The Population of Compact Radio Sources in the Orion Nebula Cluster

Autor(en)
Jan Forbrich, V. M. Rivilla, Karl M. Menten, Mark J. Reid, C. J. Chandler, Stefan Meingast
Abstrakt

We present a deep centimeter-wavelength catalog of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC), based on a 30 hr single-pointing observation with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in its high-resolution A-configuration using two 1 GHz bands centered at 4.7 and 7.3 GHz. A total of 556 compact sources were detected in a map with a nominal rms noise of 3 μJy bm-1, limited by complex source structure and the primary beam response. Compared to previous catalogs, our detections increase the sample of known compact radio sources in the ONC by more than a factor of seven. The new data show complex emission on a wide range of spatial scales. Following a preliminary correction for the wideband primary-beam response, we determine radio spectral indices for 170 sources whose index uncertainties are less than ±0.5. We compare the radio to the X-ray and near-infrared point-source populations, noting similarities and differences.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal
Band
822
Anzahl der Seiten
13
ISSN
0004-637X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/93
Publikationsdatum
05-2016
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/the-population-of-compact-radio-sources-in-the-orion-nebula-cluster(7b1c8d08-b921-49aa-83e3-ba99f246c5dc).html