Towards the first radio galaxies.

Autor: Matute, Israel, Afonso, Jose, Bizzocchi, Luca, Pappalardo, Cirino, Messias, Hugo, Amarantidis, Stergios, da Cunha, Elisabete, Hodge, Jacqueline, Afonso, José, Pentericci, Laura, Sobral, David
Zdroj: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; 6/6/2020, Vol. 15 Issue S352, p353-355, 3p
Abstrakt: Powerful AGN have been detected up to very high redshifts (z ∼ 6–8), well within the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), but the lack of powerful radio-galaxies among such sources strongly disagrees with the expectations based on the known radio population up to z ∼ 5. Our group has been pursuing a detailed analysis of the faintest population of radio sources detected in the deepest fields searching for clues of these first radio galaxies. This paper describes our strategy and presents a highly confident candidate. The results, once follow-up of all candidates is completed, will have significant implications for the upcoming generation of all-sky deep radio surveys such as ASKAP-EMU, Westerbork-WODAN, and SKA itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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