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The variation of spectral index with luminosity for radio galaxies

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The variation of spectral index α 51.4 with luminosity (P 1.4) was investigated for Fanaroff and Riley type II galaxies and also for type I and type I/II galaxies. To reduce the effect of the redshift dependence of luminosity, samples which did not have widely different median redshifts were used and the data was binned into redshift ranges.

By a comparison of the median spectral indices in different redshift bins for FRII galaxies, no dependence of spectral index was formed on redshift. However, an increase in spectral index with increasing luminosity was found. The results for FRI and FRI/II galaxies were similar to those for the FRII galaxies.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

    L. I. Onuora

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Onuora, L.I. The variation of spectral index with luminosity for radio galaxies. Astrophys Space Sci 162, 349–352 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00640750

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