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Title:
Survey of planetary nebulae at 30 GHz with OCRA-p
Authors:
Pazderska, B. M.; Gawroński, M. P.; Feiler, R.; Birkinshaw, M.; Browne, I. W. A.; Davis, R.; Kus, A. J.; Lancaster, K.; Lowe, S. R.; Pazderski, E.; Peel, M.; Wilkinson, P. N.
Affiliation:
AA(Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń/Piwnice, Poland ), AB(Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń/Piwnice, Poland), AC(Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń/Piwnice, Poland), AD(University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 ITL, UK), AE(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK), AF(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK), AG(Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń/Piwnice, Poland), AH(University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 ITL, UK), AI(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK), AJ(Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń/Piwnice, Poland), AK(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK), AL(Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)
Publication:
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 498, Issue 2, 2009, pp.463-470 (A&A Homepage)
Publication Date:
05/2009
Origin:
EDP Sciences
Keywords:
radio continuum: general, planetary nebulae: general
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/200811369
Bibliographic Code:
2009A&A...498..463P

Abstract

Aims: We report the results of a survey of 442 planetary nebulae at 30 GHz. The purpose of the survey is to develop a list of planetary nebulae as calibration sources that could be used for high frequency calibration in future. For 41 PNe with sufficient data, we test the emission mechanisms in order to evaluate whether or not spinning dust plays an important role in their spectra at 30 GHz.
Methods: The 30-GHz data were obtained with a twin-beam differencing radiometer, OCRA-p, which is in operation on the Toruń 32-m telescope. Sources were scanned both in right ascension and declination. We estimated flux densities at 30 GHz using a free-free emission model and compared it with our data.
Results: The primary result is a catalogue containing the flux densities of 93 planetary nebulae at 30 GHz. Sources with sufficient data were compared with a spectral model of free-free emission. The model shows that free-free emission can generally explain the observed flux densities at 30 GHz thus no other emission mechanism is needed to account for the high-frequency spectra.
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