@article{d083a51dbd5e4c038bc77d4261976175,
title = "Cosmic evolution of FRI and FRII sources out to z=2.5",
abstract = " Radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) play an important role in the evolution of galaxies through the effects on their environment. The two major morphological classes are core-bright (FRI) and edge-bright (FRII) sources. With the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) we compare the FRI and FRII evolution down to lower flux densities and with larger samples than before with the aim to examine the cosmic space density evolution for FRIs and FRIIs by analyzing their space density evolution between L_150~10^24.5 W/Hz and L_150~10^28.5 W/Hz and up to z=2.5. We construct radio luminosity functions (RLFs) from FRI and FRII catalogues based on recent data from LOFAR at 150MHz to study the space densities as a function of radio luminosity and redshift. To partly correct for selection biases and completeness, we simulate how sources appear at a range of redshifts. We report a space density enhancement from low to high redshift for FRI and FRII sources brighter than L_150~10^27 W/Hz. This is possibly related to the higher gas availability in the earlier denser universe. The constant FRI/FRII space density ratio evolution as a function of radio luminosity and redshift in our results suggests that the jet-disruption of FRIs might be primarily caused by events occurring on scales within the host galaxy, rather than being driven by changes in the overall large-scale environment. Remaining selection biases in our results also highlight the need to resolve more sources at angular scales below 40 arcsec and therefore strengthens the motivation for the further development and automation of the calibration and imaging pipeline of LOFAR data to produce images at sub-arcsecond resolution. ",
keywords = "galaxies: active, galaxies: evolution, galaxies: statistics, radio continuum: galaxies",
author = "Jong, {J. M. G. H. J. de} and R{\"o}ttgering, {H. J. A.} and R. Kondapally and B. Mingo and Weeren, {R. J. van} and Best, {P. N.} and Morabito, {L. K.} and M. Magliocchetti and Oonk, {J. B. R.} and A. Villarrubia-Aguilar and Vecchi, {F. F.}",
note = "Funding Information: This publication is part of the project CORTEX (NWA.1160.18.316) of the research programme NWA-ORC which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This work made use of the Dutch national e-infrastructure with the support of the SURF Cooperative using grant no. EINF-1287. R.K. and P.N.B. are grateful for support from the UK STFC via grant ST/V000594/1. B.M. acknowledges support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) under grants ST/T000295/1 and ST/X001164/1. R.J.v.W. acknowledges support from the ERC Starting Grant ClusterWeb 804208. This work was supported by the Medical Research Council [MR/T042842/1]. LOFAR data products were provided by the LOFAR Surveys Key Science project (LSKSP; https://lofar-surveys.org/ ) and were derived from observations with the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT). LOFAR (van Haarlem et al. 2013) is the Low Frequency Array designed and constructed by ASTRON. It has observing, data processing, and data storage facilities in several countries, which are owned by various parties (each with their own funding sources), and which are collectively operated by the ILT foundation under a joint scientific policy. The efforts of the LSKSP have benefited from funding from the European Research Council, NOVA, NWO, CNRS-INSU, the SURF Co-operative, the UK Science and Technology Funding Council and the J{\"u}lich Supercomputing Centre. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version. Funding Information: This publication is part of the project CORTEX (NWA.1160.18.316) of the research programme NWA-ORC which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This work made use of the Dutch national e-infrastructure with the support of the SURF Cooperative using grant no. EINF-1287. R.K. and P.N.B. are grateful for support from the UK STFC via grant ST/V000594/1. B.M. acknowledges support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) under grants ST/T000295/1 and ST/X001164/1. R.J.v.W. acknowledges support from the ERC Starting Grant ClusterWeb 804208. This work was supported by the Medical Research Council [MR/T042842/1]. LOFAR data products were provided by the LOFAR Surveys Key Science project (LSKSP; https://lofar-surveys.org/) and were derived from observations with the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT). LOFAR (van Haarlem et al. 2013) is the Low Frequency Array designed and constructed by ASTRON. It has observing, data processing, and data storage facilities in several countries, which are owned by various parties (each with their own funding sources), and which are collectively operated by the ILT foundation under a joint scientific policy. The efforts of the LSKSP have benefited from funding from the European Research Council, NOVA, NWO, CNRS-INSU, the SURF Co-operative, the UK Science and Technology Funding Council and the J{\"u}lich Supercomputing Centre. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2024.",
year = "2024",
month = feb,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1051/0004-6361/202347131",
language = "English",
volume = "683",
pages = "1--17",
journal = "Astronomy and Astrophysics",
issn = "0004-6361",
publisher = "EDP Sciences",
}