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从P(D)起伏分析得到的深3GHz数计数

Deep 3 GHz Number Counts from a P(D) Fluctuation Analysis

T. Vernstrom, Douglas Scott, J. V. Wall, J. J. Condon, W. D. Cotton, E. B. Fomalont, K. I. Kellermann, N. Miller, R. A. Perley

摘要:

射电源的数量限制了星系的数量和演化,以及全球恒星形成的历史。然而,有相当大的分歧之间公布的1.4 GHz源计数低于100微焦。本文提出了一种利用卡尔·G. Jansky甚大阵列(VLA)我们分析了混淆幅度分布P(D),这提供了一种新的方法,以更强大的模型的形式,具有全面的误差分析。我们测试了这种方法的大规模模拟,将聚类和有限的源大小。我们详细讨论了我们的统计方法,使用蒙特卡罗马尔可夫链拟合,处理相关性,和系统误差从使用宽带无线电干涉数据。我们证明了源数可以被限制到50 nJy,比均方根混淆低20倍。我们发现在10微焦耳附近的差分源计数具有-1.7的斜率,在较弱的通量密度下减小到约-1.4。在3GHz处,8arcsec FWHM波束的均方根混淆为~ 1.2微焦/波束,并且无线电背景温度为~ 14 mK。我们的计算结果与已发表的进化模型基本一致。通过这些结果,我们还能够将任何可能的新射电群的欧几里得归一化差分源计数峰值限制为50 nJy,这些射电群将对宇宙射电背景产生贡献。

英文摘要:

Radio source counts constrain galaxy populations and evolution, as well as the global star formation history. However, there is considerable disagreement among the published 1.4-GHz source counts below 100 microJy. Here we present a statistical method for estimating the microJy and even sub-microJy source count using new deep wide-band 3-GHz data in the Lockman Hole from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). We analyzed the confusion amplitude distribution P(D), which provides a fresh approach in the form of a more robust model, with a comprehensive error analysis. We tested this method on a large-scale simulation, incorporating clustering and finite source sizes. We discuss in detail our statistical methods for fitting using Monte Carlo Markov chains, handling correlations, and systematic errors from the use of wide-band radio interferometric data. We demonstrated that the source count can be constrained down to 50 nJy, a factor of 20 below the rms confusion. We found the differential source count near 10 microJy to have a slope of -1.7, decreasing to about -1.4 at fainter flux densities. At 3GHz the rms confusion in an 8arcsec FWHM beam is ~ 1.2 microJy/beam, and a radio background temperature ~ 14mK. Our counts are broadly consistent with published evolutionary models. With these results we were also able to constrain the peak of the Euclidean normalized differential source count of any possible new radio populations that would contribute to the cosmic radio background down to 50 nJy.

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