Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996aas...189.1310b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 189th AAS Meeting, #13.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, p.1291
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
The angular size-redshift relation for double-lobed radio sources, intially proposed as a cosmological test, is believed to depend on non-cosmological effects such as size evolution, luminosity-size correlations, and orientation effects. However, due to inhomogeneous source samples, previous studies have failed to agree on even the general trends governing the characteristics of these objects. The FIRST survey offers an unprecedented opportunity for studying double-lobed sources. Using available redshift information we are investigating the redshift, luminosity, and size distributions for several hundred sources. Unlike, previous work in this area, our preliminary results reveal a flattening in the size-redshift plane past z=1, independent of the above-mentioned effects, perhaps indicating that cosmological effects become important. We are also differentiating between radio galaxies and quasars in order to test whether the properties of these two samples are consistent with unification schemes. In addition, we have proposed to obtain redshift information for a homogeneous sub-sample of double-lobed sources, thus providing the first complete sample for use in such studies. The FIRST project is supported by grants from the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, NATO, IGPP, Columbia University, and Sun Microsystems.
Becker Robert H.
Buchalter Ari
Helfand David J.
White Richard L.
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