Spectral classification of quasars in the sloan digital sky survey: Eigenspectra, redshift, and luminosity effects

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2603-2630

  Yip, C W ^a   Connolly, A J ^a   Vanden Berk, D E ^a   Ma, Z ^b   Frieman, J A ^b   Subbarao, M ^b,c   Szalay, A S ^d   Richards, G T ^e   Hall, P B ^e   Schneider, D P ^f   Hopkins, A M ^a   Trump, J ^f   Brinkmann, J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ADLER PLANETARIUM   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods: statistical; Quasars: general; Surveys; Techniques: spectroscopic Online material: Color figures

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944431964     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425626     Document Type: Review

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