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用国际LOFAR望远镜进行空间分辨3C 295(亚角秒分辨率)的光谱分析

Spectral analysis of spatially-resolved 3C295 (sub-arcsecond resolution) with the International LOFAR Telescope

Etienne Bonnassieux, Frits Sweijen, Marisa Brienza, Kamlesh Rajpurohit, Christopher John Riseley, Annalisa Bonafede, Neal Jackson, Leah K. Morabito, Gianfranco … 展开作者

Etienne Bonnassieux, Frits Sweijen, Marisa Brienza, Kamlesh Rajpurohit, Christopher John Riseley, Annalisa Bonafede, Neal Jackson, Leah K. Morabito, Gianfranco Brunetti, Jeremy Harwood, Alex Kappes, Huub J. Rottgering, Cyril Tasse, Reinout van Weeren

摘要:

3C 295是一个明亮、紧凑的陡谱源,具有132 MHz至15 GHz的综合射电频谱能量分布(SED)。然而,由于缺乏低射频下的高分辨率图像,空间分辨光谱研究受到限制。这些频率对于测量吸收过程和锚定无线电SED的整体光谱建模至关重要。本文利用国际LOFAR(低频阵列射线)望远镜(ILT)对3C 295的观测,研究了它在132 MHz处的亚弧秒空间分辨光谱特性。将我们新的132 MHz观测与1.6 GHz、4.8 GHz和15 GHz的存档数据相结合,我们能够进行解析的无线电频谱分析。热点的光谱特性为低频平坦化提供了证据。与此相反,整个叶的光谱形状是一致的JP光谱老化模型。使用集成的光谱信息为每个组件,然后,我们适合低频吸收模型的热点,发现自由-自由吸收和同步加速器自吸收模型提供了一个更好的拟合数据比标准的幂律。尽管我们可以说3C 295的热点区域存在低频吸收,但未来对55 MHz ILT低频天线的观察可能会让我们区分吸收类型。

英文摘要:

3C295 is a bright, compact steep spectrum source with a well-studied integrated radio spectral energy distribution (SED) from 132 MHz to 15 GHz. However, spatially resolved spectral studies have been limited due to a lack of high resolution images at low radio frequencies. These frequencies are crucial for measuring absorption processes, and anchoring the overall spectral modelling of the radio SED. In this paper, we use International LOFAR (LOw-Frequency ARray) Telescope (ILT) observations of 3C295 to study its spatially resolved spectral properties with sub-arcsecond resolution at 132 MHz. Combining our new 132 MHz observation with archival data at 1.6 GHz, 4.8 GHz, and 15 GHz, we are able to carry out a resolved radio spectral analysis. The spectral properties of the hotspots provides evidence for low frequency flattening. In contrast, the spectral shape across the lobes is consistent with a JP spectral ageing model. Using the integrated spectral information for each component, we then fit low-frequency absorption models to the hotspots, finding that both free-free absorption and synchrotron self-absorption models provide a better fit to the data than a standard power law. Although we can say there is low-frequency absorption present in the hotspots of 3C295, future observations with the Low Band Antenna of the ILT at 55 MHz may allow us to distinguish the type of absorption.

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