One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release

Siewert T, Hale C, Bhardwaj N, Biermann M, Bacon DJ, Jarvis M, Rottgering HJA, Schwarz D, Shimwell T, Best PN, Duncan KJ, et al. (2020)
Astronomy and Astrophysics 643: A100.

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Siewert, ThiloUniBi ; Hale, C.; Bhardwaj, NiteshUniBi; Biermann, MarianUniBi; Bacon, D. J.; Jarvis, M.; Rottgering, H. J. A.; Schwarz, DominikUniBi ; Shimwell, T.; Best, P. N.; Duncan, K. J.; Hardcastle, M. J.
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Context. The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) will eventually map the complete Northern sky and provide an excellent opportunity to study the distribution and evolution of the large-scale structure of the Universe.Aims. We test the quality of LoTSS observations through a statistical comparison of the LoTSS first data release (DR1) catalogues to expectations from the established cosmological model of a statistically isotropic and homogeneous Universe.Methods. We study the point-source completeness and define several quality cuts, in order to determine the count-in-cell statistics and differential source count statistics, and measure the angular two-point correlation function. We use the photometric redshift estimates, which are available for about half of the LoTSS-DR1 radio sources, to compare the clustering throughout the history of the Universe.Results. For the masked LoTSS-DR1 value-added source catalogue, we find a point-source completeness of 99% above flux densities of 0.8 mJy. The counts-in-cell statistic reveals that the distribution of radio sources cannot be described by a spatial Poisson process. Instead, a good fit is provided by a compound Poisson distribution. The differential source counts are in good agreement with previous findings in deep fields at low radio frequencies and with simulated catalogues from the SKA Design Study and the Tiered Radio Extragalactic Continuum Simulation. Restricting the value added source catalogue to low-noise regions and applying a flux density threshold of 2 mJy provides our most reliable estimate of the angular two-point correlation. Based on the distribution of photometric redshifts and the Planck 2018 best-fit cosmological model, the theoretically predicted angular two-point correlation between 0.1 deg and 6 deg agrees reasonably well with the measured clustering for the sub-sample of radio sources with redshift information.Conclusions. The deviation from a Poissonian distribution might be a consequence of the multi-component nature of a large number of resolved radio sources and/or of uncertainties on the flux density calibration. The angular two-point correlation function is < 10(-2) at angular scales > 1 deg and up to the largest scales probed. At a 2 mJy flux density threshold and at a pivot angle of 1 deg, we find a clustering amplitude of A=(5.1 +/- 0.6) x 10(-3) with a slope parameter of gamma =0.74 +/- 0.16. For smaller flux density thresholds, systematic issues are identified, which are most likely related to the flux density calibration of the individual pointings. We conclude that we find agreement with the expectation of large-scale statistical isotropy of the radio sky at the per cent level. The angular two-point correlation agrees well with the expectation of the cosmological standard model.
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large-scale structure of Universe; galaxies: statistics; cosmology:; observations; radio continuum: galaxies
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
Zeitschriftentitel
Astronomy and Astrophysics
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643
Art.-Nr.
A100
ISSN
0004-6361
eISSN
1432-0746
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https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2950239

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Siewert T, Hale C, Bhardwaj N, et al. One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 2020;643: A100.
Siewert, T., Hale, C., Bhardwaj, N., Biermann, M., Bacon, D. J., Jarvis, M., Rottgering, H. J. A., et al. (2020). One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 643, A100. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201936592
Siewert, Thilo, Hale, C., Bhardwaj, Nitesh, Biermann, Marian, Bacon, D. J., Jarvis, M., Rottgering, H. J. A., et al. 2020. “One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release”. Astronomy and Astrophysics 643: A100.
Siewert, T., Hale, C., Bhardwaj, N., Biermann, M., Bacon, D. J., Jarvis, M., Rottgering, H. J. A., Schwarz, D., Shimwell, T., Best, P. N., et al. (2020). One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release. Astronomy and Astrophysics 643:A100.
Siewert, T., et al., 2020. One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 643: A100.
T. Siewert, et al., “One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 643, 2020, : A100.
Siewert, T., Hale, C., Bhardwaj, N., Biermann, M., Bacon, D.J., Jarvis, M., Rottgering, H.J.A., Schwarz, D., Shimwell, T., Best, P.N., Duncan, K.J., Hardcastle, M.J., Sabater, J., Tasse, C., White, G.J., Williams, W.L.: One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 643, : A100 (2020).
Siewert, Thilo, Hale, C., Bhardwaj, Nitesh, Biermann, Marian, Bacon, D. J., Jarvis, M., Rottgering, H. J. A., Schwarz, Dominik, Shimwell, T., Best, P. N., Duncan, K. J., Hardcastle, M. J., Sabater, J., Tasse, C., White, G. J., and Williams, W. L. “One- and two-point source statistics from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey first data release”. Astronomy and Astrophysics 643 (2020): A100.
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