@article { , title = {GAMA/WiggleZ: the 1.4 GHz radio luminosity functions of high- and low-excitation radio galaxies and their redshift evolution toz= 0.75}, abstract = {© 2016 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Royal Astronomical Society. We present radio active galactic nuclei (AGN) luminosity functions over the redshift range 0.005 < z < 0.75. The sample from which the luminosity functions are constructed is an optical spectroscopic survey of radio galaxies, identified from matched Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm survey (FIRST) sources and Sloan Digital Sky Survey images. The radio AGN are separated into low-excitation radio galaxies (LERGs) and high-excitation radio galaxies (HERGs) using the optical spectra. We derive radio luminosity functions for LERGs and HERGs separately in the three redshift bins (0.005 < z < 0.3, 0.3 < z < 0.5 and 0.5 < z < 0.75). The radio luminosity functions can be well described by a double power law. Assuming this double power-law shape the LERG population displays little or no evolution over this redshift range evolving as ~(1 + z) 0.06+0.17 -0.18 assuming pure density evolution or ~(1 + z) 0.46+0.22 -0.24 assuming pure luminosity evolution. In contrast, the HERG population evolves more rapidly, best fitted by ~(1 + z) 2.93+0.46 -0.47 assuming a double power-law shape and pure density evolution. If a pure luminosity model is assumed, the best-fitting HERG evolution is parametrized by ~(1 + z) 7.41+0.79 -1.33 The characteristic break in the radio luminosity function occurs at a significantly higher power (~≥1 dex) for the HERG population in comparison to the LERGs. This is consistent with the two populations representing fundamentally different accretion modes.}, doi = {10.1093/mnras/stw910}, eissn = {1365-2966}, issn = {0035-8711}, issue = {1}, journal = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, pages = {2-17}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, url = {https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/437295}, volume = {460}, keyword = {Lasers and Light Matter Interactions, Specialist Research - Other, Galaxies -- evolution, accretion, Galaxies -- active, Radio continuum -- galaxies}, year = {2016}, author = {Pracy, Michael B. and Ching, John H. Y. and Sadler, Elaine M. and Croom, Scott M. and Baldry, I. K. and Bland-Hawthorn, Joss and Brough, S. and Brown, M. J. I. and Couch, Warrick J. and Davis, Tamara M. and Drinkwater, Michael J. and Hopkins, A. M. and Jarvis, M. J. and Jelliffe, Ben and Jurek, Russell J. and Loveday, J. and Pimbblet, K. A. and Prescott, M. and Wisnioski, Emily and Woods, David} }