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Based on the FIRST and SDSS catalogues a flux density limited sample of weak Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) sources with radio luminosity below 10^26 [W/Hz] at 1.4 GHz has been constructed. Our previous multifrequency observations of CSS…

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In this paper I outline a new strategy for the routine detection and imaging of faint (sub-mJy and microJy) radio sources with VLBI and SVLBI. The strategy relies on a combination of in-beam phase-referencing, wide-field VLBI imaging and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Garrett

Until recently, VLBI targets have been drawn almost exclusively from the brightest and most compact radio sources in the sky, with typical flux densities well in excess of a few tens of mJy. These sources are predominantly identified with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Garrett

We report the results of a 5 GHz southern hemisphere VLBI survey of compact extragalactic radio sources. These observations were undertaken with the SHEVE array plus Shanghai station in November 1992. A sample of 22 sources was observed and…

The 100-m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) and the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) 40-m radio telescope have been used to conduct a survey of 3165 known extragalactic radio sources over 143 square degrees of the sky. Target…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 B. S. Mason , L. C. Weintraub , J. L. Sievers , J. R. Bond , S. T. Myers , T. J. Pearson , A. C. S. Readhead , M. C. Shepherd

Radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs), hosting powerful relativistic jet outflows, provide an excellent laboratory for studying jet physics. Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) enables high-resolution imaging on milli-arcsecond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 X. -P. Cheng , T. An , X. -Y. Hong , J. Yang , P. Mohan , K. I. Kellermann , M. L. Lister , S. Frey , W. Zhao , Z. -L. Zhang , X. -C. Wu , X. -F. Li , Y. -K. Zhang

We aim to confirm the compact nature and constrain the radio spectra of candidate persistent radio sources (PRSs) associated with repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs). We performed European VLBI Network (EVN) observations at 5 and 8 GHz…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-07 G. Bruni , L. Piro , Y. -P. Yang , L. Nicastro , A. Rossi , E. Palazzi , E. Maiorano , S. Savaglio , B. Zhang

Many low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) contain a compact radio core which can be observed with high angular resolution using very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). Combining arcsec-scale structural information with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-06 Máté Krezinger , Sándor Frey , Zsolt Paragi , Roger Deane

Compact symmetric objects (CSOs) are intrinsically compact extragalactic radio sources that are thought to be the progenitors of classical radio galaxies. To date, evolutionary models have mainly focused on the formation and growth of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-07 M. Orienti , F. D'Ammando , D. Dallacasa , G. Migliori , P. Rossi , G. Bodo

We present the results of a survey of radio continuum sources near the Galactic plane using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). Our observations are designed to identify compact extragalactic sources of milliarcsecond size that can be used…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 K. Immer , A. Brunthaler , M. J. Reid , A. Bartkiewicz , Y. K. Choi , K. M. Menten , L. Moscadelli , A. Sanna , Y. W. Wu , Y. Xu , B. Zhang , X. W. Zheng

We present very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of 179 radio sources in the COSMOS field with extremely high sensitivity using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) together with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) (VLBA+GBT) at…

We present the second catalogue of accurate positions and correlated flux densities for 1100 compact extragalactic radio sources that were not observed before 2008 at high angular resolution. The catalogue spans the declination range -90…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-15 Leonid Petrov , Alet de Witt , Elaine M. Sadler , Chris Phillips , Shinji Horiuchi

We define a complete sample of thirty-three GHz-Peaked-Spectrum (GPS) radio sources based on their spectral properties. We present measurements of the radio spectra and polarization of the complete sample and a list of additional GPS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 C. Stanghellini , C. P. O'Dea , D. Dallacasa , S. A. Baum , R. Fanti , C. Fanti

We present a new sample of 30 nearby (z<0.2) BL Lacs, selected to study the nuclear as well as the large scale properties of low power radio sources. In this first paper, we show and discuss new radio data taken with the VLA (19 objects at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Giroletti , G. Giovannini , G. B. Taylor , R. Falomo

VLBA observations at 18 cm are presented for 28 Compact Steep-spectrum radio Sources (CSSs) from the B3-VLA CSS sample. These sources were unresolved in previous VLA observations at high frequencies or their brightness distribution was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Dallacasa , S. Tinti , C. Fanti , R. Fanti , L. Gregorini , C. Stanghellini , M. Vigotti

The NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) was used at 1.4 GHz to image 20 compact sources in the inner 1-degree radius of the Spitzer VLA First-Look Survey. Twelve sources were detected with the VLBA, with peak flux densities above 2 mJy at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Wrobel , M. A. Garrett , J. J. Condon , R. Morganti

We report on a recent 90 cm wide-field VLBI survey of two 3.1 deg^2 fields using the VLBA, Westerbork and Jodrell Bank telescopes. In-beam calibration was used to calibrate each field, the process was simplified by imaging the calibrators…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Emil Lenc , Mike A. Garrett , Olaf Wucknitz , James M. Anderson , Steven J. Tingay

We demonstrate that at 1.4 GHz the combined response of sources detected serendipitously in deep, wide-field VLBI images is sufficient to permit self-calibration techniques to be employed. This technique of "full-beam" VLBI self-calibration…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Garrett , J. M. Wrobel , R. Morganti

We describe the source subtraction strategy and observations for the extended Very Small Array, a CMB interferometer operating at 33 GHz. A total of 453 sources were monitored at 33 GHz using a dedicated source subtraction baseline. 131…

The incidence of young but fading radio sources provides important information on the life cycle of radio emission in radio-loud active galactic nuclei. Despite its importance for constraining the models of radio source evolution, there are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-03 M. Orienti , M. Murgia , D. Dallacasa , G. Migliori , F. D'Ammando