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High-redshift radio galaxies: the most massive galaxies at every epoch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Carlos De Breuck*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl Schwarzschild Straße 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany email: cdebreuc@eso.org
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Abstract

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Radio galaxies are identified with the most massive host galaxies known out to z = 5 and can put strong constraints on galaxy evolution models, provided their space density is accurately determined. Here, I present the important role low-frequency radio surveys will have in this by selecting the highest redshift radio galaxies using the steepness of their radio spectra.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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