The evolution and luminosity fuction of quasars from complete optical surveys

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 518, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 32-43

  Maloney, Alexander ^a   Petrosian, Vahé ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: theory; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: luminosity function; Mass function; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033542251     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307260     Document Type: Article

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