scholarly journals Accurate Flux Densities at 8·87 GHz of 195 Radio Sources

1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Shimmins ◽  
JV Wall
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Integration Method ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Hii Region ◽  
System Noise

Accurate flux densities at 8�87 GHz have been determined with the Parkes 64 m telescope for 195 radio sources, using an on-off integration method. The sources were selected from the Parkes 408 and 2700 MHz catalogues as those having estimated flux densities at 8�87 GHz greater than O' 5 f.u. and relatively small angular sizes. Eighty of the selected sources are identified with QSO's, 40 with galaxies, and one with an HII region, while 74 have not been identified. The estimated accuracy of the flux density is �0�02 f.u. (r.m.s.) due to system noise and �3'5% due to other causes. A list of known or newly suspected radio variables in the sample is given.

Flux Densities at 8·87 GHz of 347 Small-diameter Radio Sources

1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Shimmins ◽  
JG Bolton
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Integration Method ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Density Scale

Flux densities at" 8�87 GHz (A = 3�4 cm) have been determined with the Parkes 64 m telescope for 347 radio sources, using an improved on-off integration method. The sources were selected from the Parkes 2700 MHz catalogue as those having estimated flux densities at 8�87 GHz greater than 0'5 Jy (= 0�5 x 1O- 26 Wm-2 Hz-I) and relatively small angular sizes. A total of 156 of the sources are identified with QSOs and 58 with galaxies, and 133 have not been optically identified. Of the 347 sources 101 have been previously measured at this frequency at Parkes. Some of these repeats were made to check variability and others to compare the flux density scale with that of previous measurements. The estimated accuracy of most of the measurements is � 0�034 Jy (r.m.s.) due to noise and confusion and 3�0 % due to other causes.

scholarly journals VLBA+GBT observations of the COSMOS field and radio source counts at 1.4 GHz

2018 ◽  
Vol 616 ◽  
pp. A128 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Herrera Ruiz ◽  
E. Middelberg ◽  
A. Deller ◽  
V. Smolčić ◽  
R. P. Norris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Source ◽  
Flux Density ◽  
Lower Limit ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Source Population ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Brightness Temperatures ◽  
Long Baseline

We present very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of 179 radio sources in the COSMOS field with extremely high sensitivity using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) together with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) (VLBA+GBT) at 1.4 GHz, to explore the faint radio population in the flux density regime of tens of μJy. Here, the identification of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is based on the VLBI detection of the source, meaning that it is independent of X-ray or infrared properties. The milli-arcsecond resolution provided by the VLBI technique implies that the detected sources must be compact and have large brightness temperatures, and therefore they are most likely AGN (when the host galaxy is located at z ≥ 0.1). On the other hand, this technique only allows us to positively identify when a radio-active AGN is present, in other words, we cannot affirm that there is no AGN when the source is not detected. For this reason, the number of identified AGN using VLBI should be always treated as a lower limit. We present a catalogue containing the 35 radio sources detected with the VLBA+GBT, ten of which were not previously detected using only the VLBA. We have constructed the radio source counts at 1.4 GHz using the samples of the VLBA and VLBA+GBT detected sources of the COSMOS field to determine a lower limit for the AGN contribution to the faint radio source population. We found an AGN contribution of >40−75% at flux density levels between 150 μJy and 1 mJy. This flux density range is characterised by the upturn of the Euclidean-normalised radio source counts, which implies a contribution of a new population. This result supports the idea that the sub-mJy radio population is composed of a significant fraction of radio-emitting AGN, rather than solely by star-forming galaxies, in agreement with previous studies.

Variable Radio Sources at 843 MHz

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Campbell-Wilson ◽  
R. W. Hunstead
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Flux Density ◽  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Amplitude Variability ◽  
Variable Radio

AbstractThis paper is a preliminary report on the flux density monitoring of calibration sources used at the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope. We show two examples of large amplitude variability at 843 MHz which we attribute to refractive scintillation in the Galactic interstellar medium.

scholarly journals A Catalogue of Galactic Radio Sources

1968 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 369 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJL Kesteven
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Galactic Plane ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Galactic Radio

The results of a survey of radio sources in the galactic plane in the longitude range 1800 to 400 with the 1 mile Molonglo Cross telescope at 408 MHz are presented. The methods of observation and reduction are described briefly. The catalogue lists the position, flux density, size, and spectral index for 80 sources

The Over-estimation of the Flux Density of Weak Radio Sources

1969 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 233-234
Author(s):  
H. S. Murdoch
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Flux Density ◽  
Lower Limit ◽  
Error Distribution ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Systematic Bias ◽  
Digital Recording ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Monte Carlo Techniques ◽  
The Past

The over-estimation of the flux density of radio sources near the lower limit of a survey has often been considered in the past. The use of digital recording and analysis techniques now enables a quantitative approach to the problem. Monte Carlo techniques may be used to determine the error distribution, including any systematic bias.

Four Southern Intraday Variable Radio Sources

1998 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 271-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. L. Kedziora-Chudczer ◽  
D. L. Jauncey ◽  
M. H. Wieringa ◽  
J. E. Reynolds ◽  
A. K. Tzioumis
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
High Flux ◽  
Inverted Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Radio ◽  
Variable Radio

AbstractThis is a progress report on the ATCA IDV survey of compact, flat or inverted spectrum radio sources. We found that four sources: PKS 0405–385, PKS 1034–293, PKS 1144–397, and PKS 1519–273 out of the sample of 125 show high flux density variability on the daily timescale. The characteristics of observed IDV are discussed and we reflect on its possible origin.

scholarly journals VLBI Survey of a Complete Sample of Active Nuclei and Quasars

1984 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Pearson ◽  
A.C.S. Readhead
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Complete Sample ◽  
Limited Sample ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Sources ◽  
5 Ghz ◽  
Number Of Classes ◽  
Compact Sources ◽  
Continuous Range

We have conducted a VLBI survey of a complete, flux-density limited sample of 65 extragalactic radio sources, selected at 5 GHz. We have made hybrid maps at 5 GHz of all of the sources accessible to the Mark-II system. The sources can be divided provisionally into a number of classes with different properties: central components of extended double sources, steep-spectrum compact sources, very compact (almost unresolved) sources, asymmetric sources (sometimes called “core-jet” sources), and “compact double” sources. It is not yet clear whether any of these classes is physically distinct from the others, or whether there is a continuous range of properties.

scholarly journals The Distant DRAGNs Survey

1996 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 513-514
Author(s):  
J. D. B. Law-Green
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Ambient Medium ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Cosmological Evolution ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Number Density ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Sources ◽  
Matched Samples

DRAGNs (Double Radio sources Associated with Galactic Nuclei, Leahy 1991) are the class of powerful extragalactic radio sources thought to be produced by the interaction of a jet with the ambient medium. They exhibit strong cosmological evolution in comoving number density; at z ≃ 2 the “classical double” FR II DRAGNs were ≃ 1000 times as common as they are now (Dunlop & Peacock 1990).To understand this, systematic studies of complete DRAGN samples at low and high z and differing levels of flux density are required, in order to resolve the P – z ambiguity. The Distant DRAGNs Survey is a long-term project to image with the VLA and MERLIN, matched samples of DRAGNs at high redshift.

On the Spectral Index-Flux Density Relation for Large Samples of Radio Sources

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Zhen Zhang ◽  
W. Reich ◽  
P. Reich ◽  
R. Wielebinski
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Large Samples ◽  
Density Relation
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