Towards a Complete Sample of Giant Radio Galaxies at z > 0.4

Abstract

Giant Radio Galaxies are the largest radio sources associated with galaxies. They have linear sizes exceeding 1 Mpc (e.g. Saripalli et al., 1986). They used to be known only at redshifts below 0.2, and it has been argued that this was not only due to a selection effect, but that there is a real cutoff in the space distribution of these objects (e.g. Gopal-Krishna & Wiita, 1987). Recently, a small number of giants have been found at redshifts largely exceeding 0.3, indicating that such a cutoff does not exist (e.g. Cotter et al., 1995).