The GLEAM 4-Jy (G4Jy) Sample: I. Definition and the catalogue

White, SV; Franzen, TMO; Riseley, CJ; Ivy Wong, O; Kapińska, AD; Hurley-Walker, N; Callingham, JR; Thorat, K; Wu, C; Hancock, P; Hunstead, RW; Seymour, N; Swan, J; Wayth, R; Morgan, J; Chhetri, R; Jackson, C; Weston, S; Bell, M; For, BQ; Gaensler, BM; Johnston-Hollitt, M; Offringa, A; Staveley-Smith, L

The GLEAM 4-Jy (G4Jy) Sample: I. Definition and the catalogue

White, SV Franzen, TMO Riseley, CJ Ivy Wong, O Kapińska, AD Hurley-Walker, N Callingham, JR Thorat, K Wu, C Hancock, P Hunstead, RW Seymour, N Swan, J Wayth, R Morgan, J Chhetri, R Jackson, C Weston, S Bell, M

For, BQ Gaensler, BM Johnston-Hollitt, M Offringa, A Staveley-Smith, L

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Citation:: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2020, 37, pp. e018
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dc.contributor.author	White, SV
dc.contributor.author	Franzen, TMO
dc.contributor.author	Riseley, CJ
dc.contributor.author	Ivy Wong, O
dc.contributor.author	Kapińska, AD
dc.contributor.author	Hurley-Walker, N
dc.contributor.author	Callingham, JR
dc.contributor.author	Thorat, K
dc.contributor.author	Wu, C
dc.contributor.author	Hancock, P
dc.contributor.author	Hunstead, RW
dc.contributor.author	Seymour, N
dc.contributor.author	Swan, J
dc.contributor.author	Wayth, R
dc.contributor.author	Morgan, J
dc.contributor.author	Chhetri, R
dc.contributor.author	Jackson, C
dc.contributor.author	Weston, S
dc.contributor.author	Bell, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-5277
dc.contributor.author	For, BQ
dc.contributor.author	Gaensler, BM
dc.contributor.author	Johnston-Hollitt, M
dc.contributor.author	Offringa, A
dc.contributor.author	Staveley-Smith, L
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-02T03:32:09Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-02T03:32:09Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2020, 37, pp. e018
dc.identifier.issn	1323-3580
dc.identifier.issn	1448-6083
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/146618
dc.description.abstract	Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2020; published by Cambridge University Press. The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has observed the entire southern sky (Declination, d < 30°) at low radio frequencies, over the range 72 231 MHz. These observations constitute the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA (GLEAM) Survey, and we use the extragalactic catalogue (EGC) (Galactic latitude, \|b\| > 10°) to define the GLEAM 4-Jy (G4Jy) Sample. This is a complete sample of the 'brightest' radio sources (S151 MHz > 4 Jy), the majority of which are active galactic nuclei with powerful radio jets. Crucially, low-frequency observations allow the selection of such sources in an orientation-independent way (i.e. minimising the bias caused by Doppler boosting, inherent in high-frequency surveys). We then use higher-resolution radio images, and information at other wavelengths, to morphologically classify the brightest components in GLEAM. We also conduct cross-checks against the literature and perform internal matching, in order to improve sample completeness (which is estimated to be > 95.5%). This results in a catalogue of 1863 sources, making the G4Jy Sample over 10 times larger than that of the revised Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3CRR; S178 MHz > 10.9 Jy). Of these G4Jy sources, 78 are resolved by the MWA (Phase-I) synthesised beam (∼ 2 arcmin at 200 MHz), and we label 67% of the sample as 'single', 26% as 'double', 4% as 'triple', and 3% as having 'complex' morphology at ∼ 1 GHz (45 arcsec resolution). We characterise the spectral behaviour of these objects in the radio and find that the median spectral index is a = -0.740 ± 0.012 between 151 and 843 MHz, and a = -0.786 ± 0.006 between 151 MHz and 1400 MHz (assuming a power-law description, S°a), compared to a = -0.829 ± 0.006 within the GLEAM band. Alongside this, our value-added catalogue provides mid-infrared source associations (subject to 6 resolution at 3.4μm) for the radio emission, as identified through visual inspection and thorough checks against the literature. As such, the G4Jy Sample can be used as a reliable training set for cross-identification via machine-learning algorithms. We also estimate the angular size of the sources, based on their associated components at ∼ 1 GHz, and perform a flux density comparison for 67 G4Jy sources that overlap with 3CRR. Analysis of multiwavelength data, and spectral curvature between 72 MHz and 20 GHz, will be presented in subsequent papers, and details for accessing all G4Jy overlays are provided at https://github.com/svw26/G4Jy.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
dc.relation.ispartof	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/pasa.2020.9
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences, 0299 Other Physical Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Astronomy & Astrophysics
dc.title	The GLEAM 4-Jy (G4Jy) Sample: I. Definition and the catalogue
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
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Abstract:

Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2020; published by Cambridge University Press. The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has observed the entire southern sky (Declination, d < 30°) at low radio frequencies, over the range 72 231 MHz. These observations constitute the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA (GLEAM) Survey, and we use the extragalactic catalogue (EGC) (Galactic latitude, |b| > 10°) to define the GLEAM 4-Jy (G4Jy) Sample. This is a complete sample of the 'brightest' radio sources (S151 MHz > 4 Jy), the majority of which are active galactic nuclei with powerful radio jets. Crucially, low-frequency observations allow the selection of such sources in an orientation-independent way (i.e. minimising the bias caused by Doppler boosting, inherent in high-frequency surveys). We then use higher-resolution radio images, and information at other wavelengths, to morphologically classify the brightest components in GLEAM. We also conduct cross-checks against the literature and perform internal matching, in order to improve sample completeness (which is estimated to be > 95.5%). This results in a catalogue of 1863 sources, making the G4Jy Sample over 10 times larger than that of the revised Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3CRR; S178 MHz > 10.9 Jy). Of these G4Jy sources, 78 are resolved by the MWA (Phase-I) synthesised beam (∼ 2 arcmin at 200 MHz), and we label 67% of the sample as 'single', 26% as 'double', 4% as 'triple', and 3% as having 'complex' morphology at ∼ 1 GHz (45 arcsec resolution). We characterise the spectral behaviour of these objects in the radio and find that the median spectral index is a = -0.740 ± 0.012 between 151 and 843 MHz, and a = -0.786 ± 0.006 between 151 MHz and 1400 MHz (assuming a power-law description, S°a), compared to a = -0.829 ± 0.006 within the GLEAM band. Alongside this, our value-added catalogue provides mid-infrared source associations (subject to 6 resolution at 3.4μm) for the radio emission, as identified through visual inspection and thorough checks against the literature. As such, the G4Jy Sample can be used as a reliable training set for cross-identification via machine-learning algorithms. We also estimate the angular size of the sources, based on their associated components at ∼ 1 GHz, and perform a flux density comparison for 67 G4Jy sources that overlap with 3CRR. Analysis of multiwavelength data, and spectral curvature between 72 MHz and 20 GHz, will be presented in subsequent papers, and details for accessing all G4Jy overlays are provided at https://github.com/svw26/G4Jy.

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