
%0 Journal Article
%A Sadler, Elaine M 
%A Cannon, RD 
%A Jackson, CA 
%A McIntyre, VJ 
%T Radio Sources in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey. I. Radio source populations
%J Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
%D 1999/11/01
%V 16
%N 3
%P 247-256
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AS99247
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AS99247 
%X We present the first results from a study of the radio continuum properties of galaxies in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, (2dFGRS) based on thirty 2dF fields covering a total area of about 100 deg2. About 1.5% of galaxies with b_J < 19.4 mag. are detected as radio continuum sources in the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS). Of these, roughly 40% are star-forming galaxies and 60% are active galaxies (mostly low-power radio galaxies and a few Seyferts). The combination of 2dFGRS and NVSS will eventually yield a homogeneous set of around 4000 radio-galaxy spectra, which will be a powerful tool for studying the distribution and evolution of both AGN and starburst galaxies out to z ~ 0.3. 
