Published February 24, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

VLA source counts at 6-cm wavelength

  • 1. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

Thirteen widely separated fields at high galactic latitude have been mapped with the Very Large Array at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at 6 cm. The fields were 12.8 arc min square and the 5 σ noise levels extended below 1 mJy. The resulting differential source counts were δN/δN0 (0.5 mJy<S<3.0 mJy) = 0.0384 and δ/δN0 (3.0 mJy<S<10.0 mJy) = 0.178. These results confirm the deviation at low flux levels from the uniform N = 60 Ssup(-1.5) Ω distribution. (U.K.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nature (London)
Journal Volume
301
Journal Issue
5902
Series
Nature (London).
Journal Page Range
686-688
ISSN
0028-0836

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
14781566
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COORDINATES; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; COSMIC RAY FLUX; FLUX DENSITY; GHZ RANGE 01-100; NOISE
Descriptors DEC
FREQUENCY RANGE; GHZ RANGE; RADIATION FLUX