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90 GHz强射电源的特性

The properties of powerful radio sources at 90 GHz

M. J. Hardcastle, L. W. Looney

摘要:

我们已经观察到一个小样本的强大的双射电源(射电星系和类星体)在90 GHz左右的频率与BIMA毫米阵列,限制无线电星系的分辨率高频光谱的意图。当与我们以前观察到的其他来源和BIMA档案中的数据相结合时,这些观测使我们能够首次对射电星系致密组成部分-核心、喷流和热点-的高频行为作出一般性说明。我们发现,我们的样本中的核心保持平坦频谱高达90 GHz;在我们的新观测中,我们的一些目标中的喷气式飞机首次在90 GHz处被检测到;热点被发现几乎是普遍的,但显示出广泛的光谱特性。在少数情况下检测到射电星系扩展叶的发射,并显示出与标准光谱老化模型的预期大致一致,尽管我们详细探测这一点的能力受到BIMA灵敏度的限制。我们简要地讨论了ALMA的射电星系天体物理学的前景。

英文摘要:

We have observed a small sample of powerful double radio sources (radio galaxies and quasars) at frequencies around 90 GHz with the BIMA millimetre array, with the intention of constraining the resolved high-frequency spectra of radio galaxies. When combined with other sources we have previously observed and with data from the BIMA archive, these observations allow us for the first time to make general statements about the high-frequency behaviour of compact components of radio galaxies -- cores, jets and hotspots. We find that cores in our sample remain flat-spectrum up to 90 GHz; jets in some of our targets are detected at 90 GHz for the first time in our new observations; and hotspots are found to be almost universal, but show a wide range of spectral properties. Emission from the extended lobes of radio galaxies is detected in a few cases and shows rough consistency with the expectations from standard spectral ageing models, though our ability to probe this in detail is limited by the sensitivity of BIMA. We briefly discuss the prospects for radio-galaxy astrophysics with ALMA.

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