An empirical calibration of the completeness of the SDSS quasar survey

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2047-2061

  Berk, Daniel E Vanden ^a,b   Schneider, Donald P ^b   Richards, Gordon T ^c   Hall, Patrick B ^c   Strauss, Michael A ^c   Brunner, Robert ^d   Fan, Xiaohui ^e   Baldry, Ivan K ^f   York, Donald G ^g,h   Gunn, James E ^c   Nichol, Robert C ^i,j   Meiksin, Avery ^k   Brinkmann, Jon ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Quasars: General; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144445690     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427856     Document Type: Review

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