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J/AZh/77/407   Flat-spectrum radio sources at 0.97-21.7GHz     (Gorshkov+, 2000)
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Analysis of instantaneous spectra of a complete sample of
flat-spectrum radio sources.
     Gorshkov A.G., Konnikova V.K., Mingaliev M.G.
    <Astron. Zh. 77, 407 (2000)>
    =2000AZh....77..407G
    =2000ARep...44..353G
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ADC_Keywords: Radio sources

Abstract:
    The results of observations of a complete sample of flat-spectrum
    radio sources with spectral indices {alpha}>-0.5 are presented. The
    sample was selected from the Zelenchuk Survey at 3.9GHz (See Cat.
    <VIII/49>) and contains all sources with declinations 4-6 degrees,
    galactic latitudes |b|>10 degrees, and 3.9-GHz fluxes >200mJy. Spectra
    at 0.97-21.7 GHz were obtained for all 69 sample sources. The spectra
    were classified and a correlation between variability amplitude and
    spectrum shape was found.

File Summary:
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 FileName      Lrecl   Records      Explanations
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ReadMe            80         .      This file
table1.dat        72        69      Flux densities of the radio sources
table3.dat        67        41      Spectral parameters of sources with
                                     separated components
table5.dat        45        28      Parameters of the sources whose spectra
                                     could not be separated into components
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See also:
        VIII/49 : The Zelenchuk Surveys (Amirkhanyan+, 1989)
   J/AZh/72/291 : Variability at Frequencies 3.9 and 7.5 GHz (Gorshkov+, 1995)

Byte-by-byte Description of files: table1.dat
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  Bytes   Format Units   Label       Explanations
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   1- 8   A8     ---     [GKM2000]    Source name
  11-14   I4     mJy     Flux0.97     ? Flux density at 0.97GHz
  17-18   I2     mJy   e_Flux0.97     ? Mean error on  Flux0.97
  21-24   I4     mJy     Flux2.3      Flux density at 2.3GHz
  27-28   I2     mJy   e_Flux2.3      Mean error on  Flux2.3
  31-34   I4     mJy     Flux3.9      Flux density at 3.9GHz
  37-38   I2     mJy   e_Flux3.9      Mean error on  Flux3.9
  41-44   I4     mJy     Flux7.7      Flux density at 7.7GHz
  47-48   I2     mJy   e_Flux7.7      Mean error on  Flux7.7
  51-54   I4     mJy     Flux11.1     Flux density at 11.1GHz
  57-58   I2     mJy   e_Flux11.1     Mean error on  Flux11.1
  61-64   I4     mJy     Flux21.7     Flux density at 21.7GHz
  67-69   I3     mJy   e_Flux21.7     Mean error on  Flux21.7
     72   I1     ---     Epoch        [0-5] Epoch of the observations (1)
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Note (1): Epoch of the observations:
      1 = August 1996
      2 = May 1997
      3 = August 1997
      4 = November 1997
      5 = January-February 1998
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Byte-by-byte Description of files: table3.dat
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  Bytes   Format   Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 8   A8     ---     [GKM2000]  Source name
  11-12   I2     h       RAh        Right ascension (1950)
  14-15   I2     min     RAm        Right ascension (1950)
  17-21   F5.2   s       RAs        Right ascension (1950)
     24   A1     ---     DE-        Declination sign
  25-26   I2     deg     DEd        Declination (1950)
  28-29   I2     arcmin  DEm        Declination (1950)
  31-35   F5.2   arcsec  DEs        Declination (1950)
     38   A1     ---     Class      [GLQ] Object Class  (1)
  41-46   F6.4   ---     z          ? Redshift
  48-51   I4     mJy     Flux       Flux density at the maximum of the spectrum
  54-59   F6.3   GHz     numax      Frequency for the maximum of the spectrum
  62-67   F6.3   ---     Sp+Index   Spectral curvature (=d(logS)/d(log{nu}))
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Note (1): Type is:
       Q: quasar
       L: BL Lac object
       G: galaxy
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Table 4: Data on peak frequencies
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  Radio sources  N  mean {sigma} Observer's frame        Source frame
                     z      z    --------------------  ----------------------
                                {nu}(max),GHz {sigma}  {nu}(max),GHz {sigma}
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  all z         18  1.62  0.89       8.5      5.8         20.0      11.0
  z>1.4          9  2.33  0.65       5.8      2.0         19.0       6.3
  z<1.4          9  0.91  0.34      11.2      7.0         21.0      14.0
  L              3 (0.5)   -        11.3      0.6         17.0       1.0
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Byte-by-byte Description of files: table5.dat
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  Bytes   Format   Units   Label       Explanations
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   1- 8   A8       ---     [GKM2000]    Source name
  11-12   I2       h       RAh          Right ascension (1950)
  14-15   I2       min     RAm          Right ascension (1950)
  17-21   F5.2     s       RAs          Right ascension (1950)
     24   A1       ---     DE-          Declination sign
  25-26   I2       deg     DEd          Declination (1950)
  28-29   I2       arcmin  DEm          Declination (1950)
  31-35   F5.2     arcsec  DEs          Declination (1950)
     38   A1       ---     Class        [GLQ] Object class (1)
  41-45   F5.3     ---     z            ? Redshift
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Note (1): Type is:
       Q: quasar
       L: BL Lac object
       G: galaxy
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(End)                                 Veta Avedisova [INASAN]        18-Sep-2000

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