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Counts of Intense Extragalactic Radio Sources at 1,400 MHz

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1,400 MHz extragalactic radio source counts indicate that the exponent of the relation between number and flux density is only greater than 1.5 at very low source densities.

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BRIDLE, A., DAVIS, M., FOMALONT, E. et al. Counts of Intense Extragalactic Radio Sources at 1,400 MHz. Nature Physical Science 235, 123–126 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci235123a0

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