A sample of 6C radio sources designed to find objects at redshift z > 4 — I. The radio data |
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| Authors: | Katherine MBlundell SteveRawlings Stephen AEales Gregory BTaylor Alistair DBradley |
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| Institution: | Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Cardiff, Wales; National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM 87801, USA |
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| Abstract: | We describe the selection of a sample of 34 radio sources from the 6C survey from a region of sky covering 0.133 sr. The selection criteria for this sample, hereafter called 6C*, were chosen to optimize the chances of finding radio galaxies at redshift z > 4. Optical follow-up observations have already led to the discovery of the most distant known radio galaxy at z = 4.41. We present VLA radio maps and derive radio spectra for all the 6C* objects. |
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| Keywords: | galaxies: active radio continuum:galaxies |
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