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Dec 2007
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At the Edge of the Universe: Latest Results from the Deepest Astronomical Surveys ASP Conference Series, Vol. 380, proceedings o
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In order to understand the origin and evolution of radio galaxies, searches for the youngest such sources have been conducted. Compact-medium symmetric objects (CSO-MSOs) are thought to be the earliest stages of radio sources, with possible ages of <10^3 yrs for CSOs (<1 kpc in size) and 10^4--10^5 yrs for MSOs (1--15 kpc). From a literature selection in heterogeneous surveys, we have established a sample of 37 confirmed CSOs: the typical CSO resides on a z<0.5 galaxy, has a flat radio spectrum (αthin< 0.5; Sν ∝ ν-α), is <0.3 kpc in size, has an arm length ratio ≤2, and well-aligned (θ ≤ 20°) opposite lobes with a flux density ratio ≤10. With the objective of improving the statistics of large CSOs (0.3--1 kpc) and flat-spectrum MSOs (with only three cases known), we have built a sample of 157 flat-spectrum radio sources resolved with the VLA-A at 8.4 GHz. We here sum up the status of our study of this sample, which includes the confirmation of, at least, two new flat-spectrum MSOs (two other sources lack redshifts for their final classification as either flat-spectrum MSOs or large CSOs), virtually doubling the number of such sources known.
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