10C Survey of Radio Sources at 15.7 GHz: I - Observing, mapping and source extraction

Details 10C Survey of Radio Sources at 15.7 GHz: I - Observing, mapping and source extraction 10C Survey of Radio Sources at 15.7 GHz: I - Observing, mapping and source extraction

2010-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/1012.3711v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

9 pages, 11 figures, 4 tables

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We have observed an area of approximatley 27 deg^2 to an rms noise level of less than 0.2 mJy at 15.7 GHz, using the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Large Array. These observations constitute the most sensitive radio-source survey of any extent (greater than approximately 0.2 deg^2) above 1.4 GHz. This paper presents the techniques employed for observing, mapping and source extraction. We have used a systematic procedure for extracting information and producing source catalogues, from maps with varying noise and uv-coverage. We have performed simulations to test our mapping and source-extraction procedures, and developed methods for identifying extended, overlapping and spurious sources in noisy images. In an accompanying paper, AMI Consortium: Davies et al. 2010, the first results from the 10C survey, including the deep 15.7-GHz source count, are presented.

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