The Time Domain Field (TDF) near the North Ecliptic Pole in JWST’s continuous-viewing zone will become a premier “blank field” for extragalactic science. JWST/NIRCam data in a 16 arcmin2portion of the TDF identify 4.4
We present 1–12 GHz Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array observations of nine off-nuclear persistent radio sources (PRSs) in nearby (
- PAR ID:
- 10544427
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- DOI PREFIX: 10.3847
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- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Volume:
- 973
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0004-637X
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- Medium: X Size: Article No. 133
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- Article No. 133
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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