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Double lobe radio sources associated with active galactic nuclei represent one of the longest studied groups in radio astronomy. A particular sub-group of double radio sources comprises the compact symmetric objects (CSOs). CSOs are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-26 Andrew G. Sullivan , Roger D. Blandford , Mitchell C. Begelman , Mark Birkinshaw , Anthony C. S. Readhead

We conduct a search for radio stars by combining radio and optical data from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty cm survey (FIRST) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The faint limit of SDSS makes possible a homogeneous search…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-30 Amy E. Kimball , Gillian R. Knapp , Zeljko Ivezic , Andrew A. West , John J. Bochanski , Richard M. Plotkin , Michael S. Gordon

Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs) are a distinct category of jetted active galactic nuclei whose high-energy emission is not well understood. We examined the X-ray characteristics of 17 bona fide CSOs using observations from Chandra,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-22 Subhashree Swain , C. S. Stalin , Vaidehi S. Paliya , D. J. Saikia

According to a generally accepted paradigm, small intrinsic sizes of Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) radio sources are a direct consequence of their youth, but in later stages of their evolution they are believed to become large-scale sources.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrzej Marecki , Magdalena Kunert-Bajraszewska , Ralph E. Spencer

Kinematic and spectral studies are improving our knowledge of the age distribution in compact radio sources, providing evidence that small sources are generally very young. The properties of jets in objects spanning the size range from a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-25 M. Giroletti

Radio sources with peaked spectra (peaked spectrum sources, PSS) and compact symmetric objects (CSO) are powerful, compact, and presumably young AGNs and therefore particularly suitable to study aspects of the AGN-host connection. We use a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-28 H. Meusinger , M. Mhaskey

We have selected a sample of 80 candidates for obscured radio-loud active galactic nuclei and presented their basic optical/near-infrared (NIR) properties in Paper 1. In this paper, we present both high-resolution radio continuum images for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-16 Ting Yan , John T. Stocke , Jeremy Darling , Emmanuel Momjian , Soniya Sharma , Nissim Kanekar

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Magdalena Kunert-Bajraszewska , Peter Thomasson

We present results of multifrequency polarimetric VLBA observations of 34 compact radio sources. The observations are part of a large survey undertaken to identify CSOs Observed in the Northern Sky (COINS). Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. B. Peck , G. B. Taylor

QSOs and radio-galaxies, together with the CMB, ``normal'' galaxies and clusters, represent the main source of information about the origin and evolution of the Large Scale Structure. They can be used either directly, as tracers of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Cristiani

Compact steep-spectrum (CSS) and peaked spectrum (PS) radio sources are compact, powerful radio sources. The multi-frequency observational properties and current theories are reviewed with emphasis on developments since the earlier review…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-07 Christopher P. O'Dea , D. J. Saikia

We present analysis of a homogeneous, optically selected, volume-limited ($0.2<z<0.3$) sample of 128 radio-quiet quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) recently observed at 6 GHz with the Very Large Array (VLA) in A-configuration ($\sim0.33''$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-14 Trevor V McCaffrey , Amy E Kimball , Emmanuel Momjian , Gordon T Richards

We investigate the radio properties of a sample of 53 sources selected at 850 $\mu$m from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey using new deep, low-frequency radio imaging of the Lockman Hole field from the Low Frequency Array. Combining…

We present a new complete sample of radio sources selected from the B2 and 3CR catalogues, with no bias respect to the jet velocity and orientation. Using preliminary data we investigate the parsec scale properties of radio sources with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Giovannini , M. Giroletti , G. B. Taylor , W. D. Cotton , L. Lara , T. Venturi

GPS and CSS radio sources are the objects of choice to investigate the evolution of young radio-loud AGN. Previous investigations, mainly based on number counts and source size distributions, indicate that GPS/CSS sources decrease…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. A. G. Snellen , K. -H. Mack , R. T. Schilizzi , W. Tschager

We present radio observations of 19 candidate compact steep-spectrum (CSS) objects selected from a well-defined, complete sample of 52 B2 radio sources of intermediate strength. These observations were made with the VLA A-array at 4.835…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. J. Saikia , P. Thomasson , R. E. Spencer , F. Mantovani , C. J. Salter , S. Jeyakumar

Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs) have been observed with Chandra and XMM-Newton to gain insights into the initial stages of a radio source evolution and probe the black hole activity at the time of relativistic outflow formation. However,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 Malgosia Sobolewska , Aneta Siemiginowska , Matteo Guainazzi , Martin Hardcastle , Giulia Migliori , Luisa Ostorero , Lukasz Stawarz

Compact steep spectrum (CSS) and GHz-peaked spectrum (GPS) radio sources represent a large fraction of the extragalactic objects in flux density-limited samples. They are compact, powerful radio sources whose synchrotron peak frequency…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-16 M. Orienti

The radio-loud quasar CTD 135 (2234+282, J2236+2828) has been proposed as a candidate compact symmetric object (CSO), based on its symmetric radio structure revealed by multi-frequency very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) imaging…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-08 S. Frey , K. É. Gabányi , T. An

We investigate the nature of low-luminosity radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) selected from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) first data release (DR1). Using optical, mid-infrared, and radio data, we have conservatively…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-01 J. Chilufya , M. J. Hardcastle , J. C. S. Pierce , J. H. Croston , B. Mingo , X. Zheng , R. D. Baldi , H. J. A. Röttgering