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河外低频峰谱射电源

Extragalactic Peaked-Spectrum Radio Sources at Low Frequencies

J. R. Callingham, R. D. Ekers, B. M. Gaensler, J. L. B. Line, N. Hurley-Walker, E. M. Sadler, S. J. Tingay, P. J. Hancock, M. E. Bell, K. S. Dwarakanath, B. -Q.… 展开作者

J. R. Callingham, R. D. Ekers, B. M. Gaensler, J. L. B. Line, N. Hurley-Walker, E. M. Sadler, S. J. Tingay, P. J. Hancock, M. E. Bell, K. S. Dwarakanath, B. -Q. For, T. M. O. Franzen, L. Hindson, M. Johnston-Hollitt, A. D. Kapinska, E. Lenc, B. McKinley, J. Morgan, A. R. Offringa, P. Procopio, L. Staveley-Smith, R. B. Wayth, C. Wu, Q. Zheng

摘要:

我们提出了一个样本的1,483源,显示光谱峰值在72 MHz和1.4 GHz之间,从银河系和河外的全天空默奇森宽场阵列(GLEAM)调查。GLEAM调查是迄今为止最宽的部分带宽全天空调查,非常适合识别低射频的峰值频谱源。我们的峰谱源是千兆赫兹峰谱(GPS)和紧凑陡谱(CSS)源的低频类似物,它们被假设为大质量射电星系的前兆。我们的样本是已知峰值光谱候选者数量的两倍多,95%的样本具有新的特征光谱峰。我们强调,一些GPS源峰值超过5 GHz的核活动有多个时代,并证明了通过陡峭的光学薄光谱指数和低观测峰值频率识别高红移($z > 2$)星系的可能性。我们的样品的光学厚光谱指数的分布是一致的,与过去的GPS/CSS样品,但具有较大的分散,这表明光谱峰是一个产品的不均匀的环境,是个性化的。我们没有发现观测到的峰值频率与红移的依赖关系,与包括本地CSS源和高红移GPS源的峰值谱样本一致。5 GHz的光度分布缺乏最明亮的GPS和CSS源的以前的样本,这意味着源的演变和红移的卷积影响的峰值频谱源的类型确定低于1 GHz。最后,我们讨论了光学厚光谱指数超过同步自吸收极限的来源。

英文摘要:

We present a sample of 1,483 sources that display spectral peaks between 72 MHz and 1.4 GHz, selected from the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey. The GLEAM survey is the widest fractional bandwidth all-sky survey to date, ideal for identifying peaked-spectrum sources at low radio frequencies. Our peaked-spectrum sources are the low frequency analogues of gigahertz-peaked spectrum (GPS) and compact-steep spectrum (CSS) sources, which have been hypothesized to be the precursors to massive radio galaxies. Our sample more than doubles the number of known peaked-spectrum candidates, and 95% of our sample have a newly characterized spectral peak. We highlight that some GPS sources peaking above 5 GHz have had multiple epochs of nuclear activity, and demonstrate the possibility of identifying high redshift ($z > 2$) galaxies via steep optically thin spectral indices and low observed peak frequencies. The distribution of the optically thick spectral indices of our sample is consistent with past GPS/CSS samples but with a large dispersion, suggesting that the spectral peak is a product of an inhomogeneous environment that is individualistic. We find no dependence of observed peak frequency with redshift, consistent with the peaked-spectrum sample comprising both local CSS sources and high-redshift GPS sources. The 5 GHz luminosity distribution lacks the brightest GPS and CSS sources of previous samples, implying that a convolution of source evolution and redshift influences the type of peaked-spectrum sources identified below 1 GHz. Finally, we discuss sources with optically thick spectral indices that exceed the synchrotron self-absorption limit.

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