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LOFAR/H-ATLAS:对Herschel-ATLAS北银河系极场的深低频调查

LOFAR/H-ATLAS: A deep low-frequency survey of the Herschel-ATLAS North Galactic Pole field

M. J. Hardcastle, G. Gürkan, R. J. van Weeren, W. L. Williams, P. N. Best, F. de Gasperin, D. A. Rafferty, S. C. Read, J. Sabater, T. W. Shimwell, D. J. B. Smit… 展开作者

M. J. Hardcastle, G. Gürkan, R. J. van Weeren, W. L. Williams, P. N. Best, F. de Gasperin, D. A. Rafferty, S. C. Read, J. Sabater, T. W. Shimwell, D. J. B. Smith, C. Tasse, N. Bourne, M. Brienza, M. Brüggen, G. Brunetti, K. T. Chyży, J. Conway, L. Dunne, S. A. Eales, S. J. Maddox, M. J. Jarvis, E. K. Mahony, R. Morganti, I. Prandoni, H. J. A. Röttgering, E. Valiante, G. J. White

摘要:

我们提出了LOFAR高波段阵列(HBA)的赫歇尔-ATLAS北银河系极点调查区的意见。我们所进行的调查由四个点组成,在126- 173兆赫的频率范围内覆盖大约142平方度的天空,没有提供均匀的噪音覆盖,但在其他方面代表了计划的LOFAR广域调查中预期的数据质量,并且使用最近开发的“面校准”方法,在接近数据集的全分辨率的分辨率下,($\sim 10 \times 6$ arcsec)和均方根离源噪声,其范围从最佳场中心的100 $μ$ Jy射束$^{-1}$到我们成像的最远范围的约2 mJ射束$^{-1}$。我们描述了成像,编目和源识别过程,并提出了一些初步的科学成果的基础上,5- $σ$源目录。其中包括:(一)初步研究150兆赫的无线电/远红外线相关性,表明LOFAR尚未探测到许多赫歇尔源;(二)150兆赫的数目计数,包括首次对恒星形成星系数目的观测限制;(iii)活动星系和恒星形成星系的150兆赫光度函数,与在低红移的较高频率下的测定结果吻合得很好,并显示出强烈的红移演化的恒星形成人口;和(iv)一些讨论的影响,我们的观测研究无线电星系的生命周期。

英文摘要:

We present LOFAR High-Band Array (HBA) observations of the Herschel-ATLAS North Galactic Pole survey area. The survey we have carried out, consisting of four pointings covering around 142 square degrees of sky in the frequency range 126--173 MHz, does not provide uniform noise coverage but otherwise is representative of the quality of data to be expected in the planned LOFAR wide-area surveys, and has been reduced using recently developed `facet calibration' methods at a resolution approaching the full resolution of the datasets ($\sim 10 \times 6$ arcsec) and an rms off-source noise that ranges from 100 $μ$Jy beam$^{-1}$ in the centre of the best fields to around 2 mJy beam$^{-1}$ at the furthest extent of our imaging. We describe the imaging, cataloguing and source identification processes, and present some initial science results based on a 5-$σ$ source catalogue. These include (i) an initial look at the radio/far-infrared correlation at 150 MHz, showing that many Herschel sources are not yet detected by LOFAR; (ii) number counts at 150 MHz, including, for the first time, observational constraints on the numbers of star-forming galaxies; (iii) the 150-MHz luminosity functions for active and star-forming galaxies, which agree well with determinations at higher frequencies at low redshift, and show strong redshift evolution of the star-forming population; and (iv) some discussion of the implications of our observations for studies of radio galaxy life cycles.

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