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321. Comet 46P/Wirtanen millimetre-wave spectra
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/648/A49
Title:
Comet 46P/Wirtanen millimetre-wave spectra
Short Name:
J/A+A/648/A49
Date:
08 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results of a molecular survey of comet 46P/Wirtanen undertaken with the IRAM 30-m and NOEMA radio telescopes in December 2018. Observations at IRAM 30-m during the 12-18 Dec. period comprise a 2mm spectral survey, which covers 25GHz, and a 1mm survey which covers 62GHz. The gas outflow velocity and kinetic temperature have been accurately constrained by the observations. We derive abundances of 11 molecules, some being identified remotely for the first time in a Jupiter-family comet, including complex organic molecules such as formamide, ethylene glycol, acetaldehyde or ethanol. Sensitive upper limits on the abundances of 24 other molecules are obtained. The comet is found to be relatively rich in methanol (3.4% relative to water) but relatively depleted in CO, CS, HNC, HNCO or HCOOH.
322. CO molecular clouds in Carina flare supershell
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/60/1297
Title:
CO molecular clouds in Carina flare supershell
Short Name:
J/PASJ/60/1297
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalogue of ^12^CO(J=1-0) and ^13^CO(J=1-0) molecular clouds in the spatio-velocity range of the Carina Flare supershell, GSH287+04-17. The data cover a region of ~66 square degrees and were taken with the NANTEN 4m telescope, at spatial and velocity resolutions of ~2.6' and 0.1km/s. Decomposition of the emission results in the identification of 156 ^12^CO clouds and 60 ^13^CO clouds, for which we provide observational and physical parameters.
323. CO molecular clouds in southern Galactic Warp
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/57/917
Title:
CO molecular clouds in southern Galactic Warp
Short Name:
J/PASJ/57/917
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We made an unbiased search for molecular clouds in the Galactic Warp. This survey, covering an area of 56 square degrees at l=252{deg} to 266{deg} and b=-5{deg} to -1{deg}, revealed 70 molecular clouds, while only 6 clouds were previously known in this sector at R>~14.5kpc.
324. Compact bright radio-loud AGNs. III. VLBA 43GHz
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/247/57
Title:
Compact bright radio-loud AGNs. III. VLBA 43GHz
Short Name:
J/ApJS/247/57
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results from the 43GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations of 124 compact radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that were conducted between 2014 November and 2016 May. The typical dimensions of the restoring beam in each image are about 0.5masx0.2mas. The highest resolution of 0.2mas corresponds to a physical size of 0.02pc for the lowest redshift source in the sample. The 43GHz very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) images of 97 AGNs are presented for the first time. We study the source compactness on milliarcsecond and submilliarcsecond scales, and suggest that 95 sources in our sample are suitable for future space VLBI observations. By analyzing our data supplemented with other VLBA AGN surveys from the literature, we find that the core brightness temperature increases with increasing frequency below a break frequency ~7GHz, and decreases between ~7 and 240GHz but increases again above 240GHz in the rest frame of the sources. This indicates that the synchrotron opacity changes from optically thick to thin. We also find a strong statistical correlation between radio and {gamma}-ray flux densities. Our correlation is tighter than those in the literature derived from lower-frequency VLBI data, suggesting that the {gamma}-ray emission is produced more cospatially with the 43GHz VLBA core emission. This correlation can also be extrapolated to the unbeamed AGN population, implying that a universal {gamma}-ray production mechanism might be at work for all types of AGNs.
325. Compact radio sources at -30<Dec<0
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/145/83
Title:
Compact radio sources at -30<Dec<0
Short Name:
J/ApJS/145/83
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalog of 321 compact radio sources in the declination range 0{deg}>{delta}>-30{deg}. The positions of these sources have been measured with a two-dimensional rms accuracy of 35milliarcseconds using the NRAO Very Large Array. Each source has a peak flux density >50mJy at 8.4GHz. We intend for this catalog to be used mainly for selection of phase calibration sources for radio interferometers, although compact radio sources have other scientific uses.
326. Compact Radio Sources in & behind LMC catalogue
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/126/325
Title:
Compact Radio Sources in & behind LMC catalogue
Short Name:
J/A+AS/126/325
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results of a continuum snapshot survey of a 3x4{deg}^2^ region of the Large Magellanic Cloud including the area of the giant molecular cloud and the 30 Doradus nebula. The observations have been carried out with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at 1.4 and 2.4GHz. Most fields are complete to about 6mJy peak flux density at 1.4GHz and to about 3mJy at 2.4GHz. The positions, peak and integral flux densities of 113 compact (<54") sources detected at 1.4GHz and of 70 sources (<34") detected at 2.4GHz are presented. Positions are accurate to about 3" and peak flux densities are accurate to about 10% or better, depending on the source position relative to the pointing centers. 32 of the sources detected at 1.4GHz are coincident with H{alpha} objects in the catalogue of Davies, Elliot and Meaburn (1976MmRAS..81...89D); these are possibly intrinsic to the LMC. However, we suppose that most are background objects, since the number vs. flux agrees with predictions of extragalactic source counts from other surveys.
327. Compact radio sources in NGC 6334D to F
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/610/A27
Title:
Compact radio sources in NGC 6334D to F
Short Name:
J/A+A/610/A27
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The presence and properties of compact radio sources embedded in massive star forming regions can reveal important physical properties about these regions and the processes occurring within them. The NGC 6334 complex, a massive star forming region, has been studied extensively. Nevertheless, none of these studies has focused in its content in compact radio sources. Aims. Our goal here is to report on a systematic census of the compact radio sources toward NGC 6334, and their characteristics. This will be used to attempt to define their very nature. We used the VLA C band (4-8GHz) archive data with 0.36" (500AU) of spatial resolution and noise level of 50Jy/bm to carry out a systematic search for compact radio sources within NGC 6334. We also searched for infrared counterparts to provide some constraints on the nature of the detected radio sources. A total of 83 compact sources and three slightly resolved sources were detected. Most of them are here reported for the first time. We found that 29 of these 86 sources have infrared counterparts and three are highly variable. Region D contains 18 of these sources. The compact source toward the center, in projection, of region E is also detected. From statistical analyses, we suggest that the 83 reported compact sources are real and most of them are related to NGC 6334 itself. A stellar nature for 27 of them is confirmed by their IR emission. Compared with Orion, region D suffers a deficit of compact radio sources. The infrared nebulosities around two of the slightly resolved sources are suggested to be warm dust, and we argue that the associated radio sources trace free-free emission from ionized material. We confirm the thermal radio emission of the compact source in region E. However, its detection at infrared wavelengths implies that it is located in the foreground of the molecular cloud. Finally, three strongly variable sources are suggested to be magnetically active young stars.
328. Compact radio sources in spiral galaxies. II.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/133/2559
Title:
Compact radio sources in spiral galaxies. II.
Short Name:
J/AJ/133/2559
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report the analysis of deep radio observations of the interacting galaxy system M51 from the Very Large Array, with the goal of understanding the nature of the population of compact radio sources in nearby spiral galaxies. We detect 107 compact radio sources, 64% of which have optical counterparts in a deep H{alpha} Hubble Space Telescope image. Thirteen of the radio sources have X-ray counterparts from a Chandra observation of M51. We find that six of the associated H{alpha} sources are young supernova remnants (SNRs) with resolved shells. Most of the SNRs exhibit steep radio continuum spectral indices consistent with synchrotron emission. We detect emission from the Type Ic SN 1994I nearly a decade after explosion: the emission (160+/-22uJy/beam at 20cm, 46+/-11uJy/beam at 6cm, {alpha}=-1.02+/-0.28) is consistent with light-curve models for Type Ib/Ic supernovae. We detect X-ray emission from the supernova; however, no optical counterpart is present. We report on the analysis of the Seyfert 2 nucleus in this galaxy, including the evidence for bipolar outflows from the central black hole.
329. Compact radio sources in the galactic plane
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/586
Title:
Compact radio sources in the galactic plane
Short Name:
J/AJ/130/586
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Archival data have been combined with recent observations of the Galactic plane using the Very Large Array to create new catalogs of compact centimetric radio sources. The 20cm source catalog covers a longitude range of -20{deg}<l<120{deg} the latitude coverage varies from +/-0.8{deg} to +/-2.7{deg}. The total survey area is about 331{deg}^2^; coverage is 90% complete at a flux density threshold of about 14mJy, and over 5000 sources are recorded. The 6cm catalog covers 43{deg}^2^ in the region -10{deg}<l<42{deg}, |b|<0.4{deg} to a 90% completeness threshold of 2.9mJy; over 2700 sources are found. Both surveys have an angular resolution of about 6". These catalogs provide a 30% (at 20cm) to 50% (at 6cm) increase in the number of high-reliability compact sources in the Galactic plane, as well as greatly improved astrometry, uniformity, and reliability; they should prove useful for comparison with new mid- and far-infrared surveys of the Milky Way.
330. Compact radio sources near Galactic center
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/91/503
Title:
Compact radio sources near Galactic center
Short Name:
J/AZh/91/503
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using literature data on approximately 400 compact radio sources detected with the Very Large Array and located in the direction of the Galactic center within 2{deg} of the compact source Sgr A*, 69 sources whose angular sizes are determined by scattering on electron density inhomogeneities were distinguished. Fifty-five of these are extragalactic, two are supercompact HII regions, ten are sources of maser emission, and two are variable Galactic sources. The excess of the apparent angular sizes of maser sources within 2{deg} of the Galactic center above the mean size of objects of this class in other parts of the Galaxy found in many studies cannot be explained purely by the effect of scattering of their radio emission on interstellar plasma inhomogeneities. The angular sizes of these objects are increased due to scattering only within Galactic longitudes of about 0.4{deg} and Galactic latitudes less than 0.1{deg}. The turbulent medium responsible for scattering of radio emission of compact sources in the immediate vicinity of the Galactic center is strongly concentrated toward the compact source Sgr A* at the Galactic center. No extragalactic sources are observed within 0.4{deg} in longitude and 0.2{deg} in latitude of the Galactic center, because of their low brightness due to the superstrong scattering in this region. Data on scatter broadening can be used to study the distribution of turbulent plasma near the Galactic center.