Naslov
The XXL Survey. XXIX. GMRT 610 MHz continuum observations

Autori
Smolčić, Vernesa ; Intema, Huib ; Šlaus, Bruno ; Raychaudhury, Somak ; Novak, Mladen ; Horellou, Cathy ; Chiappetti, Lucio ; Delhaize, Jacinta ; Birkinshaw, Mark ; Bondi, Marco ; Bremer, Malcolm ; Ciliegi, Paolo ; Ferrari, Chiara ; Kolokythas, Konstantinos ; Lidman, Chris ; McGee, Sean L. ; Norris, Ray ; Pierre, Marguerite ; Röttgering, Huub ; Tasse, Cyril ; Williams, Wendy

Izvornik
Astronomy & astrophysics (Berlin) (0004-6361) 620 (2018); A14, 10

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
catalogs, surveys, galaxies: active

Sažetak
We present the 25 square-degree GMRT-XXL-N 610 MHz radio continuum survey, conducted at 50 cm wavelength with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) towards the XXL Northern field (XXL-N). We combined previously published observations of the XMM-Large Scale Structure (XMM-LSS) field, located in the central part of XXL-N, with newly conducted observations towards the remaining XXL-N area, and imaged the combined data-set using the Source Peeling and Atmospheric Modeling (SPAM) pipeline.The final mosaic encompasses a total area of 30.4 square degrees, with rms <150 μJy beam^−1 60% of the area. The rms achieved in the inner 9.6 square degree area, enclosing the XMM-LSS field, is about 200 μJy beam^−1, while that over the outer 12.66 square degree area (which excludes the noisy edges) is about 45 μJy beam^−1. The resolution of the final mosaic is 6.5 arcsec. We presenta catalogue of 5434 sources detected at≥7×rms. We verify, and correct the reliability of, the catalog in terms of astrometry, flux, and false detection rate. Making use of the (to date) deepest radio continuum survey over a relatively large (2 square degree) field, complete at the flux levels probed by the GMRT-XXL-N survey, we also assess the survey’s incompleteness as a function of fluxdensity. The radio continuum sensitivity reached over a large field with a wealth of multi-wavelength data available makes the GMRT-XXL-N 610 MHz survey an important asset for studying the physical properties, environments and cosmic evolution of radio sources, in particular radio-selected active galactic nuclei (AGN).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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