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FIRST’s high angular resolution and faint flux density threshold (the rms is 0.15 mJy) come at a price. Some of the flux from extended sources is resolved out. This leads to a systematic underestimation of extended source flux density and a survey threshold that is a function of source size
Moreover ,the higher angular resolution achieved by a more extended antenna configuration comes at a price of lower brightness temperature sensitivity. Brightness temperature
($T_{b}$) is a measure of the source brightness (or specific intensity - referring to frequency) irrespective of the radiation mechanism.
specific intensity: $I_{v} = \frac{dE}{dAd \Omega dt dv}$ W.$m^{-2}$.$sr^{-1}$.$Hz^{-1}$
$T_{b}$ can also be thought of as the temperature of a black-body which radiates at the same specific intensity as an object at some given frequency.
$I_{v} = B_{v}(T_{b})$
where $B_{v}(T)$ is the Planck distribution brightness.
\subsubsection{FIRST and synchrotron radiation - this section is incomplete}
FIRST survey detects synchrotron radiation at the lower radio frequencies in the meter and cm wavelength range as explained in section 1.2.