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Applying the luminosity-volume test to radio galaxies, it is found that for the data to fit the usual relativistic cosmological models there must be strong evolutionary factors affecting the distribution of the radio galaxies. The steady state model is inconsistent with the present data.
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ROWAN-ROBINSON, M. Radio Galaxies as Cosmological Probes. Nature 216, 1289–1292 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2161289a0
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