The luminosity-dependent evolution function of flat-spectrum radio sources at 5 GHz |
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Authors: | J Zawi?lak-Raczka B Kumor-Obryk |
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Institution: | (1) Astronomical Observatory, Jagellonian University, Kraków, Poland |
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Abstract: | The numerical method for obtaining the luminosity-dependent evolution function of radio sources is presented and applied to the flat spectrum radio sources selected at 5 GHz.The method constructed on the basis of the iterative one given by Robertson, which requires assuming a specific type of the searched function enables one to obtain the evolution function of sources with radio flux densityS
5.0 1 mJy.The influence of the shape of the local RLF, of the luminosity distributionN(P) and of the spectral index function on the resulting evolution function is investigated. The results presented show that the luminosity dependence of the evolution function of flat-spectrum radio sources is significant and should not be neglected. The obtained evolution function, which allows one to reproduce the source counts curve, the redshift distribution, and the spectral index distribution, may exhibit the redshift cut-off at z0 3. |
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