CHILES Con Pol catalog & images

We obtained 1000hr of L-band ({lambda}=20cm) observations across four spectral windows (SPWs; 1.063-1.831GHz) in a single pointing and produced a confusion-limited image with an apparent rms noise of 1.67uJy/beam with a synthesized beam of 5.5"x5.0".

This paper reports a 1.4GHz radio continuum source catalog containing 1678 sources detected above 7{sigma} (flux densities greater than 11.7uJy), identified using two independent source extraction programs applied to the Stokes I image. Resolved sources dominate at flux density S_1.4GHz_>=42uJy. The radio spectral index for each source was derived using a power-law fit across the four SPWs, and we found that a robust spectral index measurement requires a total signal-to-noise ratio of at least 20.