Environments of Quasi-Stellar Objects and Radio Galaxies

该研究计划的中心主题是研究在发光的准恒星物体（QSO）和强大的射电星系中存在的核活动如何与它们的环境相关，以及导致这些现象的物理机制。这些研究将包括对低红移QSO宿主星系内部结构的深入研究，对射电星系完整样本的成像和光谱调查，以及一个通过识别特定星系的QSO红移到微弱的极限星等来确定与QSO相关的丰富星团的形态特性的程序。首席研究员被认为是该研究领域的世界领先者。

The central theme of the research program is to study how the nuclear activity present in luminous quasi-stellar objects (QSO)and powerful radio galaxies is related to their environments and what physical mechanisms are the cause of these phenomena. The studies will include an intensive study of the inner structure of QSO host galaxies at low redshifts, an imaging and spectroscopic investigation of a complete sample of radio galaxies, and a program to determine morphological properties of rich clusters associated with QSOs by identifying specific galaxies at QSO redshift to faint limiting magnitude. The Principal Investigator is regarded as a world leader in this research area.