The LBDS Hercules sample of mJy radio sources at 1.4 GHz - II. Redshift distribution, radio luminosity function, and the high-redshift cut-off

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 882-896

  Waddington, I ^a,b,c   Dunlop, J S ^b   Peacock, J A ^b   Windhorst, R A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: evolution; Quasars: general; Radio continuum: galaxies

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; PHOTOMETRY; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RED SHIFT;

DEEP SURVEY; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GALAXIES DISTANCES AND REDSHIFTS; GALAXY EVOLUTION; HIGH-REDSHIFT; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; QUASARS:GENERAL; RADIO CONTINUUM: GALAXIES; RED SHIFT; REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 0011186984     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04934.x     Document Type: Article

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