Eight-dimensional mid-infrared/optical Bayesian quasar selection

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 3884-3899

  Richards, Gordon T ^a   Deo, Rajesh P ^a   Lacy, Mark ^b   Myers, Adam D ^c   Nichol, Robert C ^d   Zakamska, Nadia L ^e   Brunner, Robert J ^c   Brandt, W N ^f   Gray, Alexander G ^g   Parejko, John K ^a   Ptak, Andrew ^h   Schneider, Donald P ^f   Storrie Lombardi, Lisa J ^b   Szalay, Alexander S ^h  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Georgia Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catalogs; infrared: galaxies; methods: statistical; quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649127544     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/137/4/3884     Document Type: Article

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