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对一批低功率致密对称源的VLBA观测

VLBA observations of a sample of low-power compact symmetric objects

M. Orienti, F. D'Ammando, D. Dallacasa, G. Migliori, P. Rossi, G. Bodo

AI总结:

本文基于FIRST巡天构建了60个低功率致密对称源候选样本,并通过VLBA观测确认其中12个为CSO,揭示其喷流功率约10^44–10^45 erg/s,填补了低功率CSO在射电功率—尺度平面中的样本空白。

摘要:

致密对称源(CSOs)本质上是致密的河外射电源,被认为是经典射电星系的前身。迄今为止,演化模型主要集中于高功率射电源的形成与增长,许多与低功率天体相关的问题仍未得到解答,而低功率天体的相对论性喷流可能更容易受到不稳定性影响。我们展示了一个新的候选低功率CSO样本,该样本选自二十厘米射电天空暗弱图像(FIRST)巡天。主要选择标准是:(i)来自档案甚长基线阵列(VLBA)图像的秒差距尺度双重射电形态,以及(ii)VLBA总流量密度与FIRST巡天结果一致,这排除了存在超出秒差距尺度的显著射电辐射的可能性。最终样本包含60个源,其在1.4 GHz处的射电光度介于10$^{24}$至10$^{27}$ W Hz$^{-1}$之间,投影线尺度介于45至430 pc之间,这些源填补了射电功率—尺度平面中目前样本稀少的区域。我们对20个最亮的候选CSO子样本进行了4.98 GHz的VLBA观测,目的是确认它们的分类。根据射电结构和谱指数分布,我们将12个源分类为CSO。在四个具有核心识别的CSO中,有两个的外侧分量流量密度不对称性与光行时间效应一致,并且没有喷流—云相互作用的证据。如果我们采用一个简化的参数模型,总样本中的大多数源具有约$\sim 10^{44} - 10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$的喷流功率,这使得它们的演化路径对喷流及其环境的个体条件十分敏感。

英文摘要:

Compact symmetric objects (CSOs) are intrinsically compact extragalactic radio sources that are thought to be the progenitors of classical radio galaxies. To date, evolutionary models have mainly focused on the formation and growth of high-power radio sources, leaving unanswered many questions related to low-power objects, whose relativistic jets are likely more prone to instabilities. We present a new sample of candidate low-power CSOs selected from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm (FIRST) survey. The main selection criteria are (i) a parsec-scale double radio morphology from archival Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) images and (ii) a VLBA total flux density consistent with that from the FIRST survey, which rules out the presence of significant radio emission extending beyond the parsec scale. The final sample consists of 60 sources with radio luminosities between 10$^{24}$ and 10$^{27}$ W Hz$^{-1}$ at 1.4 GHz and projected linear sizes between 45 and 430 pc, which fill a region in the radio power-size plane that is currently underpopulated. We carried out VLBA observations at 4.98 GHz of a sub-sample of 20 sources among the brightest candidate CSOs with the aim of confirming their classification. We classify 12 sources as CSOs on the basis of their radio structure and spectral index distribution. In two out of the four CSOs with core identification, the asymmetry in the flux density of the outer components is in agreement with light travel time effects, and there is no evidence of jet-cloud interaction. If we assume a simplistic parametric model, most of the sources in the total sample have a jet power of $\sim 10^{44} - 10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$, making their evolutionary paths sensitive to the individual conditions of the jet and its environment.

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