stellar evolution.