J/A+A/490/879 XMM-LSS field optical identifications (Tasse+, 2008)
Radio-loud AGN in the XMM-LSS field.
I. Optical identification and sample selection.
Tasse C., Le Borgne D., Roettgering H., Best P.N., Pierre M.,
Rocca-Volmerange B.
<Astron. Astrophys., 490, 879-891 (2008)>
=2008A&A...490..879T 2008A&A...490..879T
ADC_Keywords: Radio sources ; Cross identifications ; Photometry, SDSS ;
Photometry, millimetric/submm
Keywords: methods: observational - techniques: photometric - galaxies: active -
galaxies: fundamental parameters - cosmology: observations -
radio continuum: galaxies
Abstract:
The XMM-Large Scale Structure survey field (XMM-LSS) is an
extragalactic window surveyed in the X-ray with the XMM-Newton
satellite. It has also been observed in the optical with the
Canada-France Hawaii Telescope (CFHTLS survey), and in the infrared
with the Spitzer Space Telescope (SWIRE survey). These surveys have
been carried out to study the structure and evolution of both baryonic
and dark matter on cosmological scales. In two previous papers, we
presented deep low frequency radio surveys of the XMM-LSS field, with
limiting flux density levels of ∼4 and ∼1.5mJy/beam at 325 and 610MHz
respectively (5σ). These radio surveys were motivated by the
need to understand the various connections between the host galaxies
of radio sources and their environments.
In this paper, we identify optical counterparts to the low frequency
radio sources, using the CFHTLS optical catalogue and images, that
have an i-band limiting magnitude of iAB∼25.
Description:
We use the radio data described in detail in Tasse et al. (2006, Cat.
J/A+A/456/791). The observations were carried out using the Very
Large Array (VLA) at 74 and 325MHz simultaneously (4P mode). The
radio survey consists of four pointings, observed in June, July and
August 2003 in the A configuration and in June and July 2002 in the B
configuration
Low-frequency radio observations of the XMM-LSS have been carried out
with the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at 230 and 610MHz
(Tasse et al., 2007, Cat. J/A+A/471/1105). These data provide two
additional flux density measurements for 41% of the radio sources
detected at 325MHz with the VLA.
Observations with the CFHTLS-W1 were carried out between June 1, 2003
and Sept. 12, 2005.
Throughout this paper we have used the SWIRE data release 2
band-merged catalog available online
(http://swire.ipac.caltech.edu/swire/), containing the flux density
measurements at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0 and 24um for a total of ∼2.5x105
objects.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
tabled2.dat 164 761 Sample and optical identification
table1.dat 14 25 The distribution of the original SWIRE template
name (Polletta et al. 2007, Cat. J/ApJ/663/81)
through our classification (see Sect. 4.2)
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See also:
J/A+A/456/791 : XMM-LSS field at 74 and 325MHz (Tasse+, 2006)
J/A+A/471/1105 : XMM-LSS at 240MHz and 610MHz (Tasse+, 2007)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: tabled2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 12 A12 --- Name Radio source name (JHHMM.m+DDMM),
[TLR2008] Rad JHHMM.m+DDMMa in Simbad
13 A1 --- m_Name [ab] Multiplicity index on Name
14- 15 A2 --- n_Name [* ] Note on Name (1)
17 I1 --- Cl [1,5] Radio source class (7)
19- 20 I2 h RAh ?=- Optical counterpart right ascension (J2000)
22- 23 I2 min RAm ?=- Optical counterpart right ascension (J2000)
25- 29 F5.2 s RAs ?=- Optical counterpart right ascension (J2000)
31 A1 --- DE- Optical counterpart declination sign (J2000)
32- 33 I2 deg DEd ?=- Optical counterpart declination (J2000)
35- 36 I2 arcmin DEm ?=- Optical counterpart declination (J2000)
38- 42 F5.2 arcsec DEs ?=- Optical counterpart declination (J2000)
44 A1 --- l_umag Limit flag on umag
45- 49 F5.2 mag umag ? u-band magnitude
50 A1 --- n_umag [N] N : field not observed in that band
52 A1 --- l_gmag Limit flag on gmag
53- 57 F5.2 mag gmag ? g-band magnitude
58 A1 --- n_gmag [N] N : field not observed in that band
60 A1 --- l_rmag Limit flag on rmag
61- 65 F5.2 mag rmag ? r-band magnitude
66 A1 --- n_rmag [N] N : field not observed in that band
68 A1 --- l_imag Limit flag on imag
69- 73 F5.2 mag imag ? i-band magnitude
74 A1 --- n_imag [N] N : field not observed in that band
76 A1 --- l_zmag Limit flag on zmag
77- 81 F5.2 mag zmag ? z-band magnitude
82 A1 --- n_zmag [N] N : field not observed in that band
84 I1 --- f1 ? Flag = star+2*mask+4*sat (2)
86- 90 F5.1 % Pr ? Probability of identification (3)
92 A1 --- l_3.6mag Limit flag on 3.6um
93- 97 F5.2 mag 3.6mag ? 3.6um magnitude (AB)
98 A1 --- n_3.6mag [N] N standing for "Not Covered" (4)
100 A1 --- l_4.5mag Limit flag on 4.5um
101-105 F5.2 mag 4.5mag ? 4.5um magnitude (AB)
106 A1 --- n_4.5mag [N] N standing for "Not Covered" (4)
108 A1 --- l_5.8mag Limit flag on 5.8um
109-113 F5.2 mag 5.8mag ? 5.8um magnitude (AB)
114 A1 --- n_5.8mag [N] N standing for "Not Covered" (4)
116 A1 --- l_8.0mag Limit flag on 8.0um
117-121 F5.2 mag 8.0mag ? 8.0um magnitude (AB)
122 A1 --- n_8.0mag [N] N standing for "Not Covered" (4)
124-125 I2 --- SpT ? Spectral type of the best fit SWIRE
template (see table1.dat)
126 A1 --- f_SpT [NF] Spectral type not fitted (5)
128-132 F5.1 % PT1 ? Probability of the true underlying SED
object to be of contamining type-1 AGN
133 A1 --- f_PT1 [NF] SED not fitted (5)
135-138 F4.2 --- z ? Photometric redshift as estimated by ZPEG
140-144 F5.2 [solMass] logMass ? Stellar mass as estimated by ZPEG (log scale)
146-151 F6.2 [yr-1] logSFR ? Specific SFR0.5 averaged over 0.5Gyr as
estimated by ZPEG (log scale)
152-153 A2 --- n_logSFR [-i ] -i for logSFR=-∞
155-160 F6.2 % P' ? Probability of association corrected for
misidentification (see Sect. 3.5)
161 A1 --- n_P' [*] Note on P' (when 100%)
163-164 I2 --- f2 ? Flag = S2+2*C+4*T1+8*SB (6)
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Note (1): Notes as follows:
* = the source is detected at 610MHz, but not at 325MHz (Fig. E1).
In such cases, the radio contours overlaid with the optical
images are presented in Fig. E2.
** = the radio contours overlaid with the optical images are presented
in Fig. E3, because the source is classified as class 4.
Note (2): Flag = star+2*mask+4*sat, where defaults parameters are 0:
star = 1 if the optical object is point-like,
mask = 1 if the object is in a masked region, and
sat = 1 if the objects is saturated.
Note (3): When a source has its likelihood ratio above the chosen LRcut,
that value indicates the probability of identification that has
been computed using the information on the i-band magnitude only
(see Sect. 3.2).
Note (4): Used when the location of the object does not overlap with the
SWIRE field.
Note (5):
F = fitting procedure failed (see discussion in Sect. 4.2)
N = Not analysed
Note (6): Flag = S2+2*C+4*T1+8*SB, where
S2 = 1 if the object belong to the S2 sample,
C = 1 if the object satisfies the selection criteria of Sect. 5,
T1 = 1 if the object is flagged as being type-1 AGN (Sect. 5.1), and
SB = 1 if the radio luminosity of the object has a significant
contribution from a starburst (Sect. 5.2).
Note (7): Classes detailed in Appendix 1; a summary is:
1 = radio emission is assumed to be produced at the physical
location of optical emission (detected or not), e.g. starbursts
2 = no radio core identified
3 = the environment has a large effect on the radio morphology
(the radio centroid can be very far from the optical host)
4 = radio sources for which the morphology does not suggest the
presence of jets, e.g. radio halos and relics.
5 = the radio source overlaps a bright saturated source
(no identification is possible)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 A4 --- Type Type (N/T2 or T1) (1)
6- 7 I2 --- SpT Spectral type code
9- 14 A6 --- Def Type of galaxy for the SpT code
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Note (1): Type as follows:
N/T2 = Normal/Type-2, for the SEDs in which there is either no
contribution, or moderate contribution from an AGN
T1 = Type-1, for templates with strong AGN contribution such as the QSOs
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