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来自3C和PW样品的紧凑陡谱和GHz峰值谱源在327 MHz下的VLBI图像

VLBI images at 327 MHz of compact steep spectrum and GHz-peaked spectrum sources from the 3C and PW samples

D. Dallacasa, M. Orienti, C. Fanti, R. Fanti

摘要:

我们提出的结果全球甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)观测在327 MHz的18个紧凑的陡谱(CSS)和GHz峰值频谱(GPS)的无线电源从3C和孔雀和墙目录。大约80%的来源具有"双重/三重"结构。在327兆赫的无线电发射是由陡峭的频谱扩展结构为主,而紧凑的区域成为主导在较高的频率。因此,我们只能在三个源中明确地检测到核心区域,这可能是由于自吸收影响了其在这种低频下的发射。尽管它们的表面亮度很低,但波瓣存储了大部分的源能量预算,其正确的估计是解决射电源演化的关键因素。因此,低频VLBI观测能够将波瓣发射与其他区域的波瓣发射分开,是推断这些物体能量的最佳方法。根据能量收支参数估算的动力学年龄在2x10^3年到5x10^4年之间,与根据同步加速器积分光谱拟合估算的辐射年龄一致,进一步支持了这些天体的年轻性。辐射和动力学年龄之间的差异,观察到在几个来源的综合光谱是由热点为主。在这种情况下,辐射年龄可能代表粒子在这些区域所花费的时间,而不是源年龄。

英文摘要:

We present results on global very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations at 327 MHz of eighteen compact steep-spectrum (CSS) and GHz-peaked spectrum (GPS) radio sources from the 3C and the Peacock & Wall catalogues. About 80 per cent of the sources have a 'double/triple' structure. The radio emission at 327 MHz is dominated by steep-spectrum extended structures, while compact regions become predominant at higher frequencies. As a consequence, we could unambiguously detect the core region only in three sources, likely due to self-absorption affecting its emission at this low frequency. Despite their low surface brightness, lobes store the majority of the source energy budget, whose correct estimate is a key ingredient in tackling the radio source evolution. Low-frequency VLBI observations able to disentangle the lobe emission from that of other regions are therefore the best way to infer the energetics of these objects. Dynamical ages estimated from energy budget arguments provide values between 2x10^3 and 5x10^4 yr, in agreement with the radiative ages estimated from the fit of the integrated synchrotron spectrum, further supporting the youth of these objects. A discrepancy between radiative and dynamical ages is observed in a few sources where the integrated spectrum is dominated by hotspots. In this case the radiative age likely represents the time spent by the particles in these regions, rather than the source age.

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