Published in "Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy", 1988, 2nd edition, eds. G.L. Verschuur and K.I. Kellermann.

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Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• BASIC RELATIONS
• THE "WORLD PICTURE" AND SOURCE EVOLUTION
• SOURCE POPULATION DATA
• The Local Luminosity Function
• Source Counts
• Spectral-Index Distributions
• Redshift/Spectral-Index Diagrams
• Redshift and Luminosity Distributions of Strong Sources
• Optical Constraints
• EVOLUTIONARY MODELS
• Source Distribution Equations
• Evolutionary Models of Radio Luminosity Functions
• SOURCE SIZE EVOLUTION
• The Angular Size-Redshift Relation
• The Angular Size-Flux Density Data
• Models of the Angular Size-Flux Density Relation
• THE FAINT-SOURCE POPULATION
• ISOTROPY AND HOMOGENEITY
• COSMOLOGY MADE SIMPLE: THE SHELL MODEL
• WHAT NEXT?
• REFERENCES