The luminosity function of high-redshift quasi-stellar objects. A combined analysis of GOODS and SDSS

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 461, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-48

  Fontanot, F ^a,b   Cristiani, S ^c   Monaco, P ^a,c   Nonino, M ^c   Vanzella, E ^c   Brandt, W N ^d   Grazian, A ^e   Mao, J ^f  

^a Dipartimento di Astronomia   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: active; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGY; LUMINOSITY; QUASARS; QUASI STELLAR OBJECTS (QSO); REDSHIFT;

GALAXIES;

EID: 33846373277     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066073     Document Type: Article

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