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基于NVSS和FIRST观测的1.4 GHz变源结构函数

The structure function of variable 1.4 GHz radio sources based on NVSS and FIRST observations

Eran O. Ofek, Dale A. Frail

摘要:

我们增加了两个最宽/最深的1.4 GHz无线电调查:NRAO VLA巡天(NVSS)和无线电天空的微弱图像在二十厘米(FIRST),与平均历元,每个源被观察到。我们使用这些目录来搜索未解决的源之间的第一和NVSS时代的变化。我们发现43个变量源(0.1%的源),其变化超过4西格玛,我们构建这些对象的平均结构函数。这使我们能够在几个月到大约五年的时间尺度上探索无线电变化。我们发现,在这些时间尺度上,可变源的平均结构函数是一致的平坦结构函数。对这些观测结果的一个合理解释是,1.4 GHz处的大部分变化是由星际介质中的微扰引起的,而不是由固有的变化引起的。最后,对于一个子样本的变量的红移是可用的,我们没有找到强有力的证据之间的相关性的变化幅度和源红移。

英文摘要:

We augment the two widest/deepest 1.4 GHz radio surveys: the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) and the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters (FIRST), with the mean epoch in which each source was observed. We use these catalogs to search for unresolved sources which vary between the FIRST and NVSS epochs. We find 43 variable sources (0.1% of the sources) which vary by more than 4 sigma, and we construct the mean structure function of these objects. This enables us to explore radio variability on time scales between several months and about five years. We find that on these time scales, the mean structure function of the variable sources is consistent with a flat structure function. A plausible explanation to these observations is that a large fraction of the variability at 1.4 GHz is induced by scintillations in the interstellar medium, rather than by intrinsic variability. Finally, for a sub sample of the variables for which the redshift is available, we do not find strong evidence for a correlation between the variability amplitude and the source redshift.

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