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低射频下Cas A的演变

The Evolution of Cas A at Low Radio Frequencies

J. F. Helmboldt, N. E. Kassim

摘要:

我们已经使用档案74 MHz VLA数据跨越过去15年的新数据,从长波长演示阵列(LWDA)和文献中的数据,涵盖了过去50年来探索的演变Cas A在低射频。我们发现,在50年的时间里,Cas A在~80 MHz的通量密度的长期下降相当稳定,以0.7-0.8%的年^-1速率下降。这与先前在低至38 MHz的频率下的估计完全一致,表明长期减少在低频下大致相同,至少在38和80 MHz之间。我们还发现了强有力的证据,多达四个模式的流量密度振荡的缓慢的长期减少的周期为3.10+/-0.02$yr,5.1+/-0.3yr,9.0+/-0.2yr,24+/-2yr。这也与以前看到的几年一次的波动相一致。这些结果提供了令人信服的动机,一个彻底的低频监测活动的Cas A,以约束这些波动的性质和物理起源,并能够更好地预测通量密度的Cas A在任何给定的时期,使它可以被用作一个可靠的低频校准器。

英文摘要:

We have used archival 74 MHz VLA data spanning the last 15 years in combination with new data from the Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array (LWDA) and data from the literature covering the last 50 years to explore the evolution of Cas A at low radio frequencies. We find that the secular decrease of the flux density of Cas A at ~80 MHz is rather stable over five decades of time, decreasing at a rate of 0.7-0.8% yr^-1. This is entirely consistent with previous estimates at frequencies as low as 38 MHz, indicating that the secular decrease is roughly the same at low frequencies, at least between 38 and 80 MHz. We also find strong evidence for as many as four modes of flux density oscillation about the slower secular decrease with periods of 3.10+/-0.02$ yr, 5.1+/-0.3 yr, 9.0+/-0.2 yr, and 24+/-2 yr. These are also consistent with fluctuations seen previously to occur on scales of a few years. These results provide compelling motivation for a thorough low frequency monitoring campaign of Cas A to constrain the nature and physical origins of these fluctuations, and to be able to better predict the flux density of Cas A at any given epoch so that it may be used as a reliable low frequency calibrator.

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