Multi-frequency spectral analysis of extragalactic radio sources in the 33-GHz VSA catalogue: sources with flattening and upturn spectrum

Details Multi-frequency spectral analysis of extragalactic radio sources in the 33-GHz VSA catalogue: sources with flattening and upturn spectrum Multi-frequency spectral analysis of extragalactic radio sources in the 33-GHz VSA catalogue: sources with flattening and upturn spectrum

2008-02-29

arxiv.org/abs/0802.4397v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.386:1729-1738,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13161.x

We present an analysis of the spectral properties of the extragalactic radio sources in the nearly-complete VSA sample at 33GHz. Data from different surveys are used to study source spectra between 1.4 and 33GHz. We find that, in general, spectra can not be well described by a single power law in the range of frequencies considered. In particular, most of the VSA sources that are steep between 1.4 and 5GHz, show a spectral flattening at \nu>5GHz. We identify 20 objects (19% of the sample) clearly characterized by an upturn spectrum, i.e., a spectrum falling at low frequencies (\nu<5GHz) and inverted at higher frequencies. Spectra with high-frequency flattening or upturn shape are supposed to occur when the emission from the AGN compact core begins to dominate over the component from extended lobes. This picture fits well with the AGN unified scheme, for objects observed at intermediate viewing angles of the AGN jet. Finally, we discuss implications that this class of sources can have on future CMB observations at high resolution.

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