Gb1508+5714: a Radio-loud Quasar with Z=4.30 and the Space Density of High Redshift, Radio{loud Quasars
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We report the discovery of a radio loud quasar with a redshift of 4.30. This object, which is the rst radio selected quasar with a redshift greater than four, was discovered during an observational investigation into the evolution of the luminosity function of radio loud quasars. Here we describe results based on a sample of 300, at spectrum radio sources with S 5GHz >200mJy. In this study, rather than carry out an indiscriminate redshift campaign on all the radio sources, we have used the APM POSS catalogue to preselect a subset of stellar-like optical counterparts with red optical colours. Such a subsample is expected to contain a high fraction of high redshift quasars. 10 of the 300 sources were selected for follow-up optical spectroscopy and three of these are identiied as quasars with redshifts greater than 3.0. One of the radio sources, GB1508+5714, is a quasar with z=4.30 and m(R)19.
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