Identification of Potential Weak Target Radio Quasars for ASTRO-G In-Beam Phase-Referencing

Details Identification of Potential Weak Target Radio Quasars for ASTRO-G In-Beam Phase-Referencing Identification of Potential Weak Target Radio Quasars for ASTRO-G In-Beam Phase-Referencing

2008-10-27

arxiv.org/abs/0810.4776v1

Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp.123-127 (2009)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, accepted for the Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan (Vol. 61, No. 1, Feb 2009)

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We apply an efficient selection method to identify potential weak Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) target quasars simply using optical (SDSS) and low-resolution radio (FIRST) catalogue data. Our search is restricted to within 12" from known compact radio sources that are detectable as phase-reference calibrators for ASTRO-G at 8.4 GHz frequency. These calibrators have estimated correlated flux density >20 mJy on the longest ground-space VLBI baselines. The search radius corresponds to the primary beam size of the ASTRO-G antenna. We show that ~20 quasars with at least mJy-level expected flux density can be pre-selected as potential in-beam phase-reference targets for ASTRO-G at 8.4 GHz frequency. Most of them have never been imaged with VLBI. The sample of these dominantly weak sources offers a good opportunity to study their radio structures with unprecedented angular resolution provided by Space VLBI. The method of in-beam phase-referencing is independent from the ability of the orbiting radio telescope to do rapid position-switching manoeuvres between the calibrators and the nearby reference sources, and less sensitive to the satellite orbit determination uncertainties.

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