The discovery of a young radio galaxy at Z = 2.390 - Probing initial star formation at Z less than approximately 3.0

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Oct 1991

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 380, Oct. 20, 1991, p. 362-383. Research supported by University of Califor

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galactic Evolution, Radio Astronomy, Radio Galaxies, Star Formation, Astronomical Photometry, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Emission Spectra, Red Shift, Starburst Galaxies, Very Large Array (Vla)

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The discovery of a weak radio galaxy from the Leiden Berkeley Deep Survey at a redshift of 2.390 is presented, as well as nine-band photometry for the galaxy and for surrounding objects. The source 53W002 is not variable on the time scales of years. Its rest-frame UV continuum is compared with IUE spectra of various nearby galaxies with relatively recent starbursts, and with nearby AGNs. It is inferred from the C IV/Ly-alpha and N V/Ly-alpha ratios that 53W002 has a Seyfert 1-like AGN, and that the ratios constrain the nonthermal component to about 35 percent of the observed UV continuum. Several independent age estimates yield a consistent value of 0.25-0.32 Gyr. The available data are consistent with 53W002 being a genuinely young galaxy seen at a redshift of 2.390 during its first major starburst. It likely started forming most of its current stars at redshifts between 2.5 and 3.0, suggesting that radio galaxies do not form the bulk of their stars coevally, but start doing so over a lengthy period of cosmic time.

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