The Canada-France high-z quasar survey: Nine new quasars and the luminosity function at redshift 6

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 906-918

  Willott, Chris J ^a   Delorme, Philippe ^b   Reylé, Céline ^c   Albert, Loic ^d   Bergeron, Jacqueline ^e   Crampton, David ^a   Delfosse, Xavier ^f   Forveille, Thierry ^f   Hutchings, John B ^a   McLure, Ross J ^g   Omont, Alain ^e   Schade, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^e INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Quasars: emission lines; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949104011     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/139/3/906     Document Type: Article

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