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FIRST调查中的可变和瞬态射电源

Variable and Transient Radio Sources in the FIRST Survey

Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, David J. Helfand, Richard L. White, Robert H. Becker

摘要:

使用FIRST调查的约55,000张快照图像对可变和瞬态射电源进行了全面搜索。我们提出了一个分析,导致发现1,627个变量和瞬态对象下降到mJy的水平在广泛的时间尺度(几分钟到几年)。观察到的变化范围从20%到25倍。对应物的多波长匹配揭示了表现出可变性的不同类别的物体,从附近的恒星和类星体到星系和遥远的类星体。有趣的是,样本中超过一半的物体在任何其他波长处都没有分类对应物或没有对应的源,需要多波长跟踪观测。我们讨论这些类别的变量和推测缺乏多波长对应物的对象的身份。

英文摘要:

A comprehensive search for variable and transient radio sources has been conducted using ~55,000 snapshot images of the FIRST survey. We present an analysis leading to the discovery of 1,627 variable and transient objects down to mJy levels over a wide range of timescales (few minutes to years). Variations observed range from 20% to a factor of 25. Multi-wavelength matching for counterparts reveals the diverse classes of objects exhibiting variability, ranging from nearby stars and pulsars to galaxies and distant quasars. Interestingly, more than half of the objects in the sample have either no classified counterparts or no corresponding sources at any other wavelength and require multi-wavelength follow-up observations. We discuss these classes of variables and speculate on the identity of objects that lack multi-wavelength counterparts.

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