Compact nuclei in galaxies at moderate redshift. II. Their nature and implications for the active galactic nucleus luminosity function

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 514, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 746-764

  Sarajedini, Vicki L ^a,d   Green, Richard F ^b   Griffiths, Richard E ^c   Ratnatunga, Kavan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; Galaxies: Nuclei; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033112546     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/306972     Document Type: Article

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