Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-10-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To be published in the proceedings of "The Birth of Galaxies", Xth Rencontres de Blois, 4 pages, 2 postscript figures, uses bl
Scientific paper
A systematic survey measuring the submillimetre continuum luminosity in radio galaxies between redshifts z ~ 0.1 - 5 is currently in progress. The first results from observations with the bolometer array SCUBA on the JCMT suggest a trend of increasing submillimetre luminosity with redshift out to z ~ 4. Assuming the continuum emission at 850um is dominated by thermal radiation from dust heated by young, massive stars, the straightforward interpretation of these data implies that the host galaxies of powerful radio sources, presumably ellipticals or their progenitors, exhibit increased star formation activity with increasing redshift. However a severe bias may distort the true picture since only a subset of 30 galaxies have been observed, which represent the most luminous radio sources (P_(151 MHz) > 10^27.5 W Hz^-1 sr^-1), whilst the complete sample covers ~4 decades in radio power (10^25 - 10^29 W Hz^-1 sr^-1). This on-going observational programme continues to improve coverage of the radio power-redshift plane in an attempt to remove this potential bias towards higher AGN activity and hence understand more fully the relationship between high-z AGN, their level of starformation, and the evolutionary status of their host galaxies.
Archibald Elese N.
Dunlop James S.
Eales Stephen A.
Hughes David H.
Rawlings Steve
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