A deep survey of the low-surface-brightness radio sky
Abstract
We have made a radio survey--the Australia Telescope Low Brightness Survey (ATLBS)--of 8.4 square degrees sky area, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array in the 20-cm band, in an observing mode designed to provide wide-field images with exceptional sensitivity in surface brightness, and thereby explore a new parameter space in radio source populations. The goals of this survey are to quantify the distribution in angular sizes, particularly at weak surface brightness levels: this has implications for the confusion in deep surveys with the SKA. The survey is expected to lead to a census of the radio emission associated with low-power radio galaxies at redshifts 1-3, without any missing extended emission, and hence a study of the cosmic evolution of low-power radio galaxies to higher redshift and a comprehensive study of the AGN feedback during the intense black hole growth phase during this redshift range.
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@article{arxiv.0802.0053,
title = {A deep survey of the low-surface-brightness radio sky},
author = {Ravi Subrahmanyan and R. D. Ekers and Lakshmi Saripalli and E. M. Sadler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0053},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, includes 2 figures and 1 table. To appear in the proceedings of "From Planets to Dark energy: the modern radio universe" in the online journal Proceedings of Science - PoS