scholarly journals The Distant DRAGNs Survey

1996 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 513-514
Author(s):  
J. D. B. Law-Green
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Ambient Medium ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Cosmological Evolution ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Number Density ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Sources ◽  
Matched Samples

DRAGNs (Double Radio sources Associated with Galactic Nuclei, Leahy 1991) are the class of powerful extragalactic radio sources thought to be produced by the interaction of a jet with the ambient medium. They exhibit strong cosmological evolution in comoving number density; at z ≃ 2 the “classical double” FR II DRAGNs were ≃ 1000 times as common as they are now (Dunlop & Peacock 1990).To understand this, systematic studies of complete DRAGN samples at low and high z and differing levels of flux density are required, in order to resolve the P – z ambiguity. The Distant DRAGNs Survey is a long-term project to image with the VLA and MERLIN, matched samples of DRAGNs at high redshift.

scholarly journals Spectral Index - Redshift Relation for Radio Galaxies and Quasars

1996 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 569-570
Author(s):  
R.D. Dagkesamanskii
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Cosmological Evolution ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Spectral Indices ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Sources

Cosmological evolution of synchrotron spectra of the powerful extragalactic radio sources was studied by many authors. Some indications of such an evolution had been found firstly by analysis of ‘spectral index - flux density’ (α – S) relation for the sample of relatively strong radio sources. Later Gopal-Krishna and Steppe extended the analysis to weaker sources and found that the slope of αmed(S) curve changes dramatically at intermediate flux densities. Gopal-Krishna and Steppe pointed out that the maxima of the αmed(S) curve and of differential source counts are at almost the same flux density ranges (see, Fig. 2). It has to be noticed that the all mentioned results were obtained using the low-frequency spectral indices and on the basis of low frequency samples.

scholarly journals The radio morphology of quasars at high redshift

1986 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 181-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. D. Barthel
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Medium ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Evolution Of The Universe ◽  
The Universe

The mapping at kpc-scale resolution of the radio sources associated with quasars is fascinating, since it provides us with morphological information on a population of objects during 1010.3 y evolution of the universe, as well as information on a possible epoch dependence of the influence of the ambient medium on the properties of these objects.

scholarly journals VLBI Survey of a Complete Sample of Active Nuclei and Quasars

1984 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Pearson ◽  
A.C.S. Readhead
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Complete Sample ◽  
Limited Sample ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Sources ◽  
5 Ghz ◽  
Number Of Classes ◽  
Compact Sources ◽  
Continuous Range

We have conducted a VLBI survey of a complete, flux-density limited sample of 65 extragalactic radio sources, selected at 5 GHz. We have made hybrid maps at 5 GHz of all of the sources accessible to the Mark-II system. The sources can be divided provisionally into a number of classes with different properties: central components of extended double sources, steep-spectrum compact sources, very compact (almost unresolved) sources, asymmetric sources (sometimes called “core-jet” sources), and “compact double” sources. It is not yet clear whether any of these classes is physically distinct from the others, or whether there is a continuous range of properties.

scholarly journals Expanding Quasars and the Expansion of the Universe

1988 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 23-24
Author(s):  
M. H. Cohen ◽  
P. D. Barthel ◽  
T. J. Pearson ◽  
J. A. Zensus
Keyword(s):  
Active Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Proper Motion ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Sources ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
The Universe

The μ–z diagram (Figure 1) plots the observed internal proper motion μ versus redshift z for 32 extragalactic radio sources associated with active galactic nuclei. The observed points fall below an upper bound which decreases with redshift; there is a statistically significant anticorrelation between redshift and internal proper motion.

scholarly journals Do Jets Exist in All Compact Extragalactic Objects?

1998 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 275-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Kovalev ◽  
Y. Y. Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
General Structure ◽  
Compact Objects ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Sources ◽  
Double Structure ◽  
Thin Cloud

AbstractNew results of instantaneous spectra study confirms an old hypothesis that extragalactic radio sources have a double structure. Instantaneous 1–22 GHz spectra and their long-term variability for VLBI-compact extragalactic objects monitored during 1979–1997 at the RATAN–600 are used. Analysis of these spectra gives that a VLBI-compact continuous jet have to be by a general structure and spectra component of such objects. The observed multi component VLBI-structures are bound to be, as a rule, the brightest regions of such continuos jet. A second component is a relatively extended, optically thin cloud (a lobe or an envelope, connected with the jet), weaker to higher frequencies. Thus, the HF-component of such spectra, measured by VLBI and by a single dish antenna, have to be practically the same. Such jets can exist in about 200 compact objects of our sample and seem to exist in majority or even all extragalactic compact objects.

scholarly journals The Angular Size Distribution of Radio Sources at Low Flux Densities

1982 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 393-400
Author(s):  
Ann Downes
Keyword(s):  
Size Distribution ◽  
Flux Density ◽  
Angular Size ◽  
Linear Size ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
High Flux ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Sources ◽  
Size Evolution

Observations of complete samples of extragalactic radio sources at low and intermediate flux densities are described. Many types of source are found. The angular sizes form a smooth extrapolation from higher flux densities, and can be predicted from the known properties of samples at high flux density either with linear size evolution (for Ω = 1 or Ω = 0 Universes) or without linear size evolution (for Ω = 0). The question of whether such evolution is required therefore remains open.

scholarly journals ASYMMETRIES OF AGN JETS IN INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 1460192
Author(s):  
VOLKER GAIBLER
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Active Galactic Nuclei ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Inhomogeneous Media ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Propagation Models ◽  
Hydrodynamical Simulations

Considerable asymmetries in jets from active galactic nuclei (AGN) and associated double radio sources can be caused by an inhomogeneous interstellar medium of the host galaxy. These asymmetries can easily be estimated by 1D propagation models, but hydrodynamical simulations have shown that the actual asymmetries can be considerably larger. With a set of smaller-scale hydrodynamical simulations we examine these asymmetries, and find they are typically a factor of ~ 3 larger than in 1D models. We conclude that, at high redshift, large asymmetries in radio sources are expected in gas-rich galaxies with a clumpy interstellar medium.

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