LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES
van Weeren RJ, Williams WL, Tasse C, Rottgering HJA, Rafferty DA, van der Tol S, Heald G, White GJ, Shulevski A, Best P, Intema HT, et al. (2014)
The Astrophysical Journal 793(2): 82.
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van Weeren, R. J.;
Williams, W. L.;
Tasse, C.;
Rottgering, H. J. A.;
Rafferty, D. A.;
van der Tol, S.;
Heald, G.;
White, G. J.;
Shulevski, A.;
Best, P.;
Intema, H. T.;
Bhatnagar, S.
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Abstract / Bemerkung
We present Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) Low Band observations of the Bootes and 3C 295 fields. Our images made at 34, 46, and 62 MHz reach noise levels of 12, 8, and 5 mJy beam(-1), making them the deepest images ever obtained in this frequency range. In total, we detect between 300 and 400 sources in each of these images, covering an area of 17-52 deg(2). From the observations, we derive Euclidean-normalized differential source counts. The 62 MHz source counts agree with previous GMRT 153 MHz and Very Large Array 74 MHz differential source counts, scaling with a spectral index of -0.7. We find that a spectral index scaling of -0.5 is required to match up the LOFAR 34 MHz source counts. This result is also in agreement with source counts from the 38 MHz 8C survey, indicating that the average spectral index of radio sources flattens toward lower frequencies. We also find evidence for spectral flattening using the individual flux measurements of sources between 34 and 1400 MHz and by calculating the spectral index averaged over the source population. To select ultra-steep spectrum (alpha < -1.1) radio sources that could be associated with massive high-redshift radio galaxies, we compute spectral indices between 62 MHz, 153 MHz, and 1.4 GHz for sources in the Bootes field. We cross-correlate these radio sources with optical and infrared catalogs and fit the spectral energy distribution to obtain photometric redshifts. We find that most of these ultra-steep spectrum sources are located in the 0.7 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 2.5 range.
Stichworte
interferometric;
techniques:;
surveys;
galaxies: active;
radio continuum: general
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Zeitschriftentitel
The Astrophysical Journal
Band
793
Ausgabe
2
Art.-Nr.
82
ISSN
0004-637X
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2701620
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van Weeren RJ, Williams WL, Tasse C, et al. LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES. The Astrophysical Journal. 2014;793(2): 82.
van Weeren, R. J., Williams, W. L., Tasse, C., Rottgering, H. J. A., Rafferty, D. A., van der Tol, S., Heald, G., et al. (2014). LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES. The Astrophysical Journal, 793(2), 82. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/793/2/82
van Weeren, R. J., Williams, W. L., Tasse, C., Rottgering, H. J. A., Rafferty, D. A., van der Tol, S., Heald, G., et al. 2014. “LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES”. The Astrophysical Journal 793 (2): 82.
van Weeren, R. J., Williams, W. L., Tasse, C., Rottgering, H. J. A., Rafferty, D. A., van der Tol, S., Heald, G., White, G. J., Shulevski, A., Best, P., et al. (2014). LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES. The Astrophysical Journal 793:82.
van Weeren, R.J., et al., 2014. LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES. The Astrophysical Journal, 793(2): 82.
R.J. van Weeren, et al., “LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 793, 2014, : 82.
van Weeren, R.J., Williams, W.L., Tasse, C., Rottgering, H.J.A., Rafferty, D.A., van der Tol, S., Heald, G., White, G.J., Shulevski, A., Best, P., Intema, H.T., Bhatnagar, S., Reich, W., Steinmetz, M., van Velzen, S., Ensslin, T.A., Prandoni, I., de Gasperin, F., Jamrozy, M., Brunetti, G., Jarvis, M.J., McKean, J.P., Wise, M.W., Ferrari, C., Harwood, J., Oonk, J.B.R., Hoeft, M., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., Horellou, C., Wucknitz, O., Bonafede, A., Mohan, N.R., Scaife, A.M.M., Kloeckner, H.-R., van Bemmel, I.M., Merloni, A., Chyzy, K.T., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Avruch, I.M., Beck, R., Bell, M.E., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Breitling, F., Broderick, J., Brouw, W.N., Brueggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., de Geus, E., de Vos, M., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Eisloeffel, J., Fallows, R.A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Griessmeier, J., Gunst, A.W., Hamaker, J.P., Hassall, T.E., Horandel, J., van der Horst, A., Iacobelli, M., Jackson, N.J., Juette, E., Kondratiev, V.I., Kuniyoshi, M., Maat, P., Mann, G., McKay-Bukowski, D., Mevius, M., Morganti, R., Munk, H., Offringa, A.R., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey, V.N., Pietka, G., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Renting, A., Rowlinson, A., Schwarz, D., Serylak, M., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Stappers, B.W., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Thoudam, S., Toribio, C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Zarka, P.: LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES. The Astrophysical Journal. 793, : 82 (2014).
van Weeren, R. J., Williams, W. L., Tasse, C., Rottgering, H. J. A., Rafferty, D. A., van der Tol, S., Heald, G., White, G. J., Shulevski, A., Best, P., Intema, H. T., Bhatnagar, S., Reich, W., Steinmetz, M., van Velzen, S., Ensslin, T. A., Prandoni, I., de Gasperin, F., Jamrozy, M., Brunetti, G., Jarvis, M. J., McKean, J. P., Wise, M. W., Ferrari, C., Harwood, J., Oonk, J. B. R., Hoeft, M., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., Horellou, C., Wucknitz, O., Bonafede, A., Mohan, N. R., Scaife, A. M. M., Kloeckner, H. -R., van Bemmel, I. M., Merloni, A., Chyzy, K. T., Engels, D., Falcke, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Avruch, I. M., Beck, R., Bell, M. E., Bentum, M. J., Bernardi, G., Breitling, F., Broderick, J., Brouw, W. N., Brueggen, M., Butcher, H. R., Ciardi, B., de Geus, E., de Vos, M., Deller, A., Duscha, S., Eisloeffel, J., Fallows, R. A., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M. A., Griessmeier, J., Gunst, A. W., Hamaker, J. P., Hassall, T. E., Horandel, J., van der Horst, A., Iacobelli, M., Jackson, N. J., Juette, E., Kondratiev, V. I., Kuniyoshi, M., Maat, P., Mann, G., McKay-Bukowski, D., Mevius, M., Morganti, R., Munk, H., Offringa, A. R., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey, V. N., Pietka, G., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A. G., Renting, A., Rowlinson, A., Schwarz, Dominik, Serylak, M., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Stappers, B. W., Stewart, A., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Thoudam, S., Toribio, C., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., and Zarka, P. “LOFAR LOW-BAND ANTENNA OBSERVATIONS OF THE 3C 295 AND BOOTES FIELDS: SOURCE COUNTS AND ULTRA-STEEP SPECTRUM SOURCES”. The Astrophysical Journal 793.2 (2014): 82.
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