Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-12-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 4 figures, A&A accepted
Scientific paper
We have explored, in the general framework of the ``young source'' scenario, evolutionary models for GHz Peaked Spectrum (GPS) galaxies and quasars which reproduce the observed counts, redshift and peak frequency distributions of currently available samples. Substantially different cosmological evolution properties are found for the two populations: the quasar luminosity function must evolve strongly up to $z\sim 1$, while the data on galaxies may be consistent with no evolution. The models show that GPS sources (mostly quasars) may comprise quite a significant fraction of bright ($S> 1 $Jy) radio sources at $\nu \geq 30 $GHz if the intrinsic distribution of peak frequencies extends up to $\sim 1000 $GHz. In any case, however, their fraction decreases rapidly with decreasing flux and their contribution to small scale fluctuations in the frequency range covered by the forthcoming space missions MAP and Planck Surveyor is expected to be minor.
Danese Lugi
de Zotti Gianfranco
Granato Gian Luigi
Maino Davide
Silva Laura
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