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A series of VLBI surveys of complete samples of radio sources selected at 5 GHz (Pearson & Readhead 1988, hereafter PR; Xu et al. 1995 and references therein) has revealed that ~ 10% of the objects are “Compact Symmetric Objects” (CSOs), in which high-luminosity radio emission regions are seen on both sides of the center of activity on scales less than one kiloparsec (Phillips & Mutel 1982; Readhead et al. 1984; Conway et al. 1992; Wilkinson et al. 1994). In order to be sure that an object is a CSO, either the center of activity must be pinpointed (Taylor et al. 1996) or compelling morphological evidence of symmetric structure must be found.
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Readhead, A.C.S., Pearson, T.J., Taylor, G.B., Wilkinson, P.N. (1996). The Evolution of Extragalactic Radio Sources. In: Ekers, R., Fanti, C., Padrielli, L. (eds) Extragalactic Radio Sources. International Astronomical Union, vol 175. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0295-4_35
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