Unexpected circular radio objects at high Galactic latitude
Abstract
We have found a class of circular radio objects in the Evolutionary Map of the Universe Pilot Survey, using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope. The objects appear in radio images as circular edge-brightened discs, about one arcmin diameter, that are unlike other objects previously reported in the literature. We explore several possible mechanisms that might cause these objects, but none seems to be a compelling explanation.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1017/pasa.2020.52
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2006.14805
- Bibcode:
- 2021PASA...38....3N
- Keywords:
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- Extragalactic radio sources;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication by PASA