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A GMRT survey of regions towards the Taurus molecular cloud at 323 and 608 MHz

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Authors

Ainsworth, RE 
Coughlan, CP 
Green, DA 
Scaife, AMM 
Ray, TP 

Abstract

We present observations of three active sites of star formation in the Taurus Molecular Cloud complex taken at 323 and 608 MHz (90 and 50 cm, respectively) with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). Three pointings were observed as part of a pathfinder project, targeted at the young stellar objects (YSOs) L1551 IRS 5, T Tau and DG Tau (the results for these target sources were presented in a previous paper). In this paper, we search for other YSOs and present a survey comprising of all three fields; a by-product of the large instantaneous field of view of the GMRT. The resolution of the survey is of order 10 arcsec and the best rms noise at the centre of each pointing is of order 100μJy beam−1 at 323 MHz and 50μJy beam−1 at 608 MHz. We present a catalogue of 1815 and 687 field sources detected above 5σrms at 323 and 608 MHz, respectively. A total of 440 sources were detected at both frequencies, corresponding to a total unique source count of 2062 sources. We compare the results with previous surveys and showcase a sample of extended extragalactic objects. Although no further YSOs were detected in addition to the target YSOs based on our source finding criteria, these data can be useful for targeted manual searches, studies of radio galaxies or to assist in the calibration of future observations with the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) towards these regions.

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Keywords

catalogues, surveys, radio continuum: galaxies

Journal Title

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Journal ISSN

0035-8711
1365-2966

Volume Title

462

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)
Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/K006096/1)
Science Foundation Ireland [Grant ID: 13/ERC/I2907], Science and Technology Facilities Council, European Research Council [Grant ID: ERC-2012-StG-307215 LODESTONE]