Deep low-frequency radio observations of the NOAO Boötes field: I. Data reduction and catalog construction

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 535, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Intema, H T ^a,b   Van Weeren, R J ^a   Rottgering H J A ^a   Lal, D V ^c,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Radio continuum: galaxies; Surveys

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GALAXIES; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

FALSE DETECTIONS; GALAXIES : ACTIVE; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LOW FLUX DENSITIES; POSITION UNCERTAINTIES; RADIO CONTINUUM: GALAXIES; RADIO OBSERVATION; RADIO SPECTRAL INDEX;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 80155203002     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014253     Document Type: Article

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