Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Series "Recent Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics"
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2348023
Using the final version of the VLA FIRST survey (Becker et al. 2003), the optical Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3 (DR3) quasar list and a series of carefully selected criteria, we have defined the largest homogeneous population of double-lobed sources. With the precise sample definition, the increased depth and sensitivity of the survey data, the large size of the dataset, and our self-consistent method of analysis, which addresses many of the problems associated with previous work in the area, we are able to: a) explore the correlations between the intrinsic properties of the double-lobed radio sources (the results are also confirmed by a non-parametric analysis) and study their evolution, b) place more interesting and tighter constraints on the cosmological parameters, distinguish among the different cosmology models, and determine the impact of the angular size-redshift studies in cosmology, c) further our understanding of the behavior of the intergalactic medium (IGM) density as a function of redshift and shed more light to the quasar-radio galaxy unification issue.
Becker Robert H.
deVries W. H.
White Richard L.
Xanthopoulos Emily
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