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使用GMRT和VLA在Lockman Hole进行深部多频无线电成像:I. sub-mJy无线电群的性质

Deep multi-frequency radio imaging in the Lockman Hole using the GMRT and VLA: I. The nature of the sub-mJy radio population

Edo Ibar, R. J. Ivison, A. D. Biggs, D. V. Lal, P. N. Best, D. A. Green

摘要:

我们描述了多频数据,旨在探测微弱射电源中占主导地位的发射机制。我们的分析是基于观测的洛克曼洞使用GMRT -最深的610 MHz成像尚未报告-连同1.4 GHz的成像从VLA,以及匹配的分辨率和灵敏度的GMRT数据。将GMRT和VLA数据进行交叉匹配,得到微弱射电辐射源的射电谱指数。统计分析表明,作为通量密度的函数,中值光谱指数α没有明显的演变。根据几乎无偏的10-sigma准则,发现α为-0.6到-0.7,低至S(1.4GHz)>~ 100 μ J γ的通量水平。倒置谱源(α> 0)的比例小于10%。结果表明,最普遍的发射机制在次mJy制度是光学薄同步加速器,排除了占主导地位的平坦频谱或超陡频谱的射电人口。光谱指数分布有一个显着的分散,0.4-0.5,这表明在所有流量水平的不同人群的混合物。用X射线辐射对射电源进行光谱分类,我们估计出在30 <~ S(1.4GHz)<300 μ J γ的射电宁静活动星系核的比例约为25 +/-10%,这表明恒星形成星系在亚mJ γ区域占主导地位。

英文摘要:

We describe multi-frequency data designed to probe the emission mechanism that dominates in faint radio sources. Our analysis is based on observations of the Lockman Hole using the GMRT - the deepest 610-MHz imaging yet reported - together with 1.4-GHz imaging from the VLA, well matched in resolution and sensitivity to the GMRT data. The GMRT and VLA data are cross-matched to obtain the radio spectral indices for the faint radio emitters. Statistical analyses show no clear evolution for the median spectral index, alpha, as a function of flux density. alpha is found to be -0.6 to -0.7, based on an almost unbiased 10-sigma criterion, down to a flux level of S(1.4GHz) >~ 100uJy. The fraction of inverted spectrum sources (alpha > 0) is less than 10%. The results suggest that the most prevalent emission mechanism in the sub-mJy regime is optically-thin synchrotron, ruling out a dominant flat spectrum or ultra-steep spectrum radio population. The spectral index distribution has a significant scatter, 0.4-0.5, which suggests a mixture of different populations at all flux levels. Spectroscopic classification of radio sources with X-ray emission has allowed us to estimate that the fraction of radio-quiet AGN at 30 <~ S(1.4GHz) < 300uJy is roughly 25 +/- 10%, suggesting that star-forming galaxies dominate the sub-mJy regime.

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