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dc.contributor.authorPrescott, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorMauch, T.
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, M. J.
dc.contributor.authorMcAlpine, K.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, D. J. B.
dc.contributor.authorFine, S.
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, R.
dc.contributor.authorHardcastle, M. J.
dc.contributor.authorBaldry, I. K.
dc.contributor.authorBrough, S.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, M. J. I.
dc.contributor.authorBremer, M. N.
dc.contributor.authorDriver, Simon Peter
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, A. M.
dc.contributor.authorKelvin, L. S.
dc.contributor.authorLoveday, J.
dc.contributor.authorNorberg, P.
dc.contributor.authorObreschkow, D.
dc.contributor.authorSadler, E. M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-14T12:30:05Z
dc.date.available2016-04-14T12:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-21
dc.identifier.citationPrescott , M , Mauch , T , Jarvis , M J , McAlpine , K , Smith , D J B , Fine , S , Johnston , R , Hardcastle , M J , Baldry , I K , Brough , S , Brown , M J I , Bremer , M N , Driver , S P , Hopkins , A M , Kelvin , L S , Loveday , J , Norberg , P , Obreschkow , D & Sadler , E M 2016 , ' Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : the 325 MHz radio luminosity function of AGN and star-forming galaxies ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 457 , no. 1 , pp. 730-744 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv3020en
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 241943385
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 6b38ac53-a929-44d5-85f2-d284b6c2344c
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:55221D860B8FCFF4269CDF777156DB7A
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84961590559
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000372599600051
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/8613
dc.descriptionMP, TM, KM, MJ, RJ and SF acknowledge support by the South African Square Kilometre Array Project and the South African National Research Foundation. GAMA is funded by the STFC (UK), the ARC (Australia), the AAO, and the participating institutions.en
dc.description.abstractMeasurement of the evolution of both active galactic nuclei (AGN) and star-formation in galaxies underpins our understanding of galaxy evolution over cosmic time. Radio continuum observations can provide key information on these two processes, in particular via the mechanical feedback produced by radio jets in AGN, and via an unbiased dust-independent measurement of star formation rates. In this paper, we determine radio luminosity functions at 325 MHz for a sample of AGN and star-forming galaxies by matching a 138 deg2 radio survey conducted with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, with optical imaging and redshifts from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey. We find that the radio luminosity function at 325 MHz for star-forming galaxies closely follows that measured at 1.4 GHz. By fitting the AGN radio luminosity function out to z = 0.5 as a double power law, and parametrizing the evolution as Φ ∝ (1 + z)k, we find evolution parameters of k = 0.92 ± 0.95 assuming pure density evolution and k = 2.13 ± 1.96 assuming pure luminosity evolution. We find that the Low Excitation Radio Galaxies are the dominant population in space density at lower luminosities. Comparing our 325 MHz observations with radio continuum imaging at 1.4 GHz, we determine separate radio luminosity functions for steep- and flat-spectrum AGN, and show that the beamed population of flat-spectrum sources in our sample can be shifted in number density and luminosity to coincide with the unbeamed population of steep-spectrum sources, as is expected in the orientation-based unification of AGN.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyen
dc.rights© 2016 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv3020en
dc.subjectSurveysen
dc.subjectGalaxies: activeen
dc.subjectGalaxies: evolutionen
dc.subjectGalaxies: formationen
dc.subjectRadio continuum: galaxiesen
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleGalaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : the 325 MHz radio luminosity function of AGN and star-forming galaxiesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv3020
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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