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A Combined Radio Multi-Survey Catalog of Fermi Unassociated Sources

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2023-02-01 v1

Abstract

Approximately one-third of existing γ\gamma-ray sources identified by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope\textit{Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope} are considered to be unassociated, with no known counterpart at other frequencies/wavelengths. These sources have been the subject of intense scrutiny and observational effort during the observatory's mission lifetime, and here we present a method of leveraging existing radio catalogs to examine these sources without the need for specific dedicated observations, which can be costly and complex. Via the inclusion of many sensitive low-frequency catalogs we specifically target steep spectrum sources such as pulsars. This work has found steep-spectrum radio sources contained inside 591 Fermi\textit{Fermi} unassociated fields, with at least 21 of them being notable for having pulsar-like γ\gamma-ray properties as well. We also identify a number of other fields of interest based on various radio and γ\gamma-ray selections.

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@article{arxiv.2212.05115,
  title  = {A Combined Radio Multi-Survey Catalog of Fermi Unassociated Sources},
  author = {S. Bruzewski and F. K. Schinzel and G. B. Taylor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.05115},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

13 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ