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探测15.7 GHz的微弱源群

Exploring the faint source population at 15.7 GHz

Imogen H. Whittam, Julia M. Riley, David A. Green, Matt J. Jarvis

摘要:

我们讨论我们目前的理解微弱的,高频无线电天空的性质。在15.7 GHz的第十次剑桥(10 C)调查是迄今为止最深的高频无线电调查,覆盖12平方度,完整性限制为0.5 mJy,使其成为研究这一群体的理想起点。在这项工作中,我们将10 C调查与几个较低频率的无线电目录和广泛的多波长数据(近红外和远红外,光学和X射线)相匹配。我们发现一个显着增加的比例,平谱源在流量密度低于1毫焦耳-15.7 GHz和610 MHz之间的中值无线电频谱指数的变化从0.75的流量密度大于1.5毫焦耳的流量密度小于0.8毫焦耳的流量密度为0.08。多波长分析显示,绝大多数(> 94%)的10 C源是射电星系;因此,这些微弱、平坦的光谱源很可能是射电星系核心在高频下占主导地位的结果。我们使用新的观测结果将这项研究扩展到更微弱的通量密度,将15.7 GHz的射电源计数计算到0.1 mJy,比以前的研究深5倍。没有证据表明有新的来源,表明高频天空继续由射电星系主导,至少为0.1 mJy。

英文摘要:

We discuss our current understanding of the nature of the faint, high-frequency radio sky. The Tenth Cambridge (10C) survey at 15.7 GHz is the deepest high-frequency radio survey to date, covering 12 square degrees to a completeness limit of 0.5 mJy, making it the ideal starting point from which to study this population. In this work we have matched the 10C survey to several lower-frequency radio catalogues and a wide range of multi-wavelength data (near- and far-infrared, optical and X-ray). We find a significant increase in the proportion of flat-spectrum sources at flux densities below 1 mJy - the median radio spectral index between 15.7 GHz and 610 MHz changes from 0.75 for flux densities greater than 1.5 mJy to 0.08 for flux densities less than 0.8 mJy. The multi-wavelength analysis shows that the vast majority (> 94 percent) of the 10C sources are radio galaxies; it is therefore likely that these faint, flat spectrum sources are a result of the cores of radio galaxies becoming dominant at high frequencies. We have used new observations to extend this study to even fainter flux densities, calculating the 15.7-GHz radio source count down to 0.1 mJy, a factor of five deeper than previous studies. There is no evidence for a new population of sources, showing that the high-frequency sky continues to be dominated by radio galaxies down to at least 0.1 mJy.

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