Methods and results of radio cosmology

Dissertation on the scientific degree "Doctor of Sciences"
( close to German Habilitation )
Full gzipped PostScript version in Russian (1012k) is here, 2005

Plan

• Chapter 1. Introduction (6)
  • 1.1. Problems of observational radio cosmology (6)
    
  • 1.1.1. Determination of cosmological parameters (10)
    
  • 1.1.2. Big Trio (27)
    
  • 1.1.3. Resume (31)
    
  • 1.2. Analysis of radio astronomical data (32)
    
  • 1.2.1. Data analysis system (33)
    
  • 1.2.2. Technological chain of data acquisition (41)
    
  • 1.3. Actuality, goals and results to depend (45)
    
• Chapter 2. Creation of data processing system FADPS and its application for analysis of RATAN-600 observational data (58)
  
  • 2.1. Introduction (58)
    
  • 2.2. General ideology and principles of ogranization (60)
    
  • 2.3. Format of data representation (65)
    
  • 2.4. Creation of interactive graphical processing system (69)
    
  • 2.5. Interactive processing of continuum radio spectra of radio sources (72)
    
  • 2.6. Investigation of objects of RATAN-600 Northern Sector survey in 1995 (77)
    
  • 2.6.1. Radio source identificaion (79)
    
  • 2.6.2. Spectra of radio sources (81)
    
  • 2.6.3. Comples sources (82)
    
  • 2.6.4. Survey in 1995: conclusion (96)
    
  • 2.7. Sysmem of cosmic microwave data analysis system (98)
    
  • 2.7.1. Calculation of associated Legendre polynomials (99)
    
  • 2.7.2. Structure of the package GLESP1.0 (101)
    
  • 2.7.3. Basic procedures (103)
    
  • 2.7.4. Package testing and simulation of CMB maps (105)
    
  • 2.8. Conclusions (108)
    
• Chapter 3. Creation of the astrophysical catalogs data base CATS and its application for selection and analysis of radio galaxy samples (112)
  
  • 3.1. Introduction (112)
    
  • 3.2. Ideology of data base creation (115)
    
  • 3.3. CATS funvtions (120)
    
  • 3.3.1. Selection by parameters (123)
    
  • 3.3.2. Source lists cross-identification (123)
    
  • 3.4. Input and output: access levels and output formats (124)
    
  • 3.5. Analysis of cross-identifications in CATS (127)
    
  • 3.5.1. Identification of decametric radio sources (127)
    
  • 3.5.2. Radio emitting objects of infrared range (144)
    
  • 3.6. Conclusion (161)
    
• Chapter 4. Investigation of radio galaxies and estimation of cosmological parameters (164)
  
  • 4.1. Introduction (164)
    
  • 4.2. System ``Evolution of radio galaxies'' (168)
    
  • 4.2.1. Procedure of age and redshift estimation (171)
    
  • 4.3. Ages and redshifts estimation for known radio galaxies (176)
    
  • 4.3.1. Data and methods (176)
    
  • 4.3.2. Results of analysis of known radio galaxies data (179)
    
  • 4.4. Investigation of radio galaxies of the ``Cold'' catalog (188)
    
  • 4.4.1. Multicolor photometry of RC objects (190)
    
  • 4.4.2. Photometric redshifts for RC catalog radio galaxies (193)
    
  • 4.4.3. Discussion and results (198)
    
  • 4.5. Estimation of cosmological constant (Λ-item) (203)
    
  • 4.5.1. Sample of objects (206)
    
  • 4.5.2. Procedure of parameters esimation (209)
    
  • 4.5.3. Influence of errors in parameters estimation (212)
    
  • 4.5.4. Discussion of results (213)
    
  • 4.6. Conclusion (216)
    
• Chapter 5. Investigation of CMB radiation (219)
  
  • 5.1. Introduction (219)
    
  • 5.2. Problems of sky maps pixelization (220)
    
  • 5.2.1. Basic relations (224)
    
  • 5.2.2. Properties of the GLESP pixelization (226)
    
  • 5.3. Non-Gaussianity (231)
    
  • 5.4. Phase cleaning method and segregation of CMB radiation (239)
    
  • 5.5. Correlations of segregated signal and foregrounds for ILC, FCM and PCM (245)
    
  • 5.6. Conclusions (250)
    
• Chapter 6. Summary (252)
  
  • 6.1. Main results of work (254)
    
  • 6.2. Reliability of obtained results (259)
    
  • 6.3. Scientific and practical significance (260)
    
  • 6.4. Thanks (261)
    
• Bibliography (263)
  
• Appendix (295)
  
  • 1. Example of F-file head (295)
    
  • 2. Example of extension of RFLEX-head (298)
    
  • 3. List of FADPS procedures (301)
    
  • 4. Radio sources of RATAN-600 Northern sector survey, 1995 (306)
    
  • 5. APM-identification of radio sources of survey of 1995 (308)
    
  • 6. Radio identificaton of a source J082347+465150 (309)
    
  • 7. Radio identification of decametric sources (310)
    
  • 8. Optical identification of decametric sources (312)
    
  • 9. Infrared identifications of decametric sources (313)
    
  • 10. Decametric sources with ultra steep spectra (314)
    
  • 11. Photometry data for distant radio galaxies (from literature) (315)
    
  • 12. Ages of radio galaxies with known z (317)
    
  • 13. Estimations of agaes and photometric redshifts of radio galaxies with known z (319)
    
  • 14. Photometric redshifts and ages of stellar systems of RC catalog radio galaxies (321)