The 6C** sample of steep-spectrum radio sources: I - Radio data, near-infrared imaging and optical spectroscopy

M.J. Cruz, M.J. Jarvis, K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings, S. Croft, H-R. Kloeckner, R.J. McLure, C. Simpson, T.A. Targett, C.J. Willott

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    Abstract

    We present basic observational data on the 6C** sample. This is a new sample of radio sources drawn from the 151MHz 6C survey, which was filtered with radio criteria chosen to optimize the chances of finding radio galaxies at z > 4. The filtering criteria are a steep-spectral index and a small angular size. The final sample consists of 68 sources from a region of sky covering 0.421 sr. We present VLA radio maps, and the results of K-band imaging and optical spectroscopy.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1531-1562
    JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    Volume373
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

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