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SECOND EPOCH VLBA CALIBRATOR SURVEY OBSERVATIONS: VCS-II

hal.structure.identifierSpace Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley] [SSL]
dc.contributor.authorGORDON, David
dc.contributor.authorBEASLEY, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorPECK, Alison
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'État Solide [LCAES]
dc.contributor.authorGAUME, Ralph
hal.structure.identifierM2A 2016
dc.contributor.authorCHARLOT, P.
dc.contributor.authorFEY, Alan
hal.structure.identifierSchool of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia
dc.contributor.authorMA, Chopo
dc.contributor.authorTITOV, Oleg
dc.contributor.authorBOBOLTZ, David
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.identifier.issn0004-6256
dc.description.abstractEnSix very successful Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) calibrator survey campaigns were run between 1994 and 2007 to build up a large list of compact radio sources with positions precise enough for use as very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) phase reference calibrators. We report on the results of a second epoch VLBA Calibrator Survey campaign (VCS-II) in which 2400 VCS sources were re-observed in the X and S bands in order to improve the upcoming third realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF3) as well as to improve their usefulness as VLBI phase reference calibrators. In this survey, some 2062 previously detected sources and 324 previously undetected sources were detected and revised positions are presented. Average position uncertainties for the re-observed sources were reduced from 1.14 and 1.98 mas to 0.24 and 0.41 mas in R.A. and decl., respectively, or by nearly a factor of 5. Minimum detected flux values were approximately 15 and 28 mJy in the X and S bands, respectively, and median total fluxes are approximately 230 and 280 mJy. The vast majority of these sources are flat-spectrum sources, with ∼82% having spectral indices greater than ‑0.5.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Astronomical Society
dc.title.enSECOND EPOCH VLBA CALIBRATOR SURVEY OBSERVATIONS: VCS-II
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.3847/0004-6256/151/6/154
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Instrumentation et méthodes pour l'astrophysique [astro-ph.IM]
bordeaux.journalThe Astronomical Journal
bordeaux.pageid. 154
bordeaux.volume151
bordeaux.issue6
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-01327685
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-01327685v1
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