Blazar Radio and Optical Survey (BROS) Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Itoh R.
  2. Utsumi Y.
  3. Inoue Y.
  4. Ohta K.
  5. Doi A.
  6. Morokuma T.
  7. Kawabata K.S.,Tanaka Y.T.
  8. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Utilizing the latest and the most sensitive radio and optical catalogs, we completed a new blazar candidate catalog, Blazar Radio and Optical Survey (BROS), which includes 88211 sources located at decl. {delta}>-40{deg} and outside the galactic plane (|b|>10{deg}). We list compact flat-spectrum radio sources of {alpha}>-0.6 ({alpha} is defined as F_{nu}_{prop.to}{nu}^{alpha}^) from 0.15GHz TGSS to 1.4GHz NVSS catalogs. We further identify optical counterparts of the selected sources by cross-matching with Pan-STARRS1 photometric data. Color-color and color-magnitude plots for the selected BROS sources clearly show two distinct populations, a "quasar-like" population consisting of both flat-spectrum radio quasars and BL Lac type objects. On the other hand, an "elliptical-like" population of mostly BL Lac type objects is buried in the elliptical galaxy. The latter population is also reported in previous catalogs, but the BROS catalog provided a new larger sample of this population, due to the lower radio flux threshold of our selection. Model calculations show that the "elliptical-like" population consists of elliptical galaxies located at redshift z<=0.5, which is also supported by the logN-logS distribution of the power-law index of 1.49+/-0.05. This BROS catalog is useful for identifying the electromagnetic counterparts of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and PeV neutrinos recently detected by IceCube, as well as nearby BL Lac objects detectable by future high-sensitivity TeV telescopes, such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. bl-lacertae-objects
  3. radio-sources
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2020ApJ...901....3I
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/901/3
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.19010003

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History

2021-03-10T16:51:35Z
Resource record created
2021-03-10T16:51:35Z
Created
2021-09-06T12:54:29Z
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