The CLASS blazar survey - I. Selection criteria and radio properties

Authors
Marcha, MJ Caccianiga, A Browne, IWA Jackson, N
Citation
Mj. Marcha et al., The CLASS blazar survey - I. Selection criteria and radio properties, M NOT R AST, 326(4), 2001, pp. 1455-1466
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00358711 → ACNP
Volume
326
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1455 - 1466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(20011001)326:4<1455:TCBS-I>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
This paper presents a new complete and well-defined sample of flat-spectrum radio sources (FSRS) selected from the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey (CLASS), with the further constraint of a bright (mag less than or equal to 17.5) o ptical counterpart. The sample has been designed to produce a large number of low-luminosity blazars in order to test the current unifying models in t he low-luminosity regime. In this first paper the new sample is presented a nd the radio properties of the 325 sources contained therein are discussed.