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The Distribution of Faint Radio Sources at 6 cm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

K. I. Kellermann  and
E. B. Fomalont
K. I. Kellermann
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
E. B. Fomalont
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Abstract

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Deep radio source surveys made with the VLA at 6 cm wavelength show that the radio source count continues to converge down to microjansky flux densities, although there is some evidence of a flattening of the count in the range between 10 and 100 microjansky. The weak sources may be primarily an evolving population of active spiral galaxies.

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Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 130: Large Scale Structures of the Universe , 1988 , pp. 379 - 385
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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