First tentative detection of anisotropy in the QSO distribution around nearby edge-on spiral galaxies

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 461, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-69

  Lopez Corredoira M ^a   Gutierrez C M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalogs; Distance scale; Galaxies: statistics; Gravitational lensing; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CATALOGS; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; POLAR ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; QUASARS; QUASI STELLAR OBJECTS (QSO);

GALAXIES;

EID: 33846369411     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065221     Document Type: Article

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