- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/656/A154
- Title:
- ClG 0217+70 radio images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/656/A154
- Date:
- 21 Mar 2022 09:15:55
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Megaparsec-scale radio sources in the form of halos and relics are often detected in dynamically disturbed galaxy clusters. Although they are associated with merger-induced turbulence and shocks, respectively, their formation is not fully understood. Aims. We aim to identify the mechanisms responsible for particle acceleration and magnetic field amplification in the halo and relics of the galaxy cluster ClG 0217+70. We observed ClG 0217+70 with LOFAR at 141MHz and with VLA at 1.5GHz, and we combined these observations with VLA 1.4GHz archival data to study the morphological and spectral properties of the diffuse sources.We added Chandra archival data to examine the thermal and non-thermal properties of the halo. Our LOFAR and VLA data confirm the presence of a giant radio halo in the cluster centre and multiple relics in the outskirts. The radio and X-ray emission from the halo are correlated, implying a tight relation between the thermal and non-thermal components. The diuse radio structure in the south-east, with a projected size of 3.5Mpc, is the most extended radio relic detected to date. The spectral index across the relic width steepens towards the cluster centre, suggesting electron ageing in the post-shock regions. The shock Mach numbers for the relics derived from the spectral index map range between 2.0 and 3.2. However, the integrated spectral indices lead to increasingly high Mach numbers for the relics farther from the cluster centre. This discrepancy could be because the relation between injection and integrated spectra does not hold for distant shocks, suggesting that the cooling time for the radioemitting electrons is longer than the crossing time of the shocks. The variations in the surface brightness of the relics and the low Mach numbers imply that the radio-emitting electrons are re-accelerated from fossil plasma that could originate in active galactic nuclei.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A10
- Title:
- 3C295 LOFAR, MERLIN and VLA images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A10
- Date:
- 02 Feb 2022 13:43:44
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- 3C295 is a bright, compact steep spectrum source with a well-studied integrated radio spectral energy distribution (SED) from 132MHz to 15GHz. However, spatially resolved spectral studies have been limited due to a lack of high resolution images at low radio frequencies. These frequencies are crucial for measuring absorption processes, and anchoring the overall spectral modelling of the radio SED. In this paper, we use International LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Telescope (ILT) observations of 3C295 to study its spatially resolved spectral properties with sub-arcsecond resolution at 132MHz. Combining our new 132MHz observation with archival data at 1.6GHz, 4.8GHz, and 15GHz, we are able to carryout a resolved radio spectral analysis. The spectral properties of the hotspots provides evidence for low frequency flattening. In contrast, the spectral shape across the lobes is consistent with a Jaffe-Perola spectral ageing model. Usingthe integrated spectral information for each component, we then fitted low-frequency absorption models to the hotspots,finding that both free-free absorption and synchrotron self-absorption models provide a better fit to the data than a standard power law. Although we can say there is low-frequency absorption present in the hot spots of 3C295, future observations with the Low Band Antenna of the ILT at 55MHz may allow us to distinguish the type of absorption.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/601/A124
- Title:
- Clouds in SEDIGISM science demonstration field
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/601/A124
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The origin and life-cycle of molecular clouds are still poorly constrained, despite their importance for understanding the evolution of the interstellar medium. Many large-scale surveys of the Galactic plane have been conducted recently, allowing for rapid progress in this field. Nevertheless, a sub-arcminute resolution global view of the large-scale distribution of molecular gas, from the diffuse medium to dense clouds and clumps, and of their relationship to the spiral structure, is still missing. We have carried out a systematic, homogeneous, spectroscopic survey of the inner Galactic plane, in order to complement the many continuum Galactic surveys available with crucial distance and gas-kinematic information. Our aim is to combine this data set with recent infrared to sub-millimetre surveys at similar angular resolutions. The SEDIGISM survey covers 78deg^2^ of the inner Galaxy (-60{deg}<l<+18{deg}, |b|<0.5{deg}) in the J=2-1 rotational transition of ^13^CO. This isotopologue of CO is less abundant than ^12^CO by factors up to 100. Therefore, its emission has low to moderate optical depths, and higher critical density, making it an ideal tracer of the cold, dense interstellar medium. The data have been observed with the SHFI single-pixel instrument at APEX. The observational setup covers the ^13^CO(2-1) and C^18^O(2-1) lines, plus several transitions from other molecules. The observations have been completed. Data reduction is in progress and the final data products will be made available in the near future. Here we give a detailed description of the survey and the dedicated data reduction pipeline. To illustrate the scientific potential of this survey, preliminary results based on a science demonstration field covering -20{deg}<l<-18.5{deg} are presented. Analysis of the ^13^CO(2-1) data in this field reveals compact clumps, diffuse clouds, and filamentary structures at a range of heliocentric distances. By combining our data with data in the (1-0) transition of CO isotopologues from the ThrUMMS survey, we are able to compute a 3D realization of the excitation temperature and optical depth in the interstellar medium. Ultimately, this survey will provide a detailed, global view of the inner Galactic interstellar medium at an unprecedented angular resolution of ~30".
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/531/A26
- Title:
- Clumps in W31 from CO and 875um observations
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/531/A26
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- High-mass star formation has been a very active field over the past decade; however, most studies have targeted regions of luminosities between 10^4^ and 10^5^L_{sun}_. In contrast to that, the highest mass stars reside in clusters exceeding 10^5^ or even 10^6^L_{sun}_. We want to study the physical conditions associated with the formation of the highest mass stars. To do this, we selected the W31 star-forming complex with a total luminosity of ~6x10^6^L_{sun}_ (comprised of at least two subregions) for a multiwavelength spectral line and continuum study covering wavelengths from the near- and midinfrared via (sub)mm wavelength observations to radio data in the cm regime.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/503/827
- Title:
- 6cm and 11cm polarisation maps of SNR G65.2+5.7
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/503/827
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- SNR G65.2+5.7 is one of few supernova remnants (SNRs) that have been optically detected. It is exceptionally bright in X-rays and the optical [O III]-line. Its low surface brightness and large diameter ensure that radio observations of SNR G65.2+5.7 are technically difficult and thus have hardly been completed. Many physical properties of this SNR, such as spectrum and polarization, can only be investigated by radio observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/482/783
- Title:
- 6cm and 11cm polarisation maps of SNR S147
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/482/783
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- S147 is a large faint shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) known for its remarkable spectral break at cm-wavelength, which is an important physical property to characterize SNR evolution. However, the spectral break is based on radio observations with limited precision. New sensitive observations at high frequencies are required for a detailed study of the spectral properties and the magnetic field structure of S147.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/177/515
- Title:
- 6cm and 20cm survey of Galactic Center
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/177/515
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe the results of a millijansky sensitivity VLA survey of roughly 1deg^2^ near the Galactic center at 6 and 20cm. Catalogs of compact and filamentary structures are given and compared to previous surveys of the region. Eight of the unusual nonthermal radio filaments are detected in 6cm polarized emission; three of these are the first such detections, confirming their nonthermal nature. This survey found emission from a filament at (l,b)=(359.1,0.75), or a projected distance from Sgr A* of 200pc, greatly extending the latitude range observed with such features. There is also new evidence for spatial gradients in the 6/20cm spectral indices of some filaments, and we discuss models for these gradients. In studying compact sources, the combination of spectral index and polarization information allows us to identify pulsar candidates and compact HII regions in the survey. There is also some evidence that the flux measurements of compact sources may be affected by electron scattering from the interstellar medium in the central few hundred parsecs of the Galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/227/25
- Title:
- 6 & 1.3cm deep VLA obs. toward 58 high-mass SFRs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/227/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a high-sensitivity radio continuum survey at 6 and 1.3cm using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array toward a sample of 58 high-mass star-forming regions. Our sample was chosen from dust clumps within infrared dark clouds with and without IR sources (CMC-IRs and CMCs, respectively), and hot molecular cores (HMCs), with no previous, or relatively weak radio continuum detection at the 1mJy level. Due to the improvement in the continuum sensitivity of the Very Large Array, this survey achieved map rms levels of ~3-10{mu}Jy/beam at sub-arcsecond angular resolution. We extracted 70 continuum sources associated with 1.2mm dust clumps. Most sources are weak, compact, and prime candidates for high-mass protostars. Detection rates of radio sources associated with the millimeter dust clumps for CMCs, CMC-IRs, and HMCs are 6%, 53%, and 100%, respectively. This result is consistent with increasing high-mass star formation activity from CMCs to HMCs. The radio sources located within HMCs and CMC-IRs occur close to the dust clump centers, with a median offset from it of 12000au and 4000au, respectively. We calculated 5-25GHz spectral indices using power-law fits and obtained a median value of 0.5 (i.e., flux increasing with frequency), suggestive of thermal emission from ionized jets. In this paper we describe the sample, observations, and detections.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/282/779
- Title:
- 7C 151-MHz survey of region 9-16h 20-35deg
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/282/779
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope has been used at 151 MHz to survey a region of 1393 square degrees, in the range RA 9h to 16h, Dec 20deg to 35deg, with an angular resolution of 108x108cosec(dec) arcsec^2^. The rms noise on the maps is in general ~35-55 mJy/beam but varies considerably and exceeds this in some areas. We have extracted sources with signal-to-noise ratio > 5.5, a total of 5526, and present a catalogue of their positions and flux densities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/298/637
- Title:
- 7C: 151MHz survey of 3 regions
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/298/637
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope has been used at 151MHz to survey three regions centred at RA=10h05min, DE=53{deg}54', RA=10h42min, DE=57{deg}36' and RA=13h32min, DE=38{deg}10', each of area 7.3x7.3cosec(DE)deg^2^. The resolution is 70x70cosec(DE)arcsec^2^, and the rms noise on the maps is typically 15mJy/beam. We present positions and flux densities for 2381 sources which have signal-to-noise ratios >5.5.