Published September 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

VERY LARGE ARRAY 1.4 GHz CATALOGS OF THE A370 AND A2390 CLUSTER FIELDS

  • 1. Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 475 North Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)
  • 2. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box O, Socorro, NM 87801 (United States)
  • 3. Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, P.O. Box 23-141, Taipei 10617, Taiwan (China)

Description

We present 1.4 GHz catalogs for the cluster fields A370 and A2390 observed with the Very Large Array. These are two of the deepest radio images of cluster fields ever taken. The A370 image covers an area of 40' × 40' with a synthesized beam of ∼1.''7 and a noise level of ∼5.7 μJy near the field center. The A2390 image covers an area of 34' × 34' with a synthesized beam of ∼1.''4 and a noise level of ∼5.6 μJy near the field center. We catalog 200 redshifts for the A370 field. We construct differential number counts for the central regions (radius < 16') of both clusters. We find that the faint (S1.4GHz < 3 mJy) counts of A370 are roughly consistent with the highest blank field number counts, while the faint number counts of A2390 are roughly consistent with the lowest blank field number counts. Our analyses indicate that the number counts are primarily from field radio galaxies. We suggest that the disagreement of our number counts can be largely attributed to cosmic variance.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/202/1/2

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Journal Volume
202
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[13 p.]
ISSN
0067-0049
CODEN
APJSA2

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44048609
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; CATALOGS; COSMOLOGY; GHZ RANGE; IMAGES; NOISE; RADIO GALAXIES; RADIOASTRONOMY; RED SHIFT; STAR CLUSTERS
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DOCUMENT TYPES; FREQUENCY RANGE; GALAXIES; PHYSICS