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M82核在118 MHz和154 MHz下的亚巴秒国际LOFAR无线电图像

Subarcsecond international LOFAR radio images of the M82 nucleus at 118 MHz and 154 MHz

E. Varenius, J. E. Conway, I. Martí-Vidal, R. Beswick, A. T. Deller, O. Wucknitz, N. Jackson, B. Adebahr, M. A. Pérez-Torres, K. T. Chyży, T. D. Carozzi, J. Mol… 展开作者

E. Varenius, J. E. Conway, I. Martí-Vidal, R. Beswick, A. T. Deller, O. Wucknitz, N. Jackson, B. Adebahr, M. A. Pérez-Torres, K. T. Chyży, T. D. Carozzi, J. Moldón, S. Aalto, R. Beck, P. Best, R. -J. Dettmar, W. van Driel, G. Brunetti, M. Brüggen, M. Haverkorn, G. Heald, C. Horellou, M. J. Jarvis, L. K. Morabito, G. K. Miley, H. J. A. Röttgering, M. C. Toribio, G. J. White

摘要:

附近星系M82中的核星暴为理解恒星形成的物理学提供了一个极好的实验室。这个星系在过去被广泛观察,揭示了数十个嵌入在扩散自由吸收介质中的射电明亮的紧凑物体。我们对M82中这种介质的结构和物理性质的理解可以通过低频下的高分辨率图像来大大提高,其中自由-自由吸收的影响最为突出。本研究的目的是,首先,演示使用国际基线的低频阵列(LOFAR)的成像,其次,通过在低频率的高分辨率无线电成像,以限制在M82的中央星爆区域的致密和弥散发射的低频频谱。国际LOFAR望远镜在110- 126 MHz和146- 162 MHz对M82进行了观测。使用标准技术从甚长基线干涉测量法获得图像。在每个频率范围内获得了图像:一个仅使用国际基线,一个仅使用最长的荷兰(远程)基线。在低频($<327$ MHz)下,使用国际基线获得的154 MHz图像在组合图像分辨率(0.3 $"$)和灵敏度($σ$ = 0.15 mJy/束)方面是一个新的成像记录。我们在154 MHz探测到16个物体,其中6个也在118 MHz。还发现了四个较弱但已分辨的特征:一个线性(50 pc)的灯丝和三个其他已分辨的物体,其中两个显示出清晰的壳结构。我们没有探测到任何来自超新星2008 iz或射电瞬变源43.78+59.3的辐射。使用远程基线获得的图像显示了与M82外流有关的漫射发射,在边缘形成恒星的盘区域亮度降低。

英文摘要:

The nuclear starburst in the nearby galaxy M82 provides an excellent laboratory for understanding the physics of star formation. This galaxy has been extensively observed in the past, revealing tens of radio-bright compact objects embedded in a diffuse free-free absorbing medium. Our understanding of the structure and physics of this medium in M82 can be greatly improved by high-resolution images at low frequencies where the effects of free-free absorption are most prominent. The aims of this study are, firstly, to demonstrate imaging using international baselines of the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), and secondly, to constrain low-frequency spectra of compact and diffuse emission in the central starburst region of M82 via high-resolution radio imaging at low frequencies. The international LOFAR telescope was used to observe M82 at 110-126MHz and 146-162MHz. Images were obtained using standard techniques from very long baseline interferometry. images were obtained at each frequency range: one only using international baselines, and one only using the longest Dutch (remote) baselines. The 154MHz image obtained using international baselines is a new imaging record in terms of combined image resolution (0.3$"$) and sensitivity ($σ$=0.15mJy/beam) at low frequencies ($<327$MHz). We detected 16 objects at 154MHz, six of these also at 118MHz. Four weaker but resolved features are also found: a linear (50pc) filament and three other resolved objects, of which two show a clear shell structure. We do not detect any emission from either supernova 2008iz or from the radio transient source 43.78+59.3. The images obtained using remote baselines show diffuse emission, associated with the outflow in M82, with reduced brightness in the region of the edge-on star-forming disk.

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