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极千兆赫峰谱射电源PKS B0008-421的宽带谱模拟

Broadband Spectral Modeling of the Extreme Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum Radio Source PKS B0008-421

J. R. Callingham, B. M. Gaensler, R. D. Ekers, S. J. Tingay, R. B. Wayth, J. Morgan, G. Bernardi, M. E. Bell, R. Bhat, J. D. Bowman, F. Briggs, R. J. Cappallo, … 展开作者

J. R. Callingham, B. M. Gaensler, R. D. Ekers, S. J. Tingay, R. B. Wayth, J. Morgan, G. Bernardi, M. E. Bell, R. Bhat, J. D. Bowman, F. Briggs, R. J. Cappallo, A. A. Deshpande, A. Ewall-Wice, L. Feng, L. J. Greenhill, B. J. Hazelton, L. Hindson, N. Hurley-Walker, D. C. Jacobs, M. Johnston-Hollitt, D. L. Kaplan, N. Kudrayavtseva, E. Lenc, C. J. Lonsdale, B. McKinley, S. R. McWhirter, D. A. Mitchell, M. F. Morales, E. Morgan, D. Oberoi, A. R. Offringa, S. M. Ord, B. Pindor, T. Prabu, P. Procopio, J. Riding, K. S. Srivani, R. Subrahmanyan, N. Udaya Shankar, R. L. Webster, A. Williams, C. L. Williams

摘要:

我们目前的宽带观测和光谱建模的PKS B 0008 -421,并确定它作为一个极端的千兆赫兹峰值频谱(GPS)源。PKS B 0008 -421的特点是在转换率以下的最陡已知光谱斜率,接近同步加速器自吸收的理论极限,以及任何GPS源的最小已知光谱宽度。源的光谱覆盖范围从0.118到22 GHz,其中包括来自Murchison宽场阵列和澳大利亚望远镜紧凑阵列宽带通接收器的数据。我们已经实现了一个贝叶斯推断模型拟合例程,以适应各种吸收模型的数据。我们发现,如果不包括一个高频指数突破的吸收模型不能准确地拟合的数据,在无线电频谱的峰值以上和以下的显着偏差。增加一个高频率的休息提供了可接受的光谱拟合的不均匀的自由-自由吸收和双组分同步自吸收模型,与不均匀的自由-自由吸收模型统计上的优势。高频频谱中断的要求意味着源已经停止注入新的粒子。非均匀的自由-自由吸收模型负责营业额的频谱的额外支持是由来自模型拟合的物理参数之间的一致性和指数光谱突变的影响,如源被密集的环境介质包围,以保持在千兆赫区域附近的峰值频率的必要性。PKS B 0008 -421的发现表明,下一代低射频勘测可能揭示大量已停止活动的GPS源,并且超陡频谱源群的一部分可能由这些处于遗迹阶段的GPS源组成。

英文摘要:

We present broadband observations and spectral modeling of PKS B0008-421, and identify it as an extreme gigahertz-peaked spectrum (GPS) source. PKS B0008-421 is characterized by the steepest known spectral slope below the turnover, close to the theoretical limit of synchrotron self-absorption, and the smallest known spectral width of any GPS source. Spectral coverage of the source spans from 0.118 to 22 GHz, which includes data from the Murchison Widefield Array and the wide bandpass receivers on the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We have implemented a Bayesian inference model fitting routine to fit the data with various absorption models. We find that without the inclusion of a high-frequency exponential break the absorption models can not accurately fit the data, with significant deviations above and below the peak in the radio spectrum. The addition of a high-frequency break provides acceptable spectral fits for the inhomogeneous free-free absorption and double-component synchrotron self-absorption models, with the inhomogeneous free-free absorption model statistically favored. The requirement of a high-frequency spectral break implies that the source has ceased injecting fresh particles. Additional support for the inhomogeneous free-free absorption model as being responsible for the turnover in the spectrum is given by the consistency between the physical parameters derived from the model fit and the implications of the exponential spectral break, such as the necessity of the source being surrounded by a dense ambient medium to maintain the peak frequency near the gigahertz region. The discovery of PKS B0008-421 suggests that the next generation of low radio frequency surveys could reveal a large population of GPS sources that have ceased activity, and that a portion of the ultra-steep spectrum source population could be composed of these GPS sources in a relic phase.

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