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mJIVE-20:用甚长基线天线阵对紧凑型mJy射电天体的巡天

mJIVE-20: a survey for compact mJy radio objects with the Very Long Baseline Array

A. T. Deller, E. Middelberg

摘要:

我们介绍了20 cm处mJy成像VLBA探测(mJIVE-20)的描述和早期结果。mJIVE-20是甚长基线阵列上的一个大型项目,它利用“填充”时间系统地检查从甚大阵列进行的第一次调查中预先选择的mJy射电源的大样本,以确定可能存在的任何致密发射。VLBA新提供的多场能力使我们有可能每小时观察时间检查100个源,检测灵敏度为6.75 sigma,约为1 mJy/束。mJIVE-20调查的结果在数据校准后立即公布。经过18个月的观测,已经检查了20,000多个FIRST源,其中VLBI探测到4,336个。这些初步结果表明,在1 - 200 mJy的范围内,较暗的源比较亮的源更有可能由非常紧凑的组件主导。超过一半的弧秒尺度的mJy射电源包含一个紧凑的组成部分,虽然占主导地位的毫弧秒尺度结构的源的比例较小,在30- 35%,增加对较低的通量密度。根据光源的光学分类,可以看到显着的差异。在斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)中,与恒星/点状对应的射电源更有可能被整体探测到,但这种探测可能性似乎与角秒尺度的射电源通量密度无关;较暗源的射电源密度更高的趋势仅限于SDSS星系和未探测到。这些结果是一致的活动星系核的统一模型,其中较少的发光源平均较慢的无线电喷流,在更广泛的视角范围内的紧凑的核心发射较低的多普勒抑制。(节略)

英文摘要:

We present the description and early results of the mJy Imaging VLBA Exploration at 20 cm (mJIVE-20). mJIVE-20 is a large project on the Very Long Baseline Array which uses "filler" time to systematically inspect a large sample of mJy radio sources, pre-selected from the FIRST survey made with the Very Large Array, to identify any compact emission which may be present. The newly available multifield capability of the VLBA makes it possible for us to inspect of order 100 sources per hour of observing time with a 6.75 sigma detection sensitivity of approximately 1 mJy/beam. The results of the mJIVE-20 survey are made publicly available as soon as the data are calibrated. After 18 months of observing, over 20,000 FIRST sources have been inspected, with 4,336 VLBI detections. These initial results suggest that within the range 1 - 200 mJy, fainter sources are somewhat more likely to be dominated by a very compact component than brighter sources. Over half of all arcsecond-scale mJy radio sources contain a compact component, although the fraction of sources which are dominated by milliarcsecond scale structure is smaller at 30-35%, increasing towards lower flux densities. Significant differences are seen depending on the optical classification of the source. Radio sources with a stellar/point-like counterpart in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) are more likely to be detected overall, but this detection likelihood appears to be independent of the arcsecond-scale radio flux density; the trend towards higher radio compactness for fainter sources is confined to SDSS galaxies and non-detections. These results are consistent with a unification model of AGN in which less luminous sources have on average slower radio jets, with lower Doppler suppression of compact core emission over a wider range of viewing angles. (abridged)

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