The US survey and the incidence of bright quasars

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1683-1690

  Usher, P D ^a   Mitchell, K J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Quasars: emission lines; Quasars: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041191188     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301589     Document Type: Article

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