Ebook: Observational Cosmology: With the New Radio Surveys Proceedings of a Workshop held in a Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 13–15 January 1997

Radio surveys play an important role in observational cosmology. However, until recently the surveys have been either of wide area but with low sensitivity or of small area with high sensitivity. Both limit the kinds of cosmology that can be carried out with radio surveys.
This situation has been revolutionised in the past few years by the availability of new, large-area, high-sensitivity radio surveys at both low and high radio frequencies. These significant improvements allow studies based on both the statistics of the surveys themselves and multiwavelength follow-up of the galaxies and AGN responsible for the radio emission. It is therefore an opportune time to summarise progress in this field with a workshop.
This book comprises the proceedings of the `Observational Cosmology with the New Radio Surveys' workshop, held on Tenerife, January 13-15, 1997. Topics covered include: lessons learned and important results from earlier surveys, descriptions of some of the new surveys, clusters of galaxies and large-scale structure, radio source evolution, CMB studies, gravitational lensing and multiwavelength studies of distant radio sources.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Radio Astronomy and Cosmology....Pages 3-10
The High Redshift 3CR Radio Galaxies: CD Galaxies in High Redshift Clusters....Pages 11-16
HST Imaging of 3CR Radio Galaxies: The Dust-Radio Connection....Pages 17-22
The Warm Gas in High Redshift Radio Galaxies....Pages 23-28
“Dissecting” 3C Radio Galaxies At Redshift ?1....Pages 29-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
The Nrao VLA Sky Survey: Lessons Applied....Pages 37-44
NVSS Observations of UGC Galaxies....Pages 45-50
1.4-GHz Luminosity Function of Galaxies from the Las Campanas Redshift Survey....Pages 51-52
Radio-Optical Orientation of E/S0 Galaxies....Pages 53-54
A Wider View from the South....Pages 55-61
The Cambridge Low Frequency Radio Surveys: 6C, 7C, 8C....Pages 63-66
Current Status of Radio Source Databases....Pages 67-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Imaging the Cosmic Microwave Background....Pages 71-76
The Cat: Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies and Sources at 15 GHz....Pages 77-82
The Sunyaev-Zel’Dovich Effect And Hubble’s Constant....Pages 83-88
A High-Redshift Cluster Detected Via Its S-Z Effect....Pages 89-94
The S-Z Effect at High Redshift....Pages 95-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
X-Ray Detections of Distant Radio Galaxies....Pages 99-106
Searching for First Radio ARCS Near ACO Clusters....Pages 107-112
Clusters of Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey....Pages 113-118
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
The Connection between Radio Halos and Rich Clusters: The Case of A3667 and a Search for Distant Radio Halos....Pages 119-122
The Radio Galaxy 1138-262 at Z=2.2: A Forming Cd Galaxy at the Center of a Cluster?....Pages 123-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Cosmological Inference from New Radio Surveys....Pages 129-136
Probing Density Fluctuations Using the First Radio Survey....Pages 137-142
The Westerbork Northern Sky Survey: Current Status of the Survey and the Study of Large Scale Structure....Pages 143-148
Large-Scale Structure from Radio Surveys....Pages 149-152
Calibration Issues in the Search for Large-Scale Anisotropies in the 87 Green Bank and Parkes-Mit-Nrao Surveys....Pages 153-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Cosmic Star-Formation History, as Traced by Radio Source Evolution....Pages 157-164
Spectroscopy of USS Radio Sources from the Wenss Mini-Survey: A Redshift Cutoff for Steep-Spectrum Radio Sources....Pages 165-170
Cosmology with Redshift Surveys of Radio Sources....Pages 171-178
The Evolution of Radio Sources from Complete Samples....Pages 179-184
Searches for High Redshift Radio Galaxies....Pages 185-190
Observed Redshift Distributions and Cosmological Evolution of Radio Sources....Pages 191-194
Radio Loud Quasars at High Redshift....Pages 195-202
Declining Quasar Fractions as Evidence for Unified Schemes....Pages 203-208
A Complete Sample of Quasars From the 7C Redshift Survey....Pages 209-214
The Luminosity-Size Evolution of FRII Sources....Pages 215-220
The Angular Size-Redshift Test for Compact Radio Sources in the Caltech-Jodrell Bank Surveys....Pages 221-226
VLBI Surveys as a Tool for Cosmological Tests....Pages 227-232
The Cosmic Evolution of Giant Radiosources....Pages 233-238
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
A New Sample of z > 0.3 Giant Radio Galaxies from the Wenss and the First Surveys....Pages 239-240
Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum Sources as Cosmological Probes....Pages 241-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
The Angular Size Distribution of 4741 Radio Sources in the MIT-VLA Snapshot Archive....Pages 249-254
Radio Spectra and NVSS Maps of Decametric Sources....Pages 255-256
Spectral Analysis of the B3 VLA Survey....Pages 257-258
Using New Submillimetre Surveys to Identify the Evolutionary Status of High-Z Galaxies....Pages 259-264
A Deep VLA Survey of the ISO Survey Regions....Pages 265-266
IR Imaging of Distant WENSS Sources....Pages 267-271
The Optical Identification of Faint Microwave Sources....Pages 273-278
Observations of Quasar Host Galaxies....Pages 279-284
Molonglo Quasars: Reddening and Torus Geometry....Pages 285-289
Red Quasars: Not so Dusty....Pages 291-296
Radio and Optical Properties of a Faint Radio Galaxy Sample....Pages 297-302
Radio to X-Ray Properties of AGN....Pages 303-308
The Cross-Correlation of the Rosat All-Sky Survey and the 87Gb Radio Catalog: X-Ray Properties of Radio-Loud Quasars....Pages 309-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Cosmological Implications of Gravitational Lens Surveys....Pages 317-322
The JVAS/Class Gravitational Lens Surveys....Pages 323-332
Properties of Lensing Galaxies in the Class Survey....Pages 333-338
Constraining the Value of the Cosmological Constant Using JVAS/Class Lensing Statistics....Pages 339-340
Back Matter....Pages 341-345

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Radio Astronomy and Cosmology....Pages 3-10
The High Redshift 3CR Radio Galaxies: CD Galaxies in High Redshift Clusters....Pages 11-16
HST Imaging of 3CR Radio Galaxies: The Dust-Radio Connection....Pages 17-22
The Warm Gas in High Redshift Radio Galaxies....Pages 23-28
“Dissecting” 3C Radio Galaxies At Redshift ?1....Pages 29-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
The Nrao VLA Sky Survey: Lessons Applied....Pages 37-44
NVSS Observations of UGC Galaxies....Pages 45-50
1.4-GHz Luminosity Function of Galaxies from the Las Campanas Redshift Survey....Pages 51-52
Radio-Optical Orientation of E/S0 Galaxies....Pages 53-54
A Wider View from the South....Pages 55-61
The Cambridge Low Frequency Radio Surveys: 6C, 7C, 8C....Pages 63-66
Current Status of Radio Source Databases....Pages 67-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Imaging the Cosmic Microwave Background....Pages 71-76
The Cat: Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies and Sources at 15 GHz....Pages 77-82
The Sunyaev-Zel’Dovich Effect And Hubble’s Constant....Pages 83-88
A High-Redshift Cluster Detected Via Its S-Z Effect....Pages 89-94
The S-Z Effect at High Redshift....Pages 95-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
X-Ray Detections of Distant Radio Galaxies....Pages 99-106
Searching for First Radio ARCS Near ACO Clusters....Pages 107-112
Clusters of Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey....Pages 113-118
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
The Connection between Radio Halos and Rich Clusters: The Case of A3667 and a Search for Distant Radio Halos....Pages 119-122
The Radio Galaxy 1138-262 at Z=2.2: A Forming Cd Galaxy at the Center of a Cluster?....Pages 123-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Cosmological Inference from New Radio Surveys....Pages 129-136
Probing Density Fluctuations Using the First Radio Survey....Pages 137-142
The Westerbork Northern Sky Survey: Current Status of the Survey and the Study of Large Scale Structure....Pages 143-148
Large-Scale Structure from Radio Surveys....Pages 149-152
Calibration Issues in the Search for Large-Scale Anisotropies in the 87 Green Bank and Parkes-Mit-Nrao Surveys....Pages 153-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Cosmic Star-Formation History, as Traced by Radio Source Evolution....Pages 157-164
Spectroscopy of USS Radio Sources from the Wenss Mini-Survey: A Redshift Cutoff for Steep-Spectrum Radio Sources....Pages 165-170
Cosmology with Redshift Surveys of Radio Sources....Pages 171-178
The Evolution of Radio Sources from Complete Samples....Pages 179-184
Searches for High Redshift Radio Galaxies....Pages 185-190
Observed Redshift Distributions and Cosmological Evolution of Radio Sources....Pages 191-194
Radio Loud Quasars at High Redshift....Pages 195-202
Declining Quasar Fractions as Evidence for Unified Schemes....Pages 203-208
A Complete Sample of Quasars From the 7C Redshift Survey....Pages 209-214
The Luminosity-Size Evolution of FRII Sources....Pages 215-220
The Angular Size-Redshift Test for Compact Radio Sources in the Caltech-Jodrell Bank Surveys....Pages 221-226
VLBI Surveys as a Tool for Cosmological Tests....Pages 227-232
The Cosmic Evolution of Giant Radiosources....Pages 233-238
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
A New Sample of z > 0.3 Giant Radio Galaxies from the Wenss and the First Surveys....Pages 239-240
Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum Sources as Cosmological Probes....Pages 241-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
The Angular Size Distribution of 4741 Radio Sources in the MIT-VLA Snapshot Archive....Pages 249-254
Radio Spectra and NVSS Maps of Decametric Sources....Pages 255-256
Spectral Analysis of the B3 VLA Survey....Pages 257-258
Using New Submillimetre Surveys to Identify the Evolutionary Status of High-Z Galaxies....Pages 259-264
A Deep VLA Survey of the ISO Survey Regions....Pages 265-266
IR Imaging of Distant WENSS Sources....Pages 267-271
The Optical Identification of Faint Microwave Sources....Pages 273-278
Observations of Quasar Host Galaxies....Pages 279-284
Molonglo Quasars: Reddening and Torus Geometry....Pages 285-289
Red Quasars: Not so Dusty....Pages 291-296
Radio and Optical Properties of a Faint Radio Galaxy Sample....Pages 297-302
Radio to X-Ray Properties of AGN....Pages 303-308
The Cross-Correlation of the Rosat All-Sky Survey and the 87Gb Radio Catalog: X-Ray Properties of Radio-Loud Quasars....Pages 309-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Cosmological Implications of Gravitational Lens Surveys....Pages 317-322
The JVAS/Class Gravitational Lens Surveys....Pages 323-332
Properties of Lensing Galaxies in the Class Survey....Pages 333-338
Constraining the Value of the Cosmological Constant Using JVAS/Class Lensing Statistics....Pages 339-340
Back Matter....Pages 341-345
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