Toward a clean sample of ultra-luminous X-ray sources

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Lopez Corredoira M ^a   Gutierrez C M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: quasars: general; Galaxies: statistics

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; LUMINESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GALAXIES: QUASARS: GENERAL; GALAXIES: STATISTICS; REDSHIFTS; ULTRA-LUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES (ULX);

GALAXIES;

EID: 33746326468     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054722     Document Type: Article

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