A deep multicolor survey. ii. initial spectroscopy and comparison with expected quasar number counts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 462, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 614-636

  Hall, Patrick B ^a   Osmer, Patrick S ^b   Green, Richard F ^c   Porter, Alain C ^c   Warren, Stephen J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalogs; Galaxies: photometry; Quasars: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344468563     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177177     Document Type: Article

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