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X形射电源的概图I。VLA对52个离轴畸变源的测量

The Abundance of X-Shaped Radio Sources I. VLA Survey of 52 Sources With Off-Axis Distortions

David H. Roberts, Jake P. Cohen, Jing Lu, Lakshmi Saripalli, Ravi Subrahmanyan

摘要:

Cheung使用NRAO FIRST巡天发现了100个候选X形射电星系的样本;这些都是具有离轴发射的小轴比扩展射电源。在这里,我们提出了52个这些来源,已从档案甚大阵列数据分辨率约1弧秒的无线电图像。52个中的51个在1.4 GHz下观察到,7个在1.4 GHz和5 GHz下观察到,1个仅在5 GHz下观察到。我们还提供了48个源的SDSS红色图像的叠加,以及其余源的DSS II叠加。光学对应物已被确定为大多数来源,但仍有一些空白领域。我们的高分辨率VLA图像以及样本中源的FIRST调查图像显示,具有小轴比的扩展河外射电源主要(60%)是具有离轴扩展的双瓣的双射电源,通常具有反转对称结构。现有的射电图像表明,最多20%的源可能是真正的X形射电源,可能是由中断和轴翻转后重新开始的波束在新的方向形成的。剩下的20%不属于这两类。这个结果对引力波背景的影响在Roberts、Saripalli和Subrahmanyan中讨论过。

英文摘要:

Cheung identified a sample of 100 candidate X-shaped radio galaxies using the NRAO FIRST survey; these are small-axial-ratio extended radio sources with off-axis emission. Here we present radio images of 52 of these sources that have been made from archival Very Large Array data with resolution of about 1 arcsec. Fifty-one of the 52 were observed at 1.4 GHz, seven were observed at 1.4 GHz and 5 GHz, and one was observed only at 5 GHz. We also present overlays of the SDSS red images for 48 of the sources, and DSS II overlays for the remainder. Optical counterparts have been identified for most sources, but there remain a few empty fields. Our higher resolution VLA images along with FIRST survey images of the sources in the sample reveal that extended extragalactic radio sources with small axial ratios are largely (60%) cases of double radio sources with twin lobes that have off-axis extensions, usually with inversion-symmetric structure. The available radio images indicate that at most 20% sources might be genuine X-shaped radio sources that could have formed by a restarting of beams in a new direction following an interruption and axis flip. The remaining 20% are in neither of these categories. The implications of this result for the gravitational wave background are discussed in Roberts, Saripalli, and Subrahmanyan.

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