CGRaBS: An all-sky survey of gamma-ray blazar candidates
We describe a uniform all-sky survey of bright blazars, selected primarily by their flat radio spectra, that is designed to provide a large catalog of likely γ-ray active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The defined sample has 1625 targets with radio and X-ray properties similar to those of the EGRET blazars...
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| author | Healey, SE Romani, R Cotter, G Michelson, P Schlafly, E Readhead, A Giommi, P Chaty, S Grenier, I Weintraub, L |
| author_facet | Healey, SE Romani, R Cotter, G Michelson, P Schlafly, E Readhead, A Giommi, P Chaty, S Grenier, I Weintraub, L |
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| description | We describe a uniform all-sky survey of bright blazars, selected primarily by their flat radio spectra, that is designed to provide a large catalog of likely γ-ray active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The defined sample has 1625 targets with radio and X-ray properties similar to those of the EGRET blazars, spread uniformly across the |b| > 10° sky. We also report progress toward optical characterization of the sample; of objects with known R < 23, 85% have been classified and 81% have measured redshifts. One goal of this program is to focus attention on the most interesting (e.g., high-redshift, high-luminosity,...) sources for intensive multiwavelength study during the observations by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on GLAST. © 2008. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c8c013ca-40e6-4830-9daa-6bcc0cbc72f72022-03-27T06:54:22ZCGRaBS: An all-sky survey of gamma-ray blazar candidatesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c8c013ca-40e6-4830-9daa-6bcc0cbc72f7EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Healey, SERomani, RCotter, GMichelson, PSchlafly, EReadhead, AGiommi, PChaty, SGrenier, IWeintraub, LWe describe a uniform all-sky survey of bright blazars, selected primarily by their flat radio spectra, that is designed to provide a large catalog of likely γ-ray active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The defined sample has 1625 targets with radio and X-ray properties similar to those of the EGRET blazars, spread uniformly across the |b| > 10° sky. We also report progress toward optical characterization of the sample; of objects with known R < 23, 85% have been classified and 81% have measured redshifts. One goal of this program is to focus attention on the most interesting (e.g., high-redshift, high-luminosity,...) sources for intensive multiwavelength study during the observations by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on GLAST. © 2008. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Healey, SE Romani, R Cotter, G Michelson, P Schlafly, E Readhead, A Giommi, P Chaty, S Grenier, I Weintraub, L CGRaBS: An all-sky survey of gamma-ray blazar candidates |
| title | CGRaBS: An all-sky survey of gamma-ray blazar candidates |
| title_full | CGRaBS: An all-sky survey of gamma-ray blazar candidates |
| title_fullStr | CGRaBS: An all-sky survey of gamma-ray blazar candidates |
| title_full_unstemmed | CGRaBS: An all-sky survey of gamma-ray blazar candidates |
| title_short | CGRaBS: An all-sky survey of gamma-ray blazar candidates |
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