
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tingay, S. J. 
A1  - de Kool, M. 
T1  - Radio Spectral Variability of the Nearby GPS Galaxy PKS 1718&#8211;649
JF  - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
JO  - Publ. Astron. Soc.  Aust.
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
SP  - 140
EP  - 143
KW  - galaxies: active &#8212; galaxies: individual (PKS 1718&#8211;649) &#8212; radio continuum: galaxies &#8212; techniques: interferometric
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AS02045 
N2  - Data from new Australia Telescope Compact Array observations of a nearby gigahertz peaked spectrum radio source, PKS 1718&#8211;649, show significant variability both below and above the spectral turnover frequency during a nine month period. Simple models of synchrotron self-absorption (SSA) and free&#8211;free absorption (FFA) cannot explain the individual spectra or the spectral variability. Novel SSA or FFA models will need to be investigated in order to explain the complex variability in this source. Some potential explanations for the spectral variability are explored here but we can make no strong conclusion about which of SSA or FFA (or alternative mechanisms) causes the peaked spectrum in PKS 1718&#8211;649. 
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