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Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 02-1992
DOI: 10.1086/186288
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2020.18
Abstract: To make a power spectrum (PS) detection of the 21-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR), one must avoid/subtract bright foreground sources. Sources such as Fornax A present a modelling challenge due to spatial structures spanning from arc seconds up to a degree. We compare modelling with multi-scale (MS) CLEAN components to ‘shapelets’, an alternative set of basis functions. We introduce a new image-based shapelet modelling package, SHAMFI. We also introduce a new CUDA simulation code (WODEN) to generate point source, Gaussian, and shapelet components into visibilities. We test performance by modelling a simulation of Fornax A, peeling the model from simulated visibilities, and producing a residual PS. We find the shapelet method consistently subtracts large-angular-scale emission well, even when the angular resolution of the data is changed. We find that when increasing the angular resolution of the data, the MS CLEAN model worsens at large angular scales. When testing on real Murchison Widefield Array data, the expected improvement is not seen in real data because of the other dominating systematics still present. Through further simulation, we find the expected differences to be lower than obtainable through current processing pipelines. We conclude shapelets are worthwhile for subtracting extended galaxies, and may prove essential for an EoR detection in the future, once other systematics have been addressed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-07-2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-06-2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2000
DOI: 10.1017/S0251107X00003242
Abstract: Cosmology is one of the most dynamically evolving areas of astrophysics today. Twenty years ago the estimates of the litude of the primordial fluctuations were about 10 -3 , almost a factor of 100 off of today’s measurements. Ten years ago we could only hope for high precision measurements of large scale structure, there were less than 5000 redshifts measured, and only a handful of normal galaxies with z 1 were known. Computer models of structure formation had just begun to consider non-power-law spectra based on physical models like hot/cold dark matter. As a consequence there was considerable freedom in adjusting parameters in the various galaxy formation scenarios. In contrast, many of today’s debates are about factors of 2 and soon we will be arguing about 10% differences. The Harrison-Zeldovich shape of the primordial fluctuation spectrum, first derived from philosophical arguments can now be quantified from detections of fluctuations by COBE. The number of available redshifts is beyond 50,000, and soon we will have redshift surveys surpassing 1 million galaxies. N-body simulations are becoming more sophisticated, of higher resolution, and incorporating complex gas dynamics.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-12-1998
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2012
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 05-03-2007
DOI: 10.1086/511068
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-2005
DOI: 10.1086/425991
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Date: 10-2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-04-2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-05-2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 29-12-2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 03-08-2021
Abstract: The locations of Ly α-emitting galaxies (LAEs) at the end of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) are expected to correlate with regions of ionized hydrogen, traced by the redshifted 21 cm hyperfine line. Mapping the neutral hydrogen around regions with detected and localized LAEs offers an avenue to constrain the brightness temperature of the Universe within the EoR by providing an expectation for the spatial distribution of the gas, thereby providing prior information unavailable to power spectrum measurements. We use a test set of 12 h of observations from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in extended array configuration, to constrain the neutral hydrogen signature of 58 LAEs, detected with the Subaru Hypersuprime Cam in the Silverrush survey, centred on z = 6.58. We assume that detectable emitters reside in the centre of ionized H ii bubbles during the end of reionization, and predict the redshifted neutral hydrogen signal corresponding to the remaining neutral regions using a set of different ionized bubble radii. A pre-whitening matched filter detector is introduced to assess detectability. We demonstrate the ability to detect, or place limits upon, the litude of brightness temperature fluctuations, and the characteristic H ii bubble size. With our limited data, we constrain the brightness temperature of neutral hydrogen to ΔTB & mK (& mK) at 95 per cent (99 per cent) confidence for lognormally distributed bubbles of radii, RB = 15 ± 2h−1 cMpc.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 05-2006
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Date: 04-2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-06-1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 05-1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-10-1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 1999
DOI: 10.1071/AS99008
Abstract: The H I Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) is a blind search for extragalactic neutral hydrogen, covering the whole of the southern sky. We present the latest H I mass function (HIMF) constructed from a s le of 263 galaxies with declinations −62°. Standard Σ1/ V max and maximum likelihood techniques are used in the analysis. No upturn in the low-mass end of the HIMF is yet seen, though our selection procedure presently conspires against the lowest-mass galaxies.
Publisher: SPIE
Date: 24-09-2012
DOI: 10.1117/12.925812
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2003
DOI: 10.1071/AS01123
Abstract: We present photometric observations of six radio-loud quasars that were detected by the COMPTEL gamma-ray telescope. The data encompass seven wavebands in the optical and near infrared. After correction for Galactic extinction, we find a wide range in optical slopes. Two sources are as blue as optically-selected quasars, and are likely to be dominated by the accretion disc emission, while three others show colours consistent with a red synchrotron component. We discuss the properties of the COMPTEL s le of quasars, as well as the implications our observations have for multiwavelength modelling of gamma-ray quasars.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-03-2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 1999
DOI: 10.1071/AS99001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 14-05-2010
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921310005181
Abstract: The business meeting of Division VIII was held on 12 August 2009 14:00-15:00 in room R2.6 together with the business meeting of Commissions 28 and 47.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-04-2000
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2003
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 10-12-2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 07-2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 19-05-2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-06-2000
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 09-2002
DOI: 10.1086/341729
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2020.37
Abstract: Precise instrumental calibration is of crucial importance to 21-cm cosmology experiments. The Murchison Widefield Array’s (MWA) Phase II compact configuration offers us opportunities for both redundant calibration and sky-based calibration algorithms using the two in tandem is a potential approach to mitigate calibration errors caused by inaccurate sky models. The MWA Epoch of Reionization (EoR) experiment targets three patches of the sky (dubbed EoR0, EoR1, and EoR2) with deep observations. Previous work in Li et al. (2018) and (2019) studied the effect of tandem calibration on the EoR0 field and found that it yielded no significant improvement in the power spectrum (PS) over sky-based calibration alone. In this work, we apply similar techniques to the EoR1 field and find a distinct result: the improvements in the PS from tandem calibration are significant. To understand this result, we analyse both the calibration solutions themselves and the effects on the PS over three nights of EoR1 observations. We conclude that the presence of the bright radio galaxy Fornax A in EoR1 degrades the performance of sky-based calibration, which in turn enables redundant calibration to have a larger impact. These results suggest that redundant calibration can indeed mitigate some level of model incompleteness error.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 1993
DOI: 10.1017/S1323358000025856
Abstract: We review the discovery of gamma-ray bursts, and summarise the new data from the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. We evaluate the evidence that gamma-ray bursts are at cosmological distances, and discuss applications of such gamma-ray bursts to cosmological problems.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 06-2004
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 09-12-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 1992
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Date: 04-2011
DOI: 10.1029/2009RS004323
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 29-06-2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 12-06-2013
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 11-1994
DOI: 10.1086/117174
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-06-2018
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 12-2005
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921306004704
Abstract: As documented by the reports of the Presidents of Commission 28 and Commission 47 the fields of extra-galactic research and cosmology have experienced a higher and higher development leading to a vast harvest of results and discoveries. They range from the description of the overall structure of the universe to that of the in idual properties of galaxies. The availability of very large telescopes and the coverage of regions of the sky with deep surveys, on the observational side, and the wide use of sophisticated numerical simulations on the theoretical one are starting to produce a satisfactory understanding of the physical processes taking place during the evolution of galaxies. Very often there is an profitable interplay between the subjects of the two Commissions without clearcut boundaries. This makes Division VIII, which is one of the largest of the IAU, counting 1373 members, very well balanced and deserving to remain without modifications for the future.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 06-1987
DOI: 10.1086/165310
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 02-09-2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 12-2009
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921308025702
Abstract: Division VIII provides a focus for astronomers studying a wide range of problems related to galaxies and cosmology. Objects of the study include in idual galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies, large scale structure, comic microwave background radiation and the universe itself. Approaches are erse from observational one to theoretical one including computer simulations.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 10-10-2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 06-2004
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 17-12-2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-1985
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 14-12-1970
DOI: 10.1086/519444
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2014
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2014.40
Abstract: We present the results of an approximately 6 100 deg 2 104–196 MHz radio sky survey performed with the Murchison Widefield Array during instrument commissioning between 2012 September and 2012 December: the MWACS. The data were taken as meridian drift scans with two different 32-antenna sub-arrays that were available during the commissioning period. The survey covers approximately 20.5 h RA 8.5 h, − 58° Dec −14°over three frequency bands centred on 119, 150 and 180 MHz, with image resolutions of 6–3 arcmin. The catalogue has 3 arcmin angular resolution and a typical noise level of 40 mJy beam − 1 , with reduced sensitivity near the field boundaries and bright sources. We describe the data reduction strategy, based upon mosaicked snapshots, flux density calibration, and source-finding method. We present a catalogue of flux density and spectral index measurements for 14 110 sources, extracted from the mosaic, 1 247 of which are sub-components of complexes of sources.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-02-2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-1999
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2000
DOI: 10.1071/AS00056
Abstract: We present quasi-simultaneous multi-colour optical/near-IR photometry for 157 radio selected quasars, forming an unbiassed sub-s le of the Parkes Flat-Spectrum S le. Data are also presented for 12 optically selected QSOs, drawn from the Large Bright QSO Survey. The spectral energy distributions of the radio- and optically-selected sources are quite different. The optically selected QSOs are all very similar: they have blue spectral energy distributions curving downwards at shorter wavelengths. Roughly 90% of the radio-selected quasars have roughly power-law spectral energy distributions, with slopes ranging from F v ∝ v 0 to F v ∝ v −2 . The remaining 10% have spectral energy distributions showing sharp peaks: these are radio galaxies and highly reddened quasars. Four radio sources were not detected down to magnitude limits of H ∼ 19·6. These are probably high redshift ( z 3) galaxies or quasars. We show that the colours of our red quasars lie close to the stellar locus in the optical: they will be hard to identify in surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. If near-IR photometry is added, however, the red power-law sources can be clearly separated from the stellar locus: IR surveys such as 2MASS should be capable of finding these sources on the basis of their excess flux in the K -band.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 10-01-2007
DOI: 10.1086/508799
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 1998
DOI: 10.1071/AS98176
Abstract: Since 1992, 60 large Kuiper Belt objects have been detected by ground-based telescopes. Previous surveys which have detected objects have searched approximately 60□° and detected objects with magnitudes 20·6 m R 25·0. However, the luminosity function of brighter Kuiper Belt objects is not well determined. The detection of brighter objects would improve our ability to determine the Kuiper Belt objects' surface composition and provide constraints on the population statistics of different formation mechanisms. This paper describes a survey of 12·0□° of sky near the ecliptic to a limiting magnitude of m R ∼ 21. A slow moving candidate was detected near the magnitude limit of the survey.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 06-07-2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-12-2022
Abstract: Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGN) are AGN that change type as their broad emission lines appear or disappear, which is usually accompanied by strong flux changes in their blue featureless continuum. We search for turn-on CLAGN by selecting type-2 AGN from the spectroscopic Six-degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS), whose colours, observed ∼15 yr later by the SkyMapper Southern Survey, are suggestive of type-1 AGN. Starting from 1092 type-2 AGN, we select 20 candidates for follow-up and confirm that 14 of them have changed into type-1 and are thus turn-on CLAGN further observations reveal 11 more turn-on CLAGN. While our search was not tailored to efficiently discover turn-off CLAGN, we discover two such cases as well. The result suggests a turn-on CLAGN rate of over 3 per cent over ∼15 yr and imply a total CLAGN rate of more than ∼6 per cent over this period. Finally, we present observations of AGN that are atypical for the CLAGN phenomenology, including J1109146 – a type-1 that did not appear as an AGN at all in 6dFGS J1406507 – the second reported changing-look narrow-line Seyfert 1 and J1340153 – a CLAGN with a change time-scale of 3 months.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 12-1991
DOI: 10.1086/116015
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-07-2017
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-08-2015
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 10-08-1999
DOI: 10.1086/307552
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-11-2019
Abstract: Since the discovery of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and their subclasses, a unification scheme of AGN has been long sought. Orientation-based unified models predict that some of the ersity within AGN subclasses can be explained by the different viewing angles of the observer. Several orientation categorisations have been suggested, but a widely applicable measure has yet to be found. Using the properties of the ultraviolet and optical broad emission lines of quasars, in particular the velocity offsets and line widths of high-ionisation C iv and low-ionisation Mg ii lines, a correlation has been measured. It is postulated that this correlation is due to the viewing angle of the observer. Comparison with other orientation tracers shows consistency with this interpretation. Using a simulation of a wide angle disk-wind model for the broad emission line region, we successfully replicate the observed correlation with inclination. Future more detailed modelling will not only enable improved accuracy in the determination of the viewing angle to in idual AGN, but will also substantially increase our understanding of the emitting regions of AGN.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2016.8
Abstract: Black hole mass is a key factor in determining how a black hole interacts with its environment. However, the determination of black hole masses at high redshifts depends on secondary mass estimators, which are based on empirical relationships and broad approximations. A dynamical disk wind broad line region model (BLR) of active galactic nuclei is built in order to test the impact of different BLR geometries and inclination angles on the black hole mass estimation. Monte Carlo simulations of two disk wind models are constructed to recover the virial scale factor, f , at various inclination angles. The resulting f values strongly correlate with inclination angle, with large f values associated with small inclination angles (close to face-on) and small f values with large inclination angles (close to edge-on). The recovered f factors are consistent with previously determined f values, found from empirical relationships. Setting f as a constant may introduce a bias into virial black hole mass estimates for a large s le of active galactic nuclei. However, the extent of the bias depends on the line width characterisation (e.g. full width at half maximum or line dispersion). Masses estimated using $f_{\\text{FWHM}}$ tend to be biased towards larger masses, but this can generally be corrected by calibrating for the width or shape of the emission line.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-12-2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2001
DOI: 10.1071/AS01039
Abstract: We measure the spectral properties of a representative sub-s le of 187 quasars, drawn from the Parkes Half-Jansky, Flat-radio-spectrum S le (PHFS). Quasars with a wide range of rest-frame optical/UV continuum slopes are included in the analysis: their colours range over 2 B – K 7. We present composite spectra of red and blue sub-s les of the PHFS quasars, and tabulate their emission line properties. The median Hβ and [O III] emission line equivalent widths of the red quasar sub-s le are a factor of ten weaker than those of the blue quasar sub-s le. No significant differences are seen between the equivalent width distributions of the C IV, C III] and Mg II lines. Both the colours and the emission line equivalent widths of the red quasars can be explained by the addition of a featureless red synchrotron continuum component to an otherwise normal blue quasar spectrum. The red synchrotron component must have a spectrum at least as red as a power-law of the form F υ α υ −2.8 . The relative strengths of the blue and red components span two orders of magnitude at rest-frame 500 nm. The blue component is weaker relative to the red component in low optical luminosity sources. This suggests that the fraction of accretion energy going into optical emission from the jet is greater in lowluminosity quasars. This correlation between colour and luminosity may be of use in cosmological distance scale work. This synchrotron model does not, however, fit ˜10% of the quasars, which have both red colours and high equivalent width emission lines.We hypothesise that these red, strong-lined quasars have intrinsically weak Big Blue Bumps. There is no discontinuity in spectral properties between the BL Lac objects in our s le and the other quasars. BL Lac objects appear to be the red, low equivalent width tail of a continuous distribution. The synchrotron emission component only dominates the spectrum at longer wavelengths, so existing BL Lac surveys will be biased against high redshift objects. This will affect measurements of BL Lac evolution. The blue PHFS quasars have significantly higher equivalent width C IV, Hβ and [O III] emission than a matched s le of optically selected QSOs.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-2001
DOI: 10.1086/321453
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 12-2005
DOI: 10.1086/497158
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-11-2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 12-2007
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921308024010
Abstract: Division VIII gathers astronomers engaged in the study of the visible and invisible matter in the Universe at large, from Local Group galaxies via distant galaxies and galaxy clusters to the large-scale structure of the Universe and the cosmic background radiation.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 15-04-1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 17-05-2010
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 22-02-2023
DOI: 10.3390/EN16052134
Abstract: The Gippsland Regional Aquatic Centre (GRAC) opened in the town of Traralgon, Victoria, Australia early in 2021. The GRAC utilizes a geothermal energy heating system as an alternative to conventional natural gas furnaces. We have examined 12 full months of heat production from the geothermal system of the GRAC and compared its economic performance against equivalent heat production by natural gas. The geothermal system—the first of its kind in Victoria—operated at % availability over its first year of operation. Our economic assessment indicates that the breakeven price for the geothermal energy is about 35% the equivalent price of natural gas and the payback period for the geothermal system is about five years. The results justify the initial capital outlay by Latrobe City Council and are likely to stimulate further development of geothermal heat systems in the region.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-1988
DOI: 10.1038/336358A0
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 12-06-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-04-2000
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-2001
DOI: 10.1086/321106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2018.37
Abstract: We describe the motivation and design details of the ‘Phase II’ upgrade of the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope. The expansion doubles to 256 the number of antenna tiles deployed in the array. The new antenna tiles enhance the capabilities of the Murchison Widefield Array in several key science areas. Seventy-two of the new tiles are deployed in a regular configuration near the existing array core. These new tiles enhance the surface brightness sensitivity of the array and will improve the ability of the Murchison Widefield Array to estimate the slope of the Epoch of Reionisation power spectrum by a factor of ∼3.5. The remaining 56 tiles are deployed on long baselines, doubling the maximum baseline of the array and improving the array u, v coverage. The improved imaging capabilities will provide an order of magnitude improvement in the noise floor of Murchison Widefield Array continuum images. The upgrade retains all of the features that have underpinned the Murchison Widefield Array’s success (large field of view, snapshot image quality, and pointing agility) and boosts the scientific potential with enhanced imaging capabilities and by enabling new calibration strategies.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-1995
DOI: 10.1038/375469A0
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 11-1989
DOI: 10.1086/185579
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2018.30
Abstract: We provide the first in situ measurements of antenna element beam shapes of the Murchison Widefield Array. Most current processing pipelines use an assumed beam shape, which can cause absolute and relative flux density errors and polarisation ‘leakage’. Understanding the primary beam is then of paramount importance, especially for sensitive experiments such as a measurement of the 21-cm line from the epoch of reionisation, where the calibration requirements are so extreme that tile to tile beam variations may affect our ability to make a detection. Measuring the primary beam shape from visibilities is challenging, as multiple instrumental, atmospheric, and astrophysical factors contribute to uncertainties in the data. Building on the methods of Neben et al. [Radio Sci., 50, 614], we tap directly into the receiving elements of the telescope before any digitisation or correlation of the signal. Using ORBCOMM satellite passes we are able to produce all-sky maps for four separate tiles in the XX polarisation. We find good agreement with the beam model of Sokolowski et al. [2017, PASA, 34, e062], and clearly observe the effects of a missing dipole from a tile in one of our beam maps. We end by motivating and outlining additional on-site experiments.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 09-10-2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 10-2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 03-2002
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 06-2007
DOI: 10.1086/517867
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 06-1996
DOI: 10.1017/S1323358000020919
Abstract: Several extragalactic H I surveys using a λ 21 cm 13-beam focal plane array will begin in early 1997 using the Parkes 64 m telescope. These surveys are designed to detect efficiently nearby galaxies that have failed to be identified optically because of low optical surface brightness or high optical extinction. We discuss scientific and technical aspects of the multibeam receiver, including astronomical objectives, feed, receiver and correlator design and data acquisition. A comparison with other telescopes shows that the Parkes multibeam receiver has significant speed advantages for any large-area λ 21 cm galaxy survey in the velocity range range 0–14000 km s −1 .
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 09-2000
DOI: 10.1086/301542
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-2006
DOI: 10.1086/504685
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 20-09-2006
DOI: 10.1086/504681
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2019.15
Abstract: We apply two methods to estimate the 21-cm bispectrum from data taken within the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) project of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). Using data acquired with the Phase II compact array allows a direct bispectrum estimate to be undertaken on the multiple redundantly spaced triangles of antenna tiles, as well as an estimate based on data gridded to the uv -plane. The direct and gridded bispectrum estimators are applied to 21 h of high-band (167–197 MHz z = 6.2–7.5) data from the 2016 and 2017 observing seasons. Analytic predictions for the bispectrum bias and variance for point-source foregrounds are derived. We compare the output of these approaches, the foreground contribution to the signal, and future prospects for measuring the bispectra with redundant and non-redundant arrays. We find that some triangle configurations yield bispectrum estimates that are consistent with the expected noise level after 10 h, while equilateral configurations are strongly foreground-dominated. Careful choice of triangle configurations may be made to reduce foreground bias that hinders power spectrum estimators, and the 21-cm bispectrum may be accessible in less time than the 21-cm power spectrum for some wave modes, with detections in hundreds of hours.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 08-1997
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-1991
DOI: 10.1086/115856
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 08-07-2016
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-02-2017
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2015.6
Abstract: The science cases for incorporating high time resolution capabilities into modern radio telescopes are as numerous as they are compelling. Science targets range from exotic sources such as pulsars, to our Sun, to recently detected possible extragalactic bursts of radio emission, the so-called fast radio bursts (FRBs). Originally conceived purely as an imaging telescope, the initial design of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) did not include the ability to access high time and frequency resolution voltage data. However, the flexibility of the MWA’s software correlator allowed an off-the-shelf solution for adding this capability. This paper describes the system that records the 100 μs and 10 kHz resolution voltage data from the MWA. Ex le science applications, where this capability is critical, are presented, as well as accompanying commissioning results from this mode to demonstrate verification.
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
Date: 15-01-2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2015.5
Abstract: The Murchison Widefield Array is a Square Kilometre Array Precursor. The telescope is located at the Murchison Radio–astronomy Observatory in Western Australia. The MWA consists of 4 096 dipoles arranged into 128 dual polarisation aperture arrays forming a connected element interferometer that cross-correlates signals from all 256 inputs. A hybrid approach to the correlation task is employed, with some processing stages being performed by bespoke hardware, based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays, and others by Graphics Processing Units housed in general purpose rack mounted servers. The correlation capability required is approximately 8 tera floating point operations per second. The MWA has commenced operations and the correlator is generating 8.3 TB day −1 of correlation products, that are subsequently transferred 700 km from the MRO to Perth (WA) in real-time for storage and offline processing. In this paper, we outline the correlator design, signal path, and processing elements and present the data format for the internal and external interfaces.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 28-10-2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 07-07-2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 12-04-2016
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STW823
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-04-2000
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 04-2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-06-2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-08-2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 1999
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 1990
DOI: 10.1007/BFB0009244
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-06-2015
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 1996
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 03-09-2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-2000
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 30-07-2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 07-1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 1992
DOI: 10.1017/S1323358000019111
Abstract: The results of a new imaging survey of 68 bright ( m v 18) high redshift ( z 0.7) quasars are presented. The distribution of celestial distances between the quasars and the nearest galaxy neighbours shows an excess at small separations ( 15 arcseconds) significant at the 99.96% level. The redshifts of these galaxies are not known, so two interpretations are possible. If the galaxies are in groups physically associated with the quasars then they must be significantly brighter ( 3 magnitudes) than normal M * galaxies at the present epoch. Alternatively, this may be the result of a bias caused by gravitational lification of background quasars by compact lenses in the halos of the nearest neighbour (foreground) galaxies. Of the present s le, 25% of the quasars have extra galaxies. If this is caused by a gravitational lensing bias, then, allowing for incompleteness, the results imply that as many as 60% of bright quasars may be gravitationally lensed.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 02-1990
DOI: 10.1086/168327
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2005
DOI: 10.1017/S0074180900196639
Abstract: The HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) offers a unique perspective on the galaxy population in the local universe. A catalogue of 4315 HI-selected galaxies has been extracted from the southern region of the survey (δ +2°). This catalogue gives a clear view of the local large-scale structure and is used to study the two-point correlation function, the Tully-Fisher relation, and galaxy luminosity and mass functions. Some initial results are discussed here.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-11-2009
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 27-06-2017
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 09-1993
DOI: 10.1086/116689
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 05-2005
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Date: 1990
DOI: 10.1007/BFB0009257
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 07-2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 07-2005
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Date: 02-01-2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 06-2007
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921307014421
Abstract: We present the Northern HIPASS Optical/Infrared Catalogue (NOIRCAT), an optical/near-infrared counterpart catalogue for the Northern HIPASS catalogue (NHICAT). Of the 1002 sources in NHICAT, 655 (66%) have optical counterparts with matching optical velocities. A further 87 sources have optical counterparts with matching velocities from previous radio emission line surveys. Assuming a dark galaxy to be an isolated H I source with no detectable stars, no candidate dark galaxies have been confirmed.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 28-01-2014
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 18-02-2016
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 11-07-2016
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 20-10-1999
DOI: 10.1086/307854
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2002
DOI: 10.1071/AS01083
Abstract: We observed three AGN from the Parkes Half-Jansky Flat-spectrum S le at near infrared (NIR) wavelengths to search for micro-variability. In one source, the blue quasar PKS 2243–123, good evidence for NIR micro-variability was found. In the other two sources, PKS 2240–260 and PKS 2233–148, both BL Lacertae objects, no such evidence of variability was detected. We discuss the implications of these observations for the various mechanisms that have been proposed for micro-variability.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2016.58
Abstract: We present new software to cross-match low-frequency radio catalogues: the Positional Update and Matching Algorithm. The Positional Update and Matching Algorithm combines a positional Bayesian probabilistic approach with spectral matching criteria, allowing for confusing sources in the matching process. We go on to create a radio sky model using Positional Update and Matching Algorithm based on the Murchison Widefield Array Commissioning Survey, and are able to automatically cross-match ~ 98.5% of sources. Using the characteristics of this sky model, we create simple simulated mock catalogues on which to test the Positional Update and Matching Algorithm, and find that Positional Update and Matching Algorithm can reliably find the correct spectral indices of sources, along with being able to recover ionospheric offsets. Finally, we use this sky model to calibrate and remove foreground sources from simulated interferometric data, generated using OSKAR (the Oxford University visibility generator). We demonstrate that there is a substantial improvement in foreground source removal when using higher frequency and higher resolution source positions, even when correcting positions by an average of 0.3 arcmin given a synthesised beam-width of ~ 2.3 arcmin.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 03-2016
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STW451
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 13-11-2020
Abstract: We use the latest multiredshift (z = 6.5−8.7) upper limits on the 21-cm signal from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) to explore astrophysical models which are inconsistent with the data. We explore these limits in the context of reionization astrophysics by using 21CMMC to connect the disfavoured regions of parameter space to existing observational constraints on reionization such as high-z galaxy ultraviolet (UV) luminosity functions, the background UV photoionization rate, the intergalactic medium (IGM) neutral fraction, the electron scattering optical depth and the soft-band X-ray emissivity. We find the vast majority of disfavoured models to already be inconsistent with existing observational constraints. These can be broadly classified into two types of models: (i) ‘cold’ reionization and (ii) pure matter density fluctuations in a cold, neutral IGM (i.e. no reionization). Interestingly, a small subs le of models inconsistent with the MWA is consistent with the aforementioned constraints (excluding the X-ray emissivity). This implies that the current MWA limits are already providing unique information to disfavour models of reionization, albeit extremely weakly. We also provide the first limits on the soft-band X-ray emissivity from galaxies at high redshifts, finding 1σ lower limits of ϵX, 0.5−2 keV ≳ 1034.5 erg s−1 Mpc−3. Finally, we recover 95 per cent disfavoured limits on the IGM spin temperature of $\\bar{T}_{\\rm S}\\lesssim$ 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1, and 2.4 K at z = 6.5, 6.8, 7.1, 7.8, 8.2, and 8.7. With this, we infer the IGM must have undergone, at the very least, a small amount of X-ray heating. Note, the limits on ϵX, 0.5–2 keV and $\\bar{T}_{\\rm S}$ are conditional on the IGM neutral fraction.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 16-09-2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-1983
DOI: 10.1038/301735A0
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-05-2013
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STT747
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 1998
DOI: 10.1071/AS98325
Abstract: The recent discovery of two distant satellites of Uranus suggests that there could be similar bodies orbiting Neptune. Previous surveys for distant satellites of Neptune have had relatively bright magnitude limits ( B J ≃ 20·5) and would have missed satellites with magnitudes and colours similar to the two recently discovered Uranian satellites ( R ~ 20·4 and R ~ 21·9). We have searched for satellites of Neptune to a limiting magnitude of R ~ 21 in a 0·1□° region centred on the planet. This search is up to ~ 2 magnitudes deeper than the previous wide field search for distant satellites by the UK Schmidt Telescope. Nereid was easily recovered by the search and no large variations of its magnitude were detected.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-11-2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-05-2001
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 12-1989
DOI: 10.1086/115272
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-01-2018
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-018-19195-3
Abstract: Type III solar radio bursts are the Sun’s most intense and frequent nonthermal radio emissions. They involve two critical problems in astrophysics, plasma physics, and space physics: how collective processes produce nonthermal radiation and how magnetic reconnection occurs and changes magnetic energy into kinetic energy. Here magnetic reconnection events are identified definitively in Solar Dynamics Observatory UV-EUV data, with strong upward and downward pairs of jets, current sheets, and cusp-like geometries on top of time-varying magnetic loops, and strong outflows along pairs of open magnetic field lines. Type III bursts imaged by the Murchison Widefield Array and detected by the Learmonth radiospectrograph and STEREO B spacecraft are demonstrated to be in very good temporal and spatial coincidence with specific reconnection events and with bursts of X-rays detected by the RHESSI spacecraft. The reconnection sites are low, near heights of 5–10 Mm. These images and event timings provide the long-desired direct evidence that semi-relativistic electrons energized in magnetic reconnection regions produce type III radio bursts. Not all the observed reconnection events produce X-ray events or coronal or interplanetary type III bursts thus different special conditions exist for electrons leaving reconnection regions to produce observable radio, EUV, UV, and X-ray bursts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2017.37
Abstract: The structure and kinematics of the broad line region in quasars are still unknown. One popular model is the disk-wind model that offers a geometric unification of a quasar based on the viewing angle. We construct a simple kinematical disk-wind model with a narrow outflowing wind angle. The model is combined with radiative transfer in the Sobolev, or high velocity, limit. We examine how angle of viewing affects the observed characteristics of the emission line. The line profiles were found to exhibit distinct properties depending on the orientation, wind opening angle, and region of the wind where the emission arises. At low inclination angle (close to face-on), we find that the shape of the emission line is asymmetric, narrow, and significantly blueshifted. As the inclination angle increases (close to edge-on), the line profile becomes more symmetric, broader, and less blueshifted. Additionally, lines that arise close to the base of the disk wind, near the accretion disk, tend to be broad and symmetric. Single-peaked line profiles are recovered for the intermediate and equatorial wind. The model is also able to reproduce a faster response in either the red or blue sides of the line profile, consistent with reverberation mapping studies.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Date: 1990
DOI: 10.1007/BFB0009236
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 1988
DOI: 10.1086/114608
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 10-07-2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 18-10-2018
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2004
DOI: 10.1071/AS03048
Abstract: The H I content of Hickson Compact Groups in the southern hemisphere is measured using data from the H I Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS), and dedicated observations using the narrow band filter on the Multibeam instrument on the Parkes telescope. The expected H I mass of these groups was estimated using the luminosity, diameter, and morphological types of the member galaxies, calibrated from published data. Taking careful account of non-detection limits, the results show that the compact group population that has been detected by these observations has an H I content similar to that of galaxies in the reference field s le. The upper limits for the undetected groups lie within the normal range improvement of these limits will require a large increase in sensitivity.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-03-2021
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-02-2016
DOI: 10.1093/MNRAS/STW310
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2015.29
Abstract: We compare first-order (refractive) ionospheric effects seen by the MWA with the ionosphere as inferred from GPS data. The first-order ionosphere manifests itself as a bulk position shift of the observed sources across an MWA field of view. These effects can be computed from global ionosphere maps provided by GPS analysis centres, namely the CODE. However, for precision radio astronomy applications, data from local GPS networks needs to be incorporated into ionospheric modelling. For GPS observations, the ionospheric parameters are biased by GPS receiver instrument delays, among other effects, also known as receiver DCBs. The receiver DCBs need to be estimated for any non-CODE GPS station used for ionosphere modelling. In this work, single GPS station-based ionospheric modelling is performed at a time resolution of 10 min. Also the receiver DCBs are estimated for selected Geoscience Australia GPS receivers, located at Murchison Radio Observatory, Yarragadee, Mount Magnet and Wiluna. The ionospheric gradients estimated from GPS are compared with that inferred from MWA. The ionospheric gradients at all the GPS stations show a correlation with the gradients observed with the MWA. The ionosphere estimates obtained using GPS measurements show promise in terms of providing calibration information for the MWA.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2015.26
Abstract: GLEAM, the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey, is a survey of the entire radio sky south of declination + 25° at frequencies between 72 and 231 MHz, made with the MWA using a drift scan method that makes efficient use of the MWA’s very large field-of-view. We present the observation details, imaging strategies, and theoretical sensitivity for GLEAM. The survey ran for two years, the first year using 40-kHz frequency resolution and 0.5-s time resolution the second year using 10-kHz frequency resolution and 2 s time resolution. The resulting image resolution and sensitivity depends on observing frequency, sky pointing, and image weighting scheme. At 154 MHz, the image resolution is approximately 2.5 × 2.2/cos (δ + 26.7°) arcmin with sensitivity to structures up to ~ 10° in angular size. We provide tables to calculate the expected thermal noise for GLEAM mosaics depending on pointing and frequency and discuss limitations to achieving theoretical noise in Stokes I images. We discuss challenges, and their solutions, that arise for GLEAM including ionospheric effects on source positions and linearly polarised emission, and the instrumental polarisation effects inherent to the MWA’s primary beam.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-2004
DOI: 10.1086/421744
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-01-2010
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 08-2002
DOI: 10.1086/341582
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 06-2003
DOI: 10.1086/374944
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-1999
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3994(199908)320:4/5<320::AID-ASNA320>3.0.CO;2-J
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2023.7
Abstract: We describe the first results from the All-sky BRIght, Complete Quasar Survey (AllBRICQS), which aims to discover the last remaining optically bright quasars. We present 156 spectroscopically confirmed quasars (140 newly identified) having $|b| ^{\circ}$ . 152 of the quasars have Gaia DR3 magnitudes brighter than $B_{P}=16.5$ or $R_{P}=16$ mag, while four are slightly fainter. The quasars span a redshift range of $z=0.07-3.93$ . In particular, we highlight the properties of J0529-4351 at $z=3.93$ , which, if unlensed, is one of the most intrinsically luminous quasars in the Universe. The AllBRICQS sources have been selected by combining data from the Gaia and WISE all-sky satellite missions, and we successfully identify quasars not flagged as candidates by Gaia Data Release 3. We expect the completeness to be $\approx$ 96% within our magnitude and latitude limits, while the preliminary results indicate a selection purity of $\approx$ 96%. The optical spectroscopy used for source classification will also enable detailed quasar characterisation, including black hole mass measurements and identification of foreground absorption systems. The AllBRICQS sources will greatly enhance the number of quasars available for high-signal-to-noise follow-up with present and future facilities.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 19-12-2016
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 10-01-1999
DOI: 10.1086/306611
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 12-2005
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921306004728
Abstract: 2002–2005 has seen rapid progress in cosmology with the publication of the 1st year WMAP results and analyses of large scale red-shift surveys, ushering in an era of “precision cosmology”. There has been steady progress, too, in the discovery and study of quasars and galaxies in the early Universe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-06-1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2015.39
Abstract: Using both a theoretical and an empirical approach, we have investigated the frequency of low redshift galaxy-galaxy lensing systems in which the signature of 3D weak lensing might be directly detectable. We find good agreement between these two approaches. Using data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly redshift survey we estimate the frequency of detectable weak lensing at low redshift. We find that below a redshift of z ~ 0.6, the probability of a galaxy being weakly lensed by γ ⩾ 0.02 is ~ 0.01. We have also investigated the feasibility of measuring the scatter in the M * − M h relation using shear statistics. We estimate that for a shear measurement error of Δγ = 0.02 (consistent with the sensitivity of the Direct Shear Mapping technique), with a s le of ~$50,000 spatially and spectrally resolved galaxies, the scatter in the M * − M h relation could be measured. While there are currently no existing IFU surveys of this size, there are upcoming surveys that will provide this data (e.g The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), surveys with Hector, and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)).
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 05-1996
DOI: 10.1017/S1323358000020774
Abstract: We have recently discovered evidence for a population of radio-loud quasars that is reddened by dust. The dust is either along the line of sight to the quasars or is associated with the quasars. In the latter case the dust may be in molecular clouds in the quasar’s host galaxy, or in a molecular torus around the nucleus. We are planning to use 3 mm observations to search for molecular absorption lines (CO and HCO + ) associated with dust at the redshift of these quasars. If any absorption systems are detected we will be able to deduce detailed information about the physical state of the molecular gas, hopefully showing which of the proposed locations of the dust is most likely.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-11-1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 30-06-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-1986
DOI: 10.1038/324617A0
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 05-2001
DOI: 10.1086/320410
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 07-07-2020
Abstract: Changing look active galactic nuclei (CLAGNs) are rare cases of AGNs, where the continuum flux increases/decreases and the broad emission lines appear/disappear within short time-scales. These extreme changes challenge our understanding of accretion disc dynamics. We present a s le of four new CLAGNs at 0.026 & z & 0.107, which were found by cross-matching the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey with AGNs from the SDSS spectroscopic data base. Our results show that the selection criteria of $\gt \mathopen |0.5\mathclose |$ mag change in SDSS-g band is ineffective at lower redshifts. This is, in part, due to the fact that the g band is probing a different part of the AGNs spectral energy distribution at these redshifts. The bigger issue is that the galaxy continuum dominates the spectrum and thus overwhelms any variation of the AGNs continuum that might contribute to photometric variations. This suggests the need to use different methods for future low-redshift CLAGNs searches.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 10-2002
DOI: 10.1086/342546
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-08-2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 05-1996
DOI: 10.1017/S1323358000020646
Abstract: The Australia Telescope Compact Array has been used in two 6 km configurations to make 12 hour observations of the radio continuum structure of three spiral galaxies at 1380 MHz and 2378 MHz. Radio maps of NGC 1792, 6300 and 1097 are presented here, as part of a survey to find ex les of anomalous radio structures in spiral galaxies.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 09-2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1017/PASA.2016.19
Abstract: We have compiled a catalogue of H ii regions detected with the Murchison Widefield Array between 72 and 231 MHz. The multiple frequency bands provided by the Murchison Widefield Array allow us identify the characteristic spectrum generated by the thermal Bremsstrahlung process in H ii regions. We detect 306 H ii regions between 260° l 340° and report on the positions, sizes, peak, integrated flux density, and spectral indices of these H ii regions. By identifying the point at which H ii regions transition from the optically thin to thick regime, we derive the physical properties including the electron density, ionised gas mass, and ionising photon flux, towards 61 H ii regions. This catalogue of H ii regions represents the most extensive and uniform low frequency survey of H ii regions in the Galaxy to date.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 10-2017
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921318000893
Abstract: The MWA EoR is one of a small handful of experiments designed to detect the statistical signal from the Epoch of Reionisation. Each of these experiments has reached a level of maturity, where the challenges, in particular of foreground removal, are being more fully understood. Over the past decade, the MWA EoR Collaboration has developed expertise and an understanding of the elements of the telescope array, the end-to-end pipelines, ionospheric conditions, and and the foreground emissions. Sufficient data has been collected to detect the theoretically predicted EoR signal. Limits have been published regularly, however we still several orders of magnitude from a possible detection. This paper outlines recent progress and indicates directions for future efforts.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 07-10-2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-11-2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 12-02-2020
Abstract: We compute the spherically averaged power spectrum from four seasons of data obtained for the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) project observed with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). We measure the EoR power spectrum over k = 0.07–3.0 h Mpc−1 at redshifts $z$ = 6.5–8.7. The largest aggregation of 110 h on EoR0 high band (3340 observations), yields a lowest measurement of (43 mK)2 = 1.8 × 103 mK2 at k = 0.14 h Mpc−1 and $z$ = 6.5 (2σ thermal noise plus s le variance). Using the Real-Time System to calibrate and the CHIPS pipeline to estimate power spectra, we select the best observations from the central five pointings within the 2013–2016 observing seasons, observing three independent fields and in two frequency bands. This yields 13 591 2-min snapshots (453 h), based on a quality assurance metric that measures ionospheric activity. We perform another cut to remove poorly calibrated data, based on power in the foreground-dominated and EoR-dominated regions of the two-dimensional power spectrum, reducing the set to 12 569 observations (419 h). These data are processed in groups of 20 observations, to retain the capacity to identify poor data, and used to analyse the evolution and structure of the data over field, frequency, and data quality. We subsequently choose the cleanest 8935 observations (298 h of data) to form integrated power spectra over the different fields, pointings, and redshift ranges.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 22-08-2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 09-2009
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 02-2002
DOI: 10.1086/338088
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 06-09-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-1998
DOI: 10.1038/29466
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 02-2005
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 03-2004
DOI: 10.1086/381905
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-1989
DOI: 10.1038/339106C0
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 06-1992
DOI: 10.1086/186399
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 30-06-2023
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-2834908/V1
Abstract: Quasars are supermassive black holes feasting on surrounding matter, which make them outshine their host galaxies. Around a million quasars have been cat- alogued in the Universe by probing deeper and using new methods for discovery. In this work, we study the properties of the most luminous of all quasars found so far. It has been overlooked until recently, which demonstrates that modern all-sky surveys have much to reveal. The black hole in this quasar accretes around one solar mass per day onto an existing mass of 15 billion solar masses. In this process its accretion disc alone releases a radiative energy that is equivalent to the output from between 365 and 640 trillion Suns. The range is mostly due to the unknown viewing angle of the disc, which radiates more intensely near its polar sight lines than at grazing angles to the disc.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 10-2000
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 25-10-2018
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Date: 06-2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 03-2000
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 27-03-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-12-2008
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 10-09-2001
DOI: 10.1086/322299
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Date: 09-2016
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 24-03-2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-07-2018
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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