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I briefly review our current knowledge of the cosmological evolution of radio sources, and show that the redshift distributions of new complete samples of radio sources confirm the existence of the high-redshift decline in comoving number…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 James Dunlop

The Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources (CENSORS) is a 1.4GHz radio survey selected from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) and complete to a flux-density of 7.2mJy. It targets the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) Patch D, which is a 3 by 2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. H. Brookes , P. N. Best , J. A. Peacock , H. J. A. Rottgering , J. S. Dunlop

We have formed a complete sample of 26 low redshift (z < 0.3) giant radio galaxies (GRGs) from the WENSS survey, selected at flux densities above 1 Jy at 325 MHz. We present 10.5-GHz observations with the 100-m Effelsberg telescope of 18…

At bright radio powers ($P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} > 10^{25}$ W/Hz) the space density of the most powerful sources peaks at higher redshift than that of their weaker counterparts. This paper establishes whether this luminosity-dependent evolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-16 E. E. Rigby , J. Argyle , P. N. Best , D. Rosario , H. J. A. Röttgering

The Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources (CENSORS) has been produced with the primary goal of investigating the cosmological evolution of the radio luminosity function. This 1.4GHz sample, complete to the 7.2 mJy level, contains 150…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 M. H. Brookes , P. N. Best

Ultra-deep radio surveys are an invaluable probe of dust-obscured star formation, but require a clear understanding of the relative contribution from radio AGN to be used to their fullest potential. We study the composition of the $\mu$Jy…

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are extremely powerful sources of radio waves observed at cosmological distances. We use a sophisticated model of FRB observations -- presented in detail in a companion paper -- to fit FRB population parameters…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 C. W. James , J. X. Prochaska , J. -P. Macquart , F. North-Hickey , K. W. Bannister , A. Dunning

We present a catalogue of 349 giant radio sources (GRSs including both galaxies and quasars). The database contains all giants known to date from the literature. These GRSs cover the redshift range of 0.016$<$z$<$3.22 and include radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-10 A. Kuźmicz , M. Jamrozy , K. Bronarska , K. Janda-Boczar , D. J. Saikia

We present a sample of 43 submillimeter sources detected (at >3 sigma), drawn from our program to follow-up optically faint radio sources with SCUBA. These sources already have associated radio and in many cases optical identifications, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Scott C. Chapman , Geraint F. Lewis , Douglas Scott , Colin Borys , Eric A. Richards

Next-generation radio surveys are about to transform radio astronomy by discovering and studying tens of millions of previously unknown radio sources. These surveys will provide new insights to understand the evolution of galaxies,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-18 Ray P Norris

We use the 6C** sample to investigate the co-moving space density of powerful, steep-spectrum radio sources. This sample, consisting of 68 objects, has virtually complete K-band photometry and spectroscopic redshifts for 32 per cent of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Maria J. Cruz , Matt J. Jarvis , Steve Rawlings , Katherine M. Blundell

The shape of the curves defined by the counts of radio sources per unit area as a function of their flux density was one of the earliest cosmological probes. Radio source counts continue to be an area of interest, used to study the relative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Ian Heywood , Matt J. Jarvis , James J. Condon

A new sample of radio sources, with the designated name CENSORS (A Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources), has been defined by combining the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) at 1.4 GHz with the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) Patch D, a 3 by 2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. N. Best , J. N. Arts , H. J. A. Rottgering , R. Rengelink , M. H. Brookes , J. Wall

This paper introduces a new program to find high-redshift radio galaxies in the southern hemisphere through ultra-steep spectrum (USS) selection. We define a sample of 234 USS radio sources with spectral indices alpha_408^843 < -1.0 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. W. Broderick , J. J. Bryant , R. W. Hunstead , E. M. Sadler , T. Murphy

We use three samples (3CRR, 6CE and 6C*) selected at low radio frequency to constrain the cosmic evolution in the radio luminosity function (RLF) for the `most luminous' steep-spectrum radio sources. Although intrinsically rare, such…

This is the third in a series of papers that present observations and results for a sample of 76 ultra-steep-spectrum radio sources designed to find galaxies at high redshift. Here we present multi-frequency radio observations, from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. J. Klamer , R. D. Ekers , J. J. Bryant , R. W. Hunstead , E. M. Sadler , C. De Breuck

We present an analytical model for the cosmological evolution of the FRII source population. Based on an earlier model for the intrinsic radio luminosity - linear size evolution of these objects, we construct theoretical source samples. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Christian R. Kaiser , Paul Alexander

We have used the Westerbork Northern Sky Survey (WENSS) to define a sample of 47 low redshift (z < 0.4) giant radio galaxies. This is the largest sample yet of such radio sources originating from a single survey. We present radio maps of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. P. Schoenmakers , A. G. de Bruyn , H. J. A. Rottgering , H. van der Laan

Source classifications, stellar masses and star formation rates are presented for 80,000 radio sources from the first data release of the Low Frequency Array Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) Deep Fields, which represents the widest deep radio…

We present a complete sample of megaparsec-size double radio sources compiled from the Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey (SUMSS). Almost complete redshift information has been obtained for the sample. The sample has the following…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Saripalli , R. W. Hunstead , R. Subrahmanyan , E. Boyce