Radio-loud high-redshift protogalaxy candidates in Bootes (2008)
Croft, Steve, Van Breugel, Wil, Brown, Michael J. I., De Vries, Wim, Dey, Arjun, Eisenhardt, Peter, ...
We used the Near Infrared Camera on Keck I to obtain Ks-band images of four candidate high-redshift radio galaxies selected using optical and radio data in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey in Bootes....
Reuland, Michiel, Van Breugel, Wil, De Vries, Wim, Dopita, Michael A., Dey, Arjun, Miley, George, ...
We present the results of an optical and near-IR spectroscopic study of giant nebular emission-line halos associated with three z > 3 radio galaxies, 4C 41.17, 4C 60.07, and B2 0902+34. Previous deep...
Imaging and Spectroscopy of Ultra Steep Spectrum Radio Sources (2007)
Bornancini, Carlos G., De Breuck, Carlos, De Vries, Wim, Croft, Steve, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, ...
We present a sample of 40 Ultra Steep Spectrum (USS, $\alpha \leq -1.3$, $S_{\nu}\propto \nu^{\alpha}$) radio sources selected from the Westerbork in the Southern Hemisphere (WISH) catalog. The USS...
The Massive Hosts of Radio Galaxies Across Cosmic Time (2007)
Seymour, Nick, Stern, Daniel, De Breuck, Carlos, Vernet, Joel, Rettura, Alessandro, Dickinson, Mark, ...
We present the results of a comprehensive Spitzer survey of 69 radio galaxies across 1
Reuland, Michiel, Van Breugel, Wil, De Vries, Wim, Dopita, Michael A., Dey, Arjun, Miley, George, ...
We present the results of an optical and near-IR spectroscopic study of giant nebular emission line halos associated with three z > 3 radio galaxies, 4C 41.17, 4C 60.07 and B2 0902+34. Previous deep...
Dopita, Michael A., Fischera, Joerg, Sutherland, Ralph S., Kewley, Lisa J., Leitherer, Claus, Tuffs, Richard J., ...
We build, as far as theory will permit, self consistent model HII regions around central clusters of aging stars. These produce strong emission line diagnostics applicable to either individual HII...
Dopita, Michael A., Fischera, Joerg, Sutherland, Ralph S., Kewley, Lisa J., Tuffs, Richard J., Popescu, Cristina C., ...
We examine, from a theoretical viewpoint, how the physical parameters of HII regions are controlled in both normal galaxies and in starburst environments. These parameters are the HII region...
Minkowski's Object: A Starburst Triggered by a Radio Jet, Revisited (2006)
Croft, Steve, Van Breugel, Wil, De Vries, Wim, Dopita, Mike, Martin, Chris, Morganti, Raffaella, ...
We present neutral hydrogen, ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared imaging, and optical spectroscopy, of Minkowski's Object (MO), a star forming peculiar galaxy near NGC 541. The observations...
Adaptive Optics Imaging Survey of Luminous Infrared Galaxies (2006)
Laag, Edward A., Canalizo, Gabriela, Van Breugel, Wil, Gates, Elinor L., De Vries, Wim, Stanford, S. Adam
We present high resolution imaging observations of a sample of previously unidentified far-infrared galaxies at z < 0.3. The objects were selected by cross-correlating the IRAS Faint Source Catalog...
Dopita, Michael A., Fischera, Jörg, Sutherland, Ralph S., Kewley, Lisa J., Tuffs, Richard J., Popescu, Cristina C., ...
De Breuck, Carlos, Tang, Yuan, De Bruyn, A. G., Rottgering, Huub, Van Breugel, Wil
The 352 MHz Westerbork In the Southern Hemisphere (WISH) survey is the southern extension of the WENSS, covering 1.60 sr between -9 < DEC < -26 to a limiting flux density of ~18 mJy (5sigma). Due to...
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Carilli, Chris
We present a short overview of radio surveys for AGN, including the `complete\' flux limited surveys and `filtered\' surveys. We also describe our ultra-steep spectrum search for the highest redshift...
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Stanford, Adam, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George, Stern, Daniel
We present optical and/or near-IR images of 128 ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources. Roughly half of the objects are identified in the optical images (R 94% are detected at K5). The major axes...
Spectroscopy of Ultra Steep Spectrum Radio Sources (2005)
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Stern, Daniel, Miley, George, De Vries, Wim, ...
We present optical spectroscopy of 62 objects selected from several samples of ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources. 46 of these are from our primary catalog, consisting of 669 sources with radio...
Very high-resolution radio observations of HzRGs (2005)
Perez-Torres, Miguel A., De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Miley, George
We report on first results of an ongoing effort to image a small sample of high-redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs) with milliarcsecond (mas) resolution, using very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI)...
De Breuck, Carlos, Neri, Roberto, Morganti, Raffaella, Omont, Alain, Rocca-Volmerange, Brigitte, Stern, Daniel, ...
We present results of a comprehensive multi-frequency study of the radio galaxy B3 J2330+3927. The 1.9\" wide radio source, consisting of 3 components, is bracketed by 2 objects in our Keck K-band...
De Breuck, Carlos, Bertoldi, Frank, Carilli, Chris, Omont, Alain, Venemans, Bram, Rottgering, Huub, ...
We present a 1.2 mm (250 GHz) map obtained with MAMBO on the IRAM 30m telescope of the central 25 arcmin^2 of the proto-cluster surrounding the z=4.1 radio galaxy TN J1338-1942. The map reaches a...
Detection of Two Massive CO Systems in 4C 41.17 at z = 3.8 (2005)
De Breuck, Carlos, Downes, Dennis, Neri, Roberto, Van Breugel, Wil, Reuland, Michiel, Omont, Alain, ...
We have detected CO(4-3) in the z=3.8 radio galaxy 4C 41.17 with the IRAM Interferometer. The CO is in two massive (M_dyn ~ 6 x 10^10 M_Sun) systems separated by 1.8\" (13 kpc), and by 400 km/s in...
The Filamentary Large Scale Structure around the z = 2.16 Radio Galaxy PKS 1138-262 (2005)
Croft, Steve, Kurk, Jaron, Van Breugel, Wil, Stanford, S. A., De Vries, Wim, Pentericci, Laura, ...
PKS 1138-262 is a massive radio galaxy at z = 2.16 surrounded by overdensities of Lya emitters, Ha emitters, EROs and X-ray emitters. Numerous lines of evidence exist that it is located in a forming...
Detection of Two Massive CO Systems in 4C 41.17 at z = 3.8 (2004)
De Breuck, Carlos, Downes, Dennis, Neri, Roberto, Van Breugel, Wil, Reuland, Michiel, Omont, Alain, ...
We have detected CO(4-3) in the z=3.8 radio galaxy 4C 41.17 with the IRAM Interferometer. The CO is in two massive (M_dyn ~ 6 x 10^10 M_Sun) systems separated by 1.8" (13 kpc), and by 400 km/s in...
Jet-Induced Star Formation: Good News From Big Bad Black Holes (2004)
Van Breugel, Wil, Fragile, Chris, Croft, Stephen, De Vries, Wim, Anninos, Peter, Murray, Stephen
We discuss obbservations and numerical simulations which show that radiative shocks in jet-cloud collisions can trigger the collapse of intergalactic clouds and subsequent star formation in low...
Dust and star formation in distant radio galaxies (2004)
Reuland, Michiel, Roettgering, Huub, Van Breugel, Wil, De Breuck, Carlos
We present the results of an observing program with the SCUBA bolometer array to measure the submillimetre (submm) dust continuum emission of 24 distant (z > 1) radio galaxies. We detected submm...
De Breuck, Carlos, Bertoldi, Frank, Carilli, Chris, Omont, Alain, Venemans, Bram, Rottgering, Huub, ...
We present a 1.2 mm (250 GHz) map obtained with MAMBO on the IRAM 30m telescope of the central 25 arcmin^2 of the proto-cluster surrounding the z=4.1 radio galaxy TN J1338-1942. The map reaches a...
De Breuck, Carlos, Bertoldi, Frank, Carilli, Chris, Omont, Alain, Venemans, Bram, Rottgering, Huub, ...
We present a 1.2 mm (250 GHz) map obtained with MAMBO on the IRAM 30m telescope of the central 25 arcmin^2 of the proto-cluster surrounding the z=4.1 radio galaxy TN J1338-1942. The map reaches a...
Detection of Two Massive CO Systems in 4C 41.17 at z = 3.8 (2004)
De Breuck, Carlos, Downes, Dennis, Neri, Roberto, Van Breugel, Wil, Reuland, Michiel, Omont, Alain, ...
We have detected CO(4-3) in the z=3.8 radio galaxy 4C 41.17 with the IRAM Interferometer. The CO is in two massive (M_dyn ~ 6 x 10^10 M_Sun) systems separated by 1.8\" (13 kpc), and by 400 km/s in...
De Breuck, Carlos, Bertoldi, Frank, Carilli, Chris, Omont, Alain, Venemans, Bram, Rottgering, Huub, ...
We present a 1.2 mm (250 GHz) map obtained with MAMBO on the IRAM 30m telescope of the central 25 arcmin^2 of the proto-cluster surrounding the z=4.1 radio galaxy TN J1338-1942. The map reaches a...
Detection of Two Massive CO Systems in 4C 41.17 at z = 3.8 (2004)
De Breuck, Carlos, Downes, Dennis, Neri, Roberto, Van Breugel, Wil, Reuland, Michiel, Omont, Alain, ...
We have detected CO(4-3) in the z=3.8 radio galaxy 4C 41.17 with the IRAM Interferometer. The CO is in two massive (M_dyn ~ 6 x 10^10 M_Sun) systems separated by 1.8\" (13 kpc), and by 400 km/s in...
Jet-Induced Star Formation (2003)
Van Breugel, Wil, Fragile, Chris, Anninos, Peter, Murray, Stephen
Jets from radio galaxies can have dramatic effects on the medium through which they propagate. We review observational evidence for jet-induced star formation in low ('FR-I') and high ('FR-II')...
Radiative Shock-Induced Collapse of Intergalactic Clouds (2003)
Fragile, P. Chris, Murray, Stephen D., Anninos, Peter, Van Breugel, Wil
Accumulating observational evidence for a number of radio galaxies suggests an association between their jets and regions of active star formation. The standard picture is that shocks generated by...
Bornancini, Carlos G., Martinez, Hector J., Lambas, Diego G., De Vries, Wim, Van Breugel, Wil, De Breuck, Carlos, ...
We have analyzed galaxy properties in the neighborhood of 20 Ultra-Steep Spectrum Radio sources (USS) taken from the WISH catalog of De Breuck et al. (2002). Galaxies in these USS fields were...
Giant Lya nebulae associated with high redshift radio galaxies (2003)
Reuland, Michiel, Van Breugel, Wil, Roettgering, Huub, De Vries, Wim, Stanford, S. A., Dey, Arjun, ...
We report deep Keck narrow-band Lya images of the luminous z > 3 radio galaxies 4C 41.17, 4C 60.07, and B2 0902+34. The images show giant, 100-200 kpc scale emission line nebulae, centered on these...
SCUBA Observations of High Redshift Radio Galaxies (2003)
Reuland, Michiel, Roettgering, Huub, Van Breugel, Wil
High redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs) are key targets for studies of the formation and evolution of massive galaxies. The role of dust in these processes is uncertain. We have therefore observed the...
An Obscured Radio Galaxy at High Redshift (2003)
Reuland, Michiel, Van Breugel, Wil, Roettgering, Huub, De Vries, Wim, De Breuck, Carlos, Stern, Daniel
Perhaps as many as 10% of high redshift radio galaxy (HzRG; z > 2) candidates that are selected using an Ultra Steep radio Spectrum (USS) criterion fail to show optical emission (continuum, lines) in...
De Breuck, Carlos, Neri, Roberto, Morganti, Raffaella, Omont, Alain, Rocca-Volmerange, Brigitte, Stern, Daniel, ...
We present results of a comprehensive multi-frequency study of the radio galaxy B3 J2330+3927. The 1.9" wide radio source, consisting of 3 components, is bracketed by 2 objects in our Keck K-band...
De Breuck, Carlos, Neri, Roberto, Morganti, Raffaella, Omont, Alain, Rocca-Volmerange, Brigitte, Stern, Daniel, ...
We present results of a comprehensive multi-frequency study of the radio galaxy B3 J2330+3927. The 1.9\" wide radio source, consisting of 3 components, is bracketed by 2 objects in our Keck K-band...
De Breuck, Carlos, Neri, Roberto, Morganti, Raffaella, Omont, Alain, Rocca-Volmerange, Brigitte, Stern, Daniel, ...
We present results of a comprehensive multi-frequency study of the radio galaxy B3 J2330+3927. The 1.9\" wide radio source, consisting of 3 components, is bracketed by 2 objects in our Keck K-band...
De Breuck, Carlos, Tang, Yuan, De Bruyn, A. G., Rottgering, Huub, Van Breugel, Wil
The 352 MHz Westerbork In the Southern Hemisphere (WISH) survey is the southern extension of the WENSS, covering 1.60 sr between -9 < DEC < -26 to a limiting flux density of ~18 mJy (5sigma). Due to...
Multiband VLA Observations of the Faint Radio Core of 3CR 68.1 (2002)
Brotherton, Michael S., Ly, Chun, Wills, Beverley J., Laurent-Muehleisen, Sally A., Van Breugel, Wil, Antonucci, R. R. J.
The large, powerful Fanaroff-Riley class II radio source 3CR 68.1 is an optically red quasar with strong evidence for dust reddening, intrinsic ultraviolet line absorption, and X-ray absorption. In...
Brotherton, Michael S., Grabelsky, Matthew, Canalizo, Gabriela, Van Breugel, Wil, Filippenko, Alexei V., Croom, Scott, ...
We present new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC2 images of the post-starburst quasar UN J1025-0040, which contains both an active galactic nucleus (AGN) and a 400-Myr-old nuclear starburst of...
A Galactic Wind at z = 5.190 (2002)
Dawson, Steve, Spinrad, Hyron, Dey, Arjun, Van Breugel, Wil, De Vries, Wim, Stern, Daniel, ...
We report the serendipitous detection in high-resolution optical spectroscopy of a strong, asymmetric Ly-alpha emission line at z = 5.190. The detection was made in a 2.25 hour exposure with the...
De Breuck, Carlos, Tang, Yuan, De Bruyn, A. G., Rottgering, Huub, Van Breugel, Wil
The 352 MHz Westerbork In the Southern Hemisphere (WISH) survey is the southern extension of the WENSS, covering 1.60 sr between -9 < DEC < -26 to a limiting flux density of ~18 mJy (5sigma). Due to...
De Breuck, Carlos, Tang, Yuan, De Bruyn, A. G., Rottgering, Huub, Van Breugel, Wil
The 352 MHz Westerbork In the Southern Hemisphere (WISH) survey is the southern extension of the WENSS, covering 1.60 sr between -9 < DEC < -26 to a limiting flux density of ~18 mJy (5sigma). Due to...
The X-Ray-Radio Alignment in the z=2.2 Radio Galaxy PKS 1138-262 (2002)
Carilli, C. L., Harris, D. E., Pentericci, L., Röttgering, H. J. A., Miley, G. K., Kurk, J. D., ...
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Carilli, Chris
We present a short overview of radio surveys for AGN, including the `complete' flux limited surveys and `filtered' surveys. We also describe our ultra-steep spectrum search for the highest redshift...
The X-ray -- radio alignment in the z = 2.2 radio galaxy PKS 1138--262 (2001)
Carilli, C. L., Harris, D. E., Pentericci, L., Rottgering, H. J. A., Miley, G. K., Kurk, J. D., ...
We present high resolution X-ray observations of the narrow line radio galaxy PKS 1138-262 at z = 2.156 with the ACIS-S detector on the Chandra observatory. These observations show that the X-ray...
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Stanford, Adam, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George, Stern, Daniel
We present optical and/or near-IR images of 128 ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources. Roughly half of the objects are identified in the optical images (R 94% are detected at K5). The major axes...
HST STIS Observations of PG 0946+301: the Highest Quality UV Spectrum of a BALQSO (2001)
Arav, Nahum, De Kool, Martijn, Korista, Kirk T., Crenshaw, D. Michael, Van Breugel, Wil, Brotherton, Michael, ...
We describe deep (40 orbits) HST/STIS observations of the BALQSO PG 0946+301 and make them available to the community. These observations are the major part of a multi-wavelength campaign on this...
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Carilli, Chris
We present a short overview of radio surveys for AGN, including the `complete\' flux limited surveys and `filtered\' surveys. We also describe our ultra-steep spectrum search for the highest redshift...
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Stanford, Adam, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George, Stern, Daniel
We present optical and/or near-IR images of 128 ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources. Roughly half of the objects are identified in the optical images (R 94% are detected at K5). The major axes...
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Carilli, Chris
We present a short overview of radio surveys for AGN, including the `complete\' flux limited surveys and `filtered\' surveys. We also describe our ultra-steep spectrum search for the highest redshift...
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Stanford, Adam, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George, Stern, Daniel
We present optical and/or near-IR images of 128 ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources. Roughly half of the objects are identified in the optical images (R 94% are detected at K5). The major axes...
Spectroscopy of Ultra Steep Spectrum Radio Sources (2000)
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Stern, Daniel, Miley, George, De Vries, Wim, ...
We present optical spectroscopy of 62 objects selected from several samples of ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources. 46 of these are from our primary catalog, consisting of 669 sources with radio...
Evidence Against a Redshift z>6 for the Galaxy STIS 123627+621755 (2000)
Stern, Daniel, Eisenhardt, Peter, Spinrad, Hyron, Dawson, Steve, Van Breugel, Wil, Dey, Arjun, ...
The identification of galaxies at extreme distances provides our most direct information on the earliest phases of galaxy formation. The distance implied by redshifts z > 5 makes this a challenging...
UV Spectropolarimetry of Narrow-line Radio Galaxies (2000)
Kishimoto, Makoto, Antonucci, Robert, Cimatti, Andrea, Hurt, Todd, Dey, Arjun, Van Breugel, Wil, ...
We present the results of UV spectropolarimetry (2000 - 3000A) and far-UV spectroscopy (1500 - 2000A) of two low-redshift narrow-line radio galaxies (NLRGs) taken with the Faint Object Spectrograph...
Carilli, C. L., Miley, G. K., Rottgering, H., Kurk, J., Pentericci, L., Harris, D. E., ...
We summarize observations of the properties of powerful radio galaxies and their environments from z = 0 to 5. These data show that some high redshift radio galaxies inhabit regions of gas and galaxy...
A Statistical Study of Emission Lines from High Redshift Radio Galaxies (2000)
De Breuck, Carlos, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George, Van Breugel, Wil, Best, Philip
We have compiled a sample of 165 radio galaxies from the literature to study the properties of the extended emission line regions and their interaction with the radio source over a large range of...
The Highest Redshift Radio Galaxies (2000)
At low redshifts powerful radio sources are uniquely associated with massive galaxies, and are thought to be powered by supermassive black holes. Modern 8m -- 10m telescopes may be used used to find...
Stanford, S. A., Stern, Daniel, Van Breugel, Wil, De Breuck, Carlos
We present a new sample of distant ultraluminous infrared galaxies. The sample was selected from a positional cross--correlation of the IRAS Faint Source Catalog with the FIRST database. Objects from...
A Sample of 669 Ultra Steep Spectrum Radio Sources to Find High Redshift Radio Galaxies (2000)
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George
Since radio sources with Ultra Steep Spectra (USS; alpha 10 mJy and covers virtually the entire sky outside the Galactic plane (|b|>15). For our 2 largest samples, covering declination > -35, we...
Spectroscopy of Ultra Steep Spectrum Radio Sources (2000)
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Stern, Daniel, Miley, George, De Vries, Wim, ...
We present optical spectroscopy of 62 objects selected from several samples of ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources. 46 of these are from our primary catalog, consisting of 669 sources with radio...
Spectroscopy of Ultra Steep Spectrum Radio Sources (2000)
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Stern, Daniel, Miley, George, De Vries, Wim, ...
We present optical spectroscopy of 62 objects selected from several samples of ultra steep spectrum (USS) radio sources. 46 of these are from our primary catalog, consisting of 669 sources with radio...
Ultra-Steep Spectrum Radio Galaxies at Hy Redshifts (1999)
Van Breugel, Wil, De Breuck, Carlos, Stanford, Adam, Röttgering, Huub, Miley, George, Stern, Daniel, ...
Radio sources have traditionally provided convenient beacons for probing the early Universe. Hy Spinrad was among the first of the tenacious breed of observers who would attempt to obtain optical...
A Companion Galaxy to the Post-Starburst Quasar UN J1025-0040 (1999)
Canalizo, Gabriela, Stockton, Alan, Brotherton, M. S., Van Breugel, Wil
UN J1025-0040 is a quasar at z = 0.6344 that shows an extremely bright post starburst population of age ~ 400 Myr (Brotherton et al. 1999). Images of UN J1025-0040 show a nearly stellar object 4.2...
VLT Spectroscopy of the z=4.11 Radio Galaxy TN J1338-1942 (1999)
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Minniti, Dante, Miley, George, Rottgering, Huub, Stanford, S. A., ...
We present optical, infrared and radio data of the z=4.11 radio galaxy TN J1338-1942, including an intermediate resolution spectrum obtained with FORS1on the VLT Antu telescope. TN J1338-1942 was the...
A Spectacular Post-Starburst Quasar (1999)
Brotherton, M. S., Van Breugel, Wil, Stanford, S. A., Smith, R. J., Boyle, B. J., Miller, Lance, ...
We report the discovery of a spectacular ``post-starburst quasar'' UN J1025-0040 (B=19; z=0.634). The optical spectrum is a chimera, displaying the broad Mg II emission line and strong blue continuum...
A Radio Galaxy at z=5.19 (1999)
Van Breugel, Wil, De Breuck, Carlos, Stanford, S. A., Stern, Dan, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George
We report the discovery of the most distant known AGN, the radio galaxy TN J0924-2201 at z = 5.19. The radio source was selected from a new sample of ultra-steep spectrum (USS) sources, has an...
Monsters and Babies from the FIRST/IRAS Survey (1999)
Radio continuum emission at cm wavelengths is relatively little affected by extinction. When combined with far-infrared (FIR) surveys this provides for a convenient and unbiased method to select...
Tran, Hien D., Brotherton, M. S., Stanford, S. A., Van Breugel, Wil, Dey, A., Stern, D., ...
We have carried out a spectropolarimetric search for hidden broad-line quasars in three ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) discovered in the positional correlations between sources detected in...
Induced star formation and morphological evolution in very high redshift radio galaxies (1998)
Van Breugel, Wil, Stanford, A., Dey, A., Miley, G., Stern, D., Spinrad, H., ...
Near-infrared, sub-arcsecond seeing images obtained with the W. M. Keck I Telescope of show strong evolution at rest--frame optical} wavelengths in the morphologies of high redshift radio galaxies...
Brotherton, M. S., Van Breugel, Wil, Smith, R. J., Boyle, B. J., Shanks, T., Croom, S. M., ...
We report the discovery of five broad-absorption-line (BAL) QSOs in a complete sample of 111 ultraviolet excess (UVX) QSO candidates also detected in the NRAO VLA Sky Survey. All five BAL QSOs, which...
The Highest Redshift Radio Galaxy Known in the Southern Hemisphere (1998)
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George, Carilli, Chris
We present the discovery of a z=4.13 galaxy TN J1338-1942, the most distant radio galaxy in the southern hemisphere known to date. The source was selected from a sample of Ultra Steep Spectrum (USS;...
Very High Redshift Radio Galaxies (1998)
Van Breugel, Wil, De Breuck, Carlos, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George, Stanford, Adam
High redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs) provide unique targets for the study of the formation and evolution of massive galaxies and galaxy clusters at very high redshifts. We discuss how efficient HzRG...
Discovery of an Ultra-Steep Spectrum, Highly Polarized Red Quasar at z = 1.462 (1998)
De Breuck, Carlos, Brotherton, M. S., Tran, Hien D., Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub J. A.
We report the discovery of WN J0717+4611, a highly polarized red quasar at z=1.462, selected from a sample of faint (S_{1.4GHz} > 10 mJy) ultra steep spectrum (alpha < -1.3) radio sources. VLA...
Spectropolarimetry of 3CR 68.1: A Highly Inclined Quasar (1998)
Brotherton, M. S., Wills, Beverley J., Dey, Arjun, Van Breugel, Wil, Antonucci, Robert
We present Keck spectropolarimetry of the highly polarized radio-loud quasar 3CR 68.1 (z=1.228, V=19). The polarization increases from 5 in the red (4000 A rest-frame) to >10% in the blue (1900 A...
Spectropolarimetry of FIRST BAL QSOs (1997)
Brotherton, M. S., Tran, Hien D., Van Breugel, Wil, Dey, Arjun, Antonucci, Robert
We present Keck spectropolarimetry of two rare low-ionization broad absorption line (BAL) QSOs, FIRST J084044.5+363328 and FIRST J155633.8+351758, that also exhibit narrow absorption lines from...
Triggered Star Formation in a Massive Galaxy at z=3.8: 4C41.17 (1997)
Dey, Arjun, Van Breugel, Wil, Vacca, William, Antonucci, Robert
Spectropolarimetric observations obtained with the W. M. Keck Telescope of the z=3.8 radio galaxy 4C41.17 show that the UV continuum emission from this galaxy, which is aligned with the radio axis,...
Searches for High Redshift Radio Galaxies (1997)
De Breuck, Carlos, Van Breugel, Wil, Rottgering, Huub, Miley, George
We have started a search for High Redshift Radio Galaxies (HZRGs) in an area covering 7 sr by selecting a sample of Ultra Steep Spectrum (USS) sources with a low flux density cut-off S(1400 MHz) > 10...
On the Origin of the UV Continuum Emission from the High Redshift Radio Galaxy 3C256 (1996)
Dey, Arjun, Cimatti, Andrea, Van Breugel, Wil, Antonucci, Robert, Spinrad, Hyron
We report spectropolarimetric observations obtained with the W.M. Keck Telescope of the high redshift z=1.824 aligned radio galaxy 3C256. Our observations confirm that the spatially extended UV...