TY - JOUR
T1 - 21 new long-term variables in the GX 339-4 field
T2 - two years of MeerKAT monitoring
AU - Driessen, L. N.
AU - Stappers, B. W.
AU - Tremou, E.
AU - Fender, R. P.
AU - Woudt, P. A.
AU - Armstrong, R.
AU - Bloemen, S.
AU - Groot, P.
AU - Heywood, I.
AU - Horesh, A.
AU - Van Der Horst, A. J.
AU - Koerding, E.
AU - Mcbride, V. A.
AU - Miller-Jones, J. C.A.
AU - Mooley, K. P.
AU - Rowlinson, A.
AU - Wijers, R. A.M.J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.
PY - 2022/6/1
Y1 - 2022/6/1
N2 - We present 21 new long-term variable radio sources found commensally in 2 yr of weekly MeerKAT monitoring of the low-mass X-ray binary GX 339-4. The new sources are vary on time-scales of weeks to months and have a variety of light-curve shapes and spectral index properties. Three of the new variable sources are coincident with multiwavelength counterparts; and one of these is coincident with an optical source in deep MeerLICHT images. For most sources, we cannot eliminate refractive scintillation of active galactic nuclei as the cause of the variability. These new variable sources represent 2.2 ± 0.5 per cent of the unresolved sources in the field, which is consistent with the 1-2 per cent variability found in past radio variability surveys. However, we expect to find short-term variable sources in the field and these 21 new long-term variable sources. We present the radio light curves and spectral index variability of the new variable sources, as well as the absolute astrometry and matches to coincident sources at other wavelengths.
AB - We present 21 new long-term variable radio sources found commensally in 2 yr of weekly MeerKAT monitoring of the low-mass X-ray binary GX 339-4. The new sources are vary on time-scales of weeks to months and have a variety of light-curve shapes and spectral index properties. Three of the new variable sources are coincident with multiwavelength counterparts; and one of these is coincident with an optical source in deep MeerLICHT images. For most sources, we cannot eliminate refractive scintillation of active galactic nuclei as the cause of the variability. These new variable sources represent 2.2 ± 0.5 per cent of the unresolved sources in the field, which is consistent with the 1-2 per cent variability found in past radio variability surveys. However, we expect to find short-term variable sources in the field and these 21 new long-term variable sources. We present the radio light curves and spectral index variability of the new variable sources, as well as the absolute astrometry and matches to coincident sources at other wavelengths.
KW - radio continuum: galaxies
KW - radio continuum: general
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U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stac756
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stac756
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AN - SCOPUS:85129833865
SN - 0035-8711
VL - 512
SP - 5037
EP - 5066
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
IS - 4
ER -