ULTRA STEEP SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCES IN THE LOCKMAN HOLE: SERVS IDENTIFICATIONS AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AT THE FAINTEST RADIO FLUXES
Ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources have been successfully used to select powerful radio sources at high redshifts (z ≳ 2). Typically restricted to large-sky surveys and relatively bright radio flux densities, it has gradually become possible to extend the USS search to sub-mJy levels, thanks t...
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| author | Afonso, J Bizzocchi, L Ibar, E Grossi, M Simpson, C Chapman, S Jarvis, M Rottgering, H Norris, R Dunlop, J Ivison, R Messias, H Pforr, J Vaccari, M Seymour, N Best, P Gonzalez-Solares, E Farrah, D Fernandes, C Huang, J Lacy, M Maraston, C Marchetti, L Mauduit, J Oliver, S |
| author_facet | Afonso, J Bizzocchi, L Ibar, E Grossi, M Simpson, C Chapman, S Jarvis, M Rottgering, H Norris, R Dunlop, J Ivison, R Messias, H Pforr, J Vaccari, M Seymour, N Best, P Gonzalez-Solares, E Farrah, D Fernandes, C Huang, J Lacy, M Maraston, C Marchetti, L Mauduit, J Oliver, S |
| author_sort | Afonso, J |
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| description | Ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources have been successfully used to select powerful radio sources at high redshifts (z ≳ 2). Typically restricted to large-sky surveys and relatively bright radio flux densities, it has gradually become possible to extend the USS search to sub-mJy levels, thanks to the recent appearance of sensitive low-frequency radio facilities. Here a first detailed analysis of the nature of the faintest USS sources is presented. By using Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope and Very Large Array radio observations of the Lockman Hole at 610MHz and 1.4GHz, a sample of 58 USS sources, with 610MHz integrated fluxes above 100μJy, is assembled. Deep infrared data at 3.6 and 4.5μm from the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS) are used to reliably identify counterparts for 48 (83%) of these sources, showing an average total magnitude of [3.6]AB = 19.8mag. Spectroscopic redshifts for 14 USS sources, together with photometric redshift estimates, improved by the use of the deep SERVS data, for a further 19 objects, show redshifts ranging from z = 0.1 to z = 2.8, peaking at z 0.6 and tailing off at high redshifts. The remaining 25 USS sources, with no redshift estimate, include the faintest [3.6] magnitudes, with 10 sources undetected at 3.6 and 4.5μm (typically [3.6] ≳ 22-23mag from local measurements), which suggests the likely existence of higher redshifts among the sub-mJy USS population. The comparison with the Square Kilometre Array Design Studies Simulated Skies models indicates that Fanaroff-Riley type I radio sources and radio-quiet active galactic nuclei may constitute the bulk of the faintest USS population, and raises the possibility that the high efficiency of the USS technique for the selection of high-redshift sources remains even at the sub-mJy level. © 2011. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7a7c59f4-8d50-4adf-a3cc-18da12720d192022-03-26T20:44:29ZULTRA STEEP SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCES IN THE LOCKMAN HOLE: SERVS IDENTIFICATIONS AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AT THE FAINTEST RADIO FLUXESJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7a7c59f4-8d50-4adf-a3cc-18da12720d19EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordInstitute of Physics Publishing2011Afonso, JBizzocchi, LIbar, EGrossi, MSimpson, CChapman, SJarvis, MRottgering, HNorris, RDunlop, JIvison, RMessias, HPforr, JVaccari, MSeymour, NBest, PGonzalez-Solares, EFarrah, DFernandes, CHuang, JLacy, MMaraston, CMarchetti, LMauduit, JOliver, SUltra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources have been successfully used to select powerful radio sources at high redshifts (z ≳ 2). Typically restricted to large-sky surveys and relatively bright radio flux densities, it has gradually become possible to extend the USS search to sub-mJy levels, thanks to the recent appearance of sensitive low-frequency radio facilities. Here a first detailed analysis of the nature of the faintest USS sources is presented. By using Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope and Very Large Array radio observations of the Lockman Hole at 610MHz and 1.4GHz, a sample of 58 USS sources, with 610MHz integrated fluxes above 100μJy, is assembled. Deep infrared data at 3.6 and 4.5μm from the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS) are used to reliably identify counterparts for 48 (83%) of these sources, showing an average total magnitude of [3.6]AB = 19.8mag. Spectroscopic redshifts for 14 USS sources, together with photometric redshift estimates, improved by the use of the deep SERVS data, for a further 19 objects, show redshifts ranging from z = 0.1 to z = 2.8, peaking at z 0.6 and tailing off at high redshifts. The remaining 25 USS sources, with no redshift estimate, include the faintest [3.6] magnitudes, with 10 sources undetected at 3.6 and 4.5μm (typically [3.6] ≳ 22-23mag from local measurements), which suggests the likely existence of higher redshifts among the sub-mJy USS population. The comparison with the Square Kilometre Array Design Studies Simulated Skies models indicates that Fanaroff-Riley type I radio sources and radio-quiet active galactic nuclei may constitute the bulk of the faintest USS population, and raises the possibility that the high efficiency of the USS technique for the selection of high-redshift sources remains even at the sub-mJy level. © 2011. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Afonso, J Bizzocchi, L Ibar, E Grossi, M Simpson, C Chapman, S Jarvis, M Rottgering, H Norris, R Dunlop, J Ivison, R Messias, H Pforr, J Vaccari, M Seymour, N Best, P Gonzalez-Solares, E Farrah, D Fernandes, C Huang, J Lacy, M Maraston, C Marchetti, L Mauduit, J Oliver, S ULTRA STEEP SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCES IN THE LOCKMAN HOLE: SERVS IDENTIFICATIONS AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AT THE FAINTEST RADIO FLUXES |
| title | ULTRA STEEP SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCES IN THE LOCKMAN HOLE: SERVS IDENTIFICATIONS AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AT THE FAINTEST RADIO FLUXES |
| title_full | ULTRA STEEP SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCES IN THE LOCKMAN HOLE: SERVS IDENTIFICATIONS AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AT THE FAINTEST RADIO FLUXES |
| title_fullStr | ULTRA STEEP SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCES IN THE LOCKMAN HOLE: SERVS IDENTIFICATIONS AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AT THE FAINTEST RADIO FLUXES |
| title_full_unstemmed | ULTRA STEEP SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCES IN THE LOCKMAN HOLE: SERVS IDENTIFICATIONS AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AT THE FAINTEST RADIO FLUXES |
| title_short | ULTRA STEEP SPECTRUM RADIO SOURCES IN THE LOCKMAN HOLE: SERVS IDENTIFICATIONS AND REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION AT THE FAINTEST RADIO FLUXES |
| title_sort | ultra steep spectrum radio sources in the lockman hole servs identifications and redshift distribution at the faintest radio fluxes |
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