- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/490/1202
- Title:
- ASKAP EMU ESP, Radio Continuum Survey of the SMC
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/490/1202
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present two new radio continuum images from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathnder (ASKAP) survey in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). These images are part of the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) Early Science Project (ESP) survey of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds. The two new source lists produced from these images contain radio continuum sources observed at 960MHz (4489 sources) and 1320MHz (5954 sources) with a bandwidth of 192MHz and beam sizes of 30.0"x30.0" and 16.3"x15.1", respectively. The median Root Mean Squared (RMS) noise values are 186Jy/beam (960MHz) and 165Jy/beam (1320MHz). To create point source catalogues, we use these two source lists, together with the previously published Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) point source catalogues to estimate spectral indices for the whole population of radio point sources found in the survey region. Combining our ASKAP catalogues with these radio continuum surveys, we found 7736 point-like sources in common over an area of 30deg^2^. In addition, we report the detection of two new, low surface brightness supernova remnant candidates in the SMC. The high sensitivity of the new ASKAP ESP survey also enabled us to detect the bright end of the SMC planetary nebula sample, with 22 out of 102 optically known planetary nebulae showing point-like radio continuum emission. Lastly, we present several morphologically interesting background radio galaxies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/753/83
- Title:
- Associations to 1FGL sources
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/753/83
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) First Source Catalog (1FGL) provided spatial, spectral, and temporal properties for a large number of {gamma}-ray sources using a uniform analysis method. After correlating with the most-complete catalogs of source types known to emit {gamma} rays, 630 of these sources are "unassociated" (i.e., have no obvious counterparts at other wavelengths). Here, we employ two statistical analyses of the primary {gamma}-ray characteristics for these unassociated sources in an effort to correlate their {gamma}-ray properties with the active galactic nucleus (AGN) and pulsar populations in 1FGL. Based on the correlation results, we classify 221 AGN-like and 134 pulsar-like sources in the 1FGL unassociated sources. The results of these source "classifications" appear to match the expected source distributions, especially at high Galactic latitudes. While useful for planning future multiwavelength follow-up observations, these analyses use limited inputs, and their predictions should not be considered equivalent to "probable source classes" for these sources. We discuss multiwavelength results and catalog cross-correlations to date, and provide new source associations for 229 Fermi-LAT sources that had no association listed in the 1FGL catalog. By validating the source classifications against these new associations, we find that the new association matches the predicted source class in ~80% of the sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/884/100
- Title:
- Astrochemical study along M83 circumnuclear ring
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/884/100
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report an astrochemical study on the evolution of interstellar molecular clouds and consequent star formation in the center of the barred spiral galaxy M83. We used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to image molecular species indicative of shocks (SiO and CH_3_OH), dense cores (N_2_H^+^), and photodissociation regions (CN and CCH), as well as a radio recombination line (H41{alpha}) tracing active star-forming regions. M83 has a circumnuclear gas ring that is joined at two intersections by gas streams from the leading- edge gas lanes on the bar. We found elevated abundances of the shock and dense-core tracers in one of the orbit-intersecting areas, and found peaks of CN and H41{alpha} downstream. In the other orbit-intersection area, we found a similar enhancement of the shock tracers, but less variation of other tracers, and no sign of active star formation in the stream. We propose that the observed chemical variation or lack of it is due to the presence or absence of collision-induced evolution of molecular clouds and induced star formation. This work presents the clearest case of the chemical evolution in the circumnuclear rings of barred galaxies thanks to the ALMA resolution and sensitivity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/618/A80
- Title:
- Astrometric classification of 647 VLBI sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/618/A80
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the result of our Allan standard deviation based classification according to their astrometric stability. The classification is divided into three categories (stable sources, intermediate sources, unstable sources). Stability of sources is qualified by the astrometric behavior of the source. This determines in which category the source falls into. Then, stability of the source is also quantified by a stability index (two are proposed in the table). Those indexes enable to order sources in each category of the classification.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/510/A10
- Title:
- Astrometric positions of radio sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/510/A10
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We discuss the results of an investigation of astrometric positions of extragalactic radio sources from a list for the International Celestial Reference Frame.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/592/A42
- Title:
- A study of dust nucleation in Mira. Part I.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/592/A42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Dust is efficiently produced by cool giant stars, but the condensation of inorganic dust is poorly understood. Observations of key aluminum bearing molecules around evolved stars has enabled us to investigate the nucleation of alumina (Al_2_O_3_) dust in the gas. Aims. We aim to identify and characterize aluminum bearing species in the circumstellar gas of Mira (o Ceti) in order to elucidate their role in the production of Al_2_O_3_ dust. We used multiepoch spectral line observations at (sub-)millimeter, far-infrared, and optical wavelengths including: maps with ALMA that probe the gas distribution in the immediate vicinity of the star at ~30mas; observations with ALMA, APEX, and Herschel in 2013-2015 for studying cycle and inter-cycle variability of the rotational lines of Al-bearing molecules; optical records as far back as 1965 to examine variations in electronic transitions over time spans of days to decades; and velocity measurements and excitation analysis of the spectral features that constrain the physical parameters of the gas.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VIII/58
- Title:
- A Survey of Radio H II Regions in the Northern Sky
- Short Name:
- VIII/58
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Nearly 500 radio continuum sources near the Galactic plane at declinations greater than -37 degrees were examined for radio recombination line emission to see if they might be HII regions. A total of 462 were detected, about half of these for the first time. The data are presented in an extensive table. Among the newly discovered nebulae are several with recombinations lines so narrow that their electron temperature must be less than 4600 K. In one case the line width (in several transitions) is only 11.6 km/s, requiring electron temperatures less than about 2900 K.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/281/15
- Title:
- Asymmetries in radio source structures
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/281/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/354/305
- Title:
- ATCA 18GHz pilot survey first results
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/354/305
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As a pilot study for the first all-sky radio survey at short wavelengths, we have observed 1216deg^2^ of the southern sky at 18GHz (16mm) using a novel wide-band (3.4-GHz bandwidth) analogue correlator on one baseline of the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We scanned a region of sky between declination -71{deg} and -59{deg} with an rms noise level of 15mJy. Follow-up radio imaging of candidate sources above a 4{sigma} detection limit of 60mJy resulted in 221 confirmed detections, for which we have measured accurate positions and flux densities. For extragalactic sources, the survey is roughly 70 per cent complete at a flux density of 126mJy and 95 per cent complete above 300mJy. Almost half the detected sources lie within a few degrees of the Galactic plane, but there are 123 sources with |b|>5{deg}, which can be assumed to be extragalactic.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/244/7
- Title:
- ATCA HI absorption survey in Magellanic clouds. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/244/7
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first results from the Small Magellanic Cloud portion of a new Australia Telescope Compact Array HI absorption survey of both of the Magellanic Clouds, comprising over 800hr of observations. Our new HI absorption line data allow us to measure the temperature and fraction of cold neutral gas in a low-metallicity environment. We observed 22 separate fields, targeting a total of 55 continuum sources, against 37 of which we detected HI absorption; from this we measure a column-density-weighted mean average spin temperature of <Ts>=150K. Splitting the spectra into individual absorption line features, we estimate the temperatures of different gas components and find an average cold gas temperature of ~30K for this sample, lower than the average of ~40K in the Milky Way. The HI appears to be evenly distributed throughout the SMC, and we detect absorption in 67% of the lines of sight in our sample, including some outside the main body of the galaxy (N_HI_>2x10^21^cm^-2^). The optical depth and temperature of the cold neutral atomic gas show no strong trend with location spatially or in velocity. Despite the low-metallicity environment, we find an average cold gas fraction of ~20%, not dissimilar from that of the Milky Way.