VLA Goulds Belt Survey Perseus Region Source Catalog

This table contains a source catalog from multi-epoch, large-scale (~2,000 arcmin&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;), fairly deep (~16 microJansky or uJy), high-resolution (~1&quot;) radio observations of the Perseus star-forming complex that were obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) at frequencies of 4.5 and 7.5 GHz. These observations were mainly focused on the clouds NGC 1333 and IC 348, although the authors also observed several fields in other parts of the Perseus complex. They detect a total of 206 sources, 42 of which are associated with young stellar objects (YSOs). The radio properties of about 60% of the YSOs are compatible with a non-thermal radio emission origin. Based on their sample, the authors find a fairly clear relation between the prevalence of non-thermal radio emission and the evolutionary status of the YSOs. By comparing their results with previously reported X-ray observations, they show that YSOs in Perseus follow a Gudel-Benz relation with a value of the kappa parameter (L&lt;sub&gt;X&lt;/sub&gt;/L&lt;sub&gt;rad&lt;/sub&gt; = kappa x 10&lt;sup&gt;(15.5 +/- 1)&lt;/sup&gt; [Hz]) of 0.03, consistent with other regions of star formation. The authors argue that most of the sources detected in their observations that are not associated with known YSOs are extragalactic, but provide a list in the reference paper Of 20 unidentified radio sources whose radio properties are consistent with them being YSO candidates. Finally, they also detect five sources with extended emission features that can clearly be associated with radio galaxies. The observations were collected with the VLA of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in B and BnA configurations. Two frequency sub-bands, each 1 GHz wide and centered at 4.5 and 7.5 GHz, respectively, were recorded simultaneously. The observations were obtained in three observing sessions, on 2011 March 06/13, April 14/25, and May 01/02/10/19/22, typically separated from one another by a month. This dual-frequency, multi-epoch strategy was chosen to enable the characterization of the spectral index and variability of the detected sources, as well as to help with the identification of the emission mechanisms. The locations of the VLA observations are shown in Figure 1 of the reference paper. Other details of the observations are given in Table 1 of the reference paper. The approximate positions of the two main fields observed are: &lt;pre&gt; RA (ICRS) DE Designation(s) &lt;/pre&gt; 03 28 55 +31 22.2 Ced 16 = NGC 1333 03 44 34 +32 09.8 NAME omi Per Cloud = IC 348 &lt;pre&gt; This HEASARC table contains the contents of Table 2 (74 radio sources detected in NGC 1333), Table 3 (91 radio sources detected in IC 348) and Table 4 (41 radio sources detected in single fields in Perseus) from the reference paper, totaling 206 radio sources. This table was created by the HEASARC in February 2018 based on an ASCII version of Table 2 from the reference paper that was obtained from the ApJ website and on the &lt;a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/ApJ/818/116"&gt;CDS catalog J/ApJ/818/116&lt;/a&gt; files table3.dat and table4.dat that contains Tables 3 and 4 from the reference paper. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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