J/ApJS/208/20 Nine-year WMAP point source catalogs (Bennett+, 2013)
Nine-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: final
maps and results.
Bennett C.L., Larson D., Weiland J.L., Jarosik N., Hinshaw G., Odegard N.,
Smith K.M., Hill R.S., Gold B., Halpern M., Komatsu E., Nolta M.R.,
Page L., Spergel D.N., Wollack E., Dunkley J., Kogut A., Limon M.,
Meyer S.S., Tucker G.S., Wright E.L.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 208, 20 (2013)>
=2013ApJS..208...20B 2013ApJS..208...20B
ADC_Keywords: Radio sources ; Radio continuum ; Cross identifications
Mission_Name: WMAP
Keywords: cosmic background radiation - cosmology: observations - dark matter -
early universe - instrumentation: detectors - space vehicles -
space vehicles: instruments - telescopes
Abstract:
We present the final nine-year maps and basic results from the
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) mission. The full
nine-year analysis of the time-ordered data provides updated
characterizations and calibrations of the experiment. We also provide
new nine-year full sky temperature maps that were processed to reduce
the asymmetry of the effective beams. Temperature and polarization sky
maps are examined to separate cosmic microwave background (CMB)
anisotropy from foreground emission, and both types of signals are
analyzed in detail. We provide new point source catalogs as well as
new diffuse and point source foreground masks. An updated
template-removal process is used for cosmological analysis; new
foreground fits are performed, and new foreground-reduced CMB maps are
presented.
Description:
The full nine-year WMAP archive of nominal survey data covers 00:00:00
UT 2001 August 10 (day number 222) to 00:00:00 UT 2010 August 10 (day
number 222). In addition to processing improvements, the WMAP 9-year
release includes new data accumulated during mission years 8 and 9.
File Summary:
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table18.dat 97 501 WMAP nine-year five-band point source catalog
table19.dat 64 502 WMAP nine-year CMB-free QVW point source catalog
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See also:
J/ApJS/148/97 : The WMAP First Year Source Catalog (WMAP1) (Bennett+, 2003)
J/ApJS/170/288 : WMAP 3 Year Temperature Analysis (Hinshaw+, 2007)
J/ApJS/180/283 : WMAP 5 Year source catalog (Wright+, 2009)
J/ApJS/192/15 : Seven-year WMAP catalog (Gold+, 2011)
VIII/65 : 1.4GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) (Condon+ 1998)
VIII/38 : The Parkes-MIT-NRAO 4.85GHz (PMN) Surveys (Griffith+ 1993-1996)
VIII/40 : GB6 catalog of radio sources (Gregory+ 1996)
VIII/27 : Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) Surveys (Griffith+ 1994)
VIII/5 : Bright Extragalactic Radio Sources (1Jy) (Kuehr+, 1981)
J/A+A/557/L1 : WMAP cosmic microwave background data (Rassat+, 2013)
J/MNRAS/401/1388 : Radio polarization of WMAP point sources (Jackson+, 2010)
J/ApJ/709/424 : HII regions identified with WMAPS and GLIMPSE (Murray+, 2010)
J/A+A/508/107 : WMAP3 counterparts catalogue (Giommi+, 2009)
J/ApJ/694/222 : Extragalactic point sources in WMAP 5-yr maps (Chen+, 2009)
J/MNRAS/392/733 : The NEWPS catalog from WMAP 5-yr survey (Massardi+, 2009)
J/AZh/85/483 : Sources from the WMAP catalog (Vol'vach+, 2008)
J/ApJ/681/747 : Extragalactic point-source WMAP catalog (Chen+, 2008)
J/ApJS/170/108 : NEWPS5σ catalogue from WMAP (Lopez-Caniego+, 2007)
http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/ : LAMBDA products overview page
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table18.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 h RAh [0/23] Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
4- 5 I2 min RAm Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
7- 8 I2 s RAs Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
10 A1 --- DE- Sign of the Declination (J2000)
11- 12 I2 deg DEd [0/84] Degree of Declination (J2000)
14- 15 I2 arcmin DEm Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
17- 19 I03 --- WMAP1 [1/208]? Source identifier (from WMAP 1st-yr,
Cat. J/ApJS/148/97; in Simbad)
21- 24 F4.1 Jy S(K) [0/24.2]? WMAP K band (22.5GHz) flux density
26- 29 F4.2 Jy e_S(K) ? Uncertainty in S(K)
31- 34 F4.1 Jy S(Ka) [0.1/22.1]? WMAP Ka band (32.8GHz) flux density
36- 39 F4.2 Jy e_S(Ka) ? Uncertainty in S(Ka)
41- 44 F4.1 Jy S(Q) [0.1/20.9]? WMAP Q band (40.4GHz) flux density
46- 49 F4.2 Jy e_S(Q) ? Uncertainty in S(Q)
51- 54 F4.1 Jy S(V) [0.2/18.6]? WMAP V band (60.2GHz) flux density
56- 59 F4.2 Jy e_S(V) ? Uncertainty in S(V)
61- 64 F4.1 Jy S(W) [0.4/15.2]? WMAP W band (93.0GHz) flux density
66- 69 F4.2 Jy e_S(W) ? Uncertainty in S(W)
71- 74 F4.1 --- alf [-3.1/2.1] WMAP spectral index α
(Sν∝να)
76- 79 F4.2 --- e_alf Uncertainty in spectral index alf
81- 95 A15 --- 5GHzID The 5 GHz source identifier
97 A1 --- f_5GHzID [abcd] Individual notes (G1)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table19.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 h RAh [0/23] Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
4- 5 I2 min RAm Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
7- 8 I2 s RAs Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
10 A1 --- DE- Sign of the Declination (J2000)
11- 12 I2 deg DEd Degree of Declination (J2000)
14- 15 I2 arcmin DEm Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
17- 19 I03 --- WMAP1 [1/208]? Source identifier (from WMAP 1st-yr,
Cat. J/ApJS/148/97; in Simbad)
21- 24 F4.1 Jy S(Q) [-0.1/18.7] WMAP Q band (40.4GHz) flux density
26- 28 F3.1 Jy e_S(Q) Uncertainty in S(Q)
30- 33 F4.1 Jy S(V) [-0.4/17] WMAP V band (60.2GHz) flux density
35- 37 F3.1 Jy e_S(V) Uncertainty in S(V)
39- 42 F4.1 Jy S(W) [-1/13.1] WMAP W band (93.0GHz) flux density
44- 46 F3.1 Jy e_S(W) Uncertainty in S(W)
48- 62 A15 --- 5GHzID The 5 GHz source identifier
64 A1 --- f_5GHzID [a] Multiple possible identifications (G1)
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Global notes:
Note (G1): Flag as follows:
a = Indicates the source has multiple possible identifications.
b = Source J0322-3711 (Fornax A) is extended, and the fluxes listed were
obtained by aperture photometry.
c = Source J1356+7644 is outside of the declination range of the GB6 and
PMN catalogs. It was identified as QSO NVSSJ135755+764320 by
Trushkin (2006, private communication).
d = Source J1632+8227 is outside of the declination range of the GB6 and
PMN catalogs. It was identified as NGC 6251 by Trushkin S.A.
(2003BSAO...55...90T 2003BSAO...55...90T).
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Nomenclature note: Objects are in Simbad.
History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS] 24-Oct-2013