The Parkes quarter-Jansky flat-spectrum sample III. Space density and evolution of QSOs

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 434, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-148

  Wall, J V ^a,e   Jackson, C A ^b,f   Shaver, P A ^c   Hook, I M ^a   Kellermann, K I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: BL Lac objects: general; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: quasars: general; Radio continuum: galaxies

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GALAXIES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATIONS; GALAXIES: ACTIVE; GALAXIES: BL LAC OBJECTS: GENERAL; GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: QUASARS: GENERAL; RADIO CONTINUUM: GALAXIES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 17444393174     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041786     Document Type: Article

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