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Steven J. B. Carter Simon P. Ellingsen Jean-Pierre Macquart James E. J. Lovell 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,396(3):1222-1230
We have used the University of Tasmania's 30-m radio telescope at Ceduna in South Australia to regularly monitor the flux density of a number of southern blazars. We report the detection of an annual cycle in the variability time-scale of the centimetre radio emission of PKS B1622−253. Observations of PKS B1519−273 over a period of nearly 2 yr confirm the presence of an annual cycle in the variability time-scale in that source. These observations prove that interstellar scintillation is the principal cause of inter-day variability at radio wavelengths in these sources. The best-fitting annual cycle model for both sources implies a high degree of anisotropy in the scattering screen and that it has a large velocity offset with respect to the local standard of rest. This is consistent with a greater screen distance for these 'slow' intra-day variability (IDV) sources than for rapid scintillators such as PKS B0405−385 or J1819+3845. 相似文献
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L.L. Kedziora-Chudczer † D.L. Jauncey M.H. Wieringa A.K. Tzioumis J.E. Reynolds 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,325(4):1411-1430
We present the results of an Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) survey for intraday variability (IDV) of the total and polarized flux densities of 118 compact, flat-spectrum, extragalactic radio sources from the Parkes 2.7-GHz Survey. A total of 22 total flux density IDV sources were discovered and 15 sources were found to show IDV of their polarized flux density. We discuss the statistical properties of the IDV sources, including the distribution of source modulation indices, and the dependence of the variability amplitude on source spectral index and on Galactic position. We suggest interstellar scintillation (ISS) in the Galactic interstellar medium as the most likely mechanism for IDV. Even so, the inferred high brightness temperatures cannot be easily explained. 相似文献
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Xiang Liu Quanwei Li Thomas P. Krichbaum Margo F. Aller Hugh D. Aller 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2013,346(1):15-17
We carried out intra-day variability (IDV) observations from August 2005 to January 2010 with the Urumqi 25 m radio telescope for a dozen IDV sources including the quasar 0917+624. This target exhibited pronounced centimeter-band, intra-day variability during the 1980s–1990s, but its strong IDV phase ceased in 2000. The source showed no IDV in the majority of the Urumqi observing sessions, although weak IDV activity was detected in some. Multifrequency UMRAO data for 0917+624 show that the spectral index is steeper during the weak and non-IDV phases than during the strong IDV phase, supporting the idea that the size of the scintillating component may be enlarged in the weak/non IDV phases. 相似文献
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X. Liu Z. Ding J. Liu N. Marchili T. P. Krichbaum 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2011,32(1-2):29-32
Blazars from the first-three-months Fermi-AGN list were observed with the Urumqi 25-m radio telescope at 5 GHz in IDV (Intra-Day Variability) mode and inter-month observation mode. A significant correlation between the flux density at 5 GHz and the γ-ray intensity for the Fermi-LAT detected blazars is seen. There is a higher IDV detection rate in Fermi detected blazars than those reported for other samples. Stronger variability appears at lower galactic latitudes; IDV appears to be stronger in weaker sources, indicating that the variability is affected by interstellar scintillation. 相似文献
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Rapid flux density variations on timescales of the order of a day or less (Intraday Variability, IDV) in the radio regime are a common phenomenon within the blazar class. Observations with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope of the MPIfR showed that the variations occur not only in total intensity, but also in the polarized intensity and in polarization angle. Here we present an overview of our IDV-observations and discuss briefly some models which may explain the effect. 相似文献
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David L. Jauncey Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer James E.J. Lovell Jean-Pierre Macquart George D. Nicolson Rick A. Perley John E. Reynolds Anastasios K. Tzioumis Mark H. Wieringa Hayley E. Bignall 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,278(1-2):87-92
Intra-day variability (IDV) of active galactic nuclei (AGN) has been detected from gamma-ray energies to radio wavelengths.
At high energies, such variability appears to be intrinsic to the sources themselves. However, at radio wavelengths, brightness
temperatures as high as1018 to 1021 K are encountered if the IDV is intrinsic to the source. We discuss here the accumulating evidence showing that, at radio
wavelengths where the highest brightness temperatures are encountered, interstellar scintillation (ISS) is the principal mechanism
causing IDV. While ISS reduces the implied brightness temperatures, they still remain uncomfortably high.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Measurements and the interpretation of the time delay effect between long quasi-periodic oscillations of sunspot magnetic fields and nearby millimeter radio sources observed at 37 GHz were the main goals of this work. Ground-based radio telescope operated by Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto University, Finland was used to obtain time series variations of radio intensity at 37 GHz frequency, as well as, the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager instrument on-board the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft was used to obtain the magnetic field time series variations. Lags (time delays) in the interval of 15–35 minutes were obtained by cross-correlation analysis of time series and by direct geometrical measurements of distances between the radio sources and nearby sunspots. These distances were in the interval of 11–24 Mm. Corresponding time delays were defined as the relation of these distances to the sound speed. Time delays obtained by two different independent methods turned to be very close. This fact confirms the interpretation of the phenomenon under the study as a process of propagation of disturbances from the slowly oscillating sunspot to the radio source with the sound speed. 相似文献
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The results of a photometric monitoring of the quasar 4C 38.41, performed at the optical R and B bands in 2002 February–March, are presented. With a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope at the Xinglong station of the National Astronomical Observatories of China, we observed the source exhibiting amplitude variations of up to 0.78 mag in both bands during the whole campaign. Intraday and even intranight variations are detected as well. A typical variability time-scale of about 36 d is derived from our 2-month observations at the optical bands, which is identical to that found at a radio wavelength of 92 cm, suggesting a common origin for the variations in 4C 38.41 from optical to radio bands. 相似文献
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D. C. Gabuzda P. YU. Kochenov R. I. Kollgaard T. V. Cawthorne 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,315(2):229-240
Total intensity and polarization λ =6 cm Very Large Array (VLA) and global very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) images of the quasar 0917+624 and the BL Lacertae object 0954+658 (both at epoch 1991.43) are analysed. Integrated measurements using the VLA during the VLBI observations indicated that, although there were no substantial total intensity variations, there were significant polarization variations for both sources during the 24-h VLBI experiment. The VLBI data were divided into 2–3 h segments in order to try to identify corresponding rapid variability in the VLBI structure. This analysis revealed intraday variability (IDV) in the VLBI core of 0917+624: both the polarized flux and the polarization position angle varied substantially on time-scales of ∼5–10 h. There is evidence that the VLA polarization variations for 0954+658 occurred in an inner VLBI jet component, where the polarized flux varied by ∼30–40 per cent on time-scales of ∼2 h. 0917+624 and 0954+658 were observed together with 0716+714, an object that also displayed IDV in the polarized flux density measured during our experiment (analysed in a separate paper). These three sources were targeted for the VLBI observations since they had been previously identified as intraday variables, but we had no way of knowing whether they would vary during our observations. The fact that all three exhibited IDV in polarization (but not in total intensity) during our experiment suggests that polarization IDV occurs frequently in at least some IDV sources. 相似文献
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Stefan J. Wagner 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,278(1-2):105-111
Intraday variability is detected in Blazars throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. Only radio emission is affected by interstellar
scintillation. The characteristics of variability observed at different frequencies are often similar and suggest that intrinsic
variations also contribute to the changes detected in the radio wavelength regime. This in turn implies very high brightness
temperatures. Unambiguous signatures of scintillation and of intrinsic changes have been identified. The properties of intrinsic
variations are reviewed to illustrate their potential contribution to variability in the radio domain. Such intrinsic changes
need to be discriminated against when studying scintillation in quasars and BL Lac objects. Observations of scintillating
sources and of sources with significant intrinsic IDV suggest interesting modifications to the standard paradigm of AGN.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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描述了采用光学望远镜辅助天马13m射电望远镜进行指向测量以及建立指向误差修正模型的方法. 对于小口径望远镜, 指向校准目标源比较少, 用射电法建立指向模型难以覆盖全天区. 利用上海天文台天马13m射 电望远镜进行光学望远镜辅助射电望远镜指向测量研究, 在13m天线背架上安装一套光学指向系统, 获得了优 于3''的重复测量误差. 此外, 通过对影响天线指向因素的分析, 建立了包含8个误差项的指向误差修正模型以及 光轴和电轴偏差模型. 将指向模型代入天线伺服控制系统, 对校准目标射电源进行十字扫描, 得到指向样本残差约 为5''. 该研究可以为实现高精度指向建模提供一种参考方法. 相似文献
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J. Martí D. Pérez-Ramírez P. Luque-Escamilla J. L. Garrido J. M. Paredes A. Muñoz-Arjonilla J. R. Sánchez-Sutil 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,309(1-4):309-313
We report and shortly discuss here the observational work carried out in order to test the possibility that two previously
detected radio sources, in the vicinity of the well known microquasar Cygnus X-3, could be hot spot tracers of interaction
between its relativistic jet and the interstellar medium (ISM). The motivation behind this search is in part justified considering
recent theoretical models of high energy γ-ray emission which strongly rely on the interaction sites of galactic relativistic jets with nearby ISM clouds.
The results presented in this paper include an improved radio exploration of the several arc-minute field around Cygnus X-3
using the Very Large Array (VLA), as well as deep near infrared (NIR) imaging with the Calar Alto 3.5 m telescope. We anticipate
here that our observations do not appear to support the initial hot spot hypothesis. Instead, the resulting images suggest
that the two radio sources, originally believed to be hot spot candidates, are most likely background or foreground objects. 相似文献
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由于受射电望远镜分辨率的限制,观测视线方向上可能有多源重叠现象.观测目标源的法拉第旋率(rotation measure,RM)及偏振角(polarization angle,PA)的测量值就会受到方向束内其它背景射电源的影响.通过模拟研究发现,背景射电源对目标源偏振参量测量的干扰形式与干扰源的RM值有关.只运用两三个... 相似文献
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R. Orduña C. Baixeras A. Carramiñana V. Fonseca 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):377-383
Most of the unidentified gamma ray sources detected near the Galactic plane by EGRET aboard CGRO are expected to be gamma
ray pulsars. We present a study about the detectability and identification of some unidentified EGRET sources with the MAGIC
telescope. We list some unidentified gamma ray sources from the third EGRET catalogue to be detected with MAGIC taking into
account some important conditions such as the variability parameter of the source, spectral index, inclusion in the GeV catalogue
(ApJ 488, 1997, p. 872) and possible associations with known X-ray/radio sources located within the error box of the unidentified
gamma ray source. We show the required observation time of these gamma ray pulsar candidates to be detected by MAGIC telescope
considering reasonable values of cut-off energy. To be more realistic, we have chosen the zenith angle corresponding to the
source culmination in the simulation of the effective area A since the observation time is function of the effective area.
In addition to this study, it is very important to consider the extrapolated EGRET flux at MAGIC energies above 30 GeV of
the gamma ray pulsar candidates taking the MAGIC sensitivity. 相似文献
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C. Gruppioni F. Pozzi G. Zamorani P. Ciliegi C. Lari E. Calabrese F. La Franca I. Matute 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,341(1):L1-L6
The radio counterparts to the 15-μm sources in the European Large Area ISO Survey southern fields are identified in 1.4-GHz maps down to ∼80 μJy. The radio–mid-infrared correlation is investigated and derived for the first time at these flux densities for a sample of this size. Our results show that radio and mid-infrared (MIR) luminosities correlate almost as well as radio and far-infrared (FIR), at least up to z ≃ 0.6 . Using the derived relation and its spread together with the observed 15-μm counts, we have estimated the expected contribution of the 15-μm extragalactic populations to the radio source counts and the role of MIR starburst galaxies in the well-known 1.4-GHz source excess observed at sub-mJy levels. Our analysis demonstrates that IR emitting starburst galaxies do not contribute significantly to the 1.4-GHz counts for strong sources, but start to become a significant fraction of the radio source population at flux densities ≲0.5–0.8 mJy. They are expected to be responsible for more than 60 per cent of the observed radio counts at ≲0.05 mJy. These results are in agreement with the existing results on optical identifications of faint radio sources. 相似文献
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Xi-Zhen Zhang Xin-Ying Zhu De-Qing Kong Lei Zheng Cheng Yao Hong-Bo Zhang Yan Su Ting-Yi Piao 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2009,9(3)
Measurement results of some properties of the Miyun 50 m radio telescope (MRT50) of the National Astronomical Observatories, such as pointing calibration, an-tenna beams, system noise temperature, gain and gain variations with elevation are intro-duced. By using a new de-convolution technique developed by our group, the broadening effect on measured beams caused by the width of an extended radio source has been re-moved so that we obtained higher accuracy on the measurements of MRT50 beams. 相似文献
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Kang Hao-ran Zuo Ying-xi Lou Zheng He Qian-ru 《Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics》2019,43(1):101-113
Pointing calibration and sub-reflector focusing are an important task of antenna measurement, which significantly contributes to the observational performance of a radio telescope. According to the requirements on the pointing accuracy and defocusing gain loss of the 5 m Dome A Terahertz Explorer (DATE5), this paper has derived the requirements of signal-to-noise ratio for the pointing and sub-reflector focusing calibration observations, and selected several astronomical radio sources suitable for the pointing and focusing calibrations at the terahertz waveband in Antarctica, which include planets and ultra-compact HII regions. The effects of the atmospheric absorption and the source angular diameter on the accuracy of calibration measurements are analyzed. Simulations show that when the telescope operates in Antarctica, these sources can provide sufficient flux densities for verifying the pre-established pointing model and focusing model. 相似文献