A New, Deep JVLA Radio Survey of M33

We have performed new 1.4 and 5 GHz observations of the Local Group galaxy M33 with the Jansky Very Large Array. Our survey has a limiting sensitivity of 20 Jy (4 ) and a resolution of 5 9 (FWHM), corresponding to a spatial resolution of 24 pc at 817 kpc. Using a new multiresolution algorithm, we ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series 2019-04, Vol.241 (2), p.37
Hauptverfasser: White, Richard L., Long, Knox S., Becker, Robert H., Blair, William P., Helfand, David J., Winkler, P. Frank
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Zusammenfassung:We have performed new 1.4 and 5 GHz observations of the Local Group galaxy M33 with the Jansky Very Large Array. Our survey has a limiting sensitivity of 20 Jy (4 ) and a resolution of 5 9 (FWHM), corresponding to a spatial resolution of 24 pc at 817 kpc. Using a new multiresolution algorithm, we have created a catalog of 2875 sources, including 675 with well-determined spectral indices. We detect sources at the position of 319 of the X-ray sources in the Tüllmann et al. Chandra survey of M33, the majority of which are likely to be background galaxies. The radio source coincident with M33 X-8, the nuclear source, appears to be extended. Along with numerous H ii regions or portions of H ii region complexes, we detect 155 of the 217 optical supernova remnants (SNRs) included in the lists of Long et al. and Lee & Lee, making this by far the largest sample of remnants at known distances with multiwavelength coverage. The remnants show a large dispersion in the ratio of radio to X-ray luminosity at a given diameter, a result that challenges the current generation of models for synchrotron radiation evolution in SNRs.
ISSN:0067-0049
1538-4365
DOI:10.3847/1538-4365/ab0e89