REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION OF QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS AND THE RADIO SOURCE COUNTS,

Abstract

The authors discuss the large scale redshift distribution of QSO's to determine their evolution and reality of the apparent cut-off in their distribution for redshift z greater than or equal to 2.3, in the relativistic cosmological model with zero cosmological constant and with deceleration parameter q sub zero = +1. The authors do not discuss the distribution in the Lemaitre models which were introduced in 1967 (Petrosian et. al.) and have been reviewed recently (Petrosian and Salpeter 1970). In a recent article (Petrosian 1970) the authors have shown that the density evolution derived by Schmidt (1968) from the data on 33 3CR quasi-stellar radio sources (QSR's) cannot continue beyond z approximately equal to 2.2. In the report the authors discuss possible evolutions of sources for z greater than 2.2, then based on these models the authors calculate the contribution of QSR's to the radio source counts. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0713189

Entities

People

  • Vahe Petrosyan

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programs
  • Deceleration
  • Digital Information
  • Personal Information Managers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Systems Analysis and Design