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Identifying active galactic nuclei via brightness temperature with sub-arcsecond international LOFAR telescope observations
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- Morabito, Leah K. (author)
- Durham University
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- Sweijen, F. (author)
- Universiteit Leiden (UL),Leiden University (UL)
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- Radcliffe, J. F. (author)
- University of Manchester,Universiteit van Pretoria,University of Pretoria
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- Best, P. N. (author)
- Royal Observatory
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- Kondapally, Rohit (author)
- Royal Observatory
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- Bondi, Marco (author)
- Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
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- Bonato, Matteo (author)
- Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
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- Duncan, K. J. (author)
- Royal Observatory
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- Prandoni, Isabella (author)
- Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
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- Shimwell, T. W. (author)
- Universiteit Leiden (UL),Leiden University (UL),Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)
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- Williams, W. L. (author)
- Universiteit Leiden (UL),Leiden University (UL)
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- van Weeren, R. J. (author)
- Universiteit Leiden (UL),Leiden University (UL)
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- Conway, John, 1963 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Rivera, G. Calistro (author)
- European Southern Observatory Santiago
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- 2022-07-29
- 2022
- English.
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In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 515:4, s. 5758-5774
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- Identifying active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and isolating their contribution to a galaxy's energy budget is crucial for studying the co-evolution of AGNs and their host galaxies. Brightness temperature (T-b) measurements from high-resolution radio observations at GHz frequencies are widely used to identify AGNs. Here, we investigate using new sub-arcsecond imaging at 144 MHz with the International LOFAR Telescope to identify AGNs using T-b in the Lockman Hole field. We use ancillary data to validate the 940 AGN identifications, finding 83 percent of sources have AGN classifications from SED fitting and/or photometric identifications, yielding 160 new AGN identifications. Considering the multiwavelength classifications, brightness temperature criteria select over half of radio-excess sources, 32 percent of sources classified as radio-quiet AGNs, and 20 percent of sources classified as star-forming galaxies. Infrared colour-colour plots and comparison with what we would expect to detect based on peak brightness in 6 arcsec LOFAR maps imply that the star-forming galaxies and sources at low flux densities have a mixture of star-formation and AGN activity. We separate the radio emission from star-formation and AGN in unresolved, T-b-identified AGNs with no significant radio excess and find the AGN comprises 0.49 +/- 0.16 of the radio luminosity. Overall, the non-radio excess AGNs show evidence for having a variety of different radio emission mechanisms, which can provide different pathways for AGNs and galaxy co-evolution. This validation of AGN identification using brightness temperature at low frequencies opens the possibility for securely selecting AGN samples where ancillary data are inadequate.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Annan fysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Other Physics Topics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- galaxies: active
- radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
- galaxies: jets
- radio continuum: galaxies
- acceleration of particles
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