THE SDSS-III baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey: Quasar target selection for data release nine

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ross, Nicholas P ^a,b   Myers, Adam D ^c,d   Sheldon, Erin S ^e   Yèche, Christophe ^f   Strauss, Michael A ^g   Bovy, Jo ^h   Kirkpatrick, Jessicaa ^a,i   Richards, Gordon T ^j   Aubourg, Éric ^f,k   Blanton, Michael R ^h   Brandt, W N ^b   Carithers, Williamc ^a   Croft, Rupert A C ^l   Da Silva, Robert ^m   Dawson, Kyle ⁿ   Eisenstein, Daniel J ^o,p   Hennawi, Josephf ^q   Ho, Shirley ^a   Hogg, David W ^h   Lee, Khee Gan ^g   Lundgren, Britt ^r   McMahon, Richard G ^s   Miralda Escudé, Jordi ^t,u   Palanque Delabrouille, Nathalie ^f   Pris, Isabelle ^v   Petitjean, Patrick ^v   Pieri, Matthewm ^w,x   Rich, James ^f   Roe, Nataliea ^a   Schiminovich, David ^y   Schlegel, David J ^a   Schneider, Donald P ^b   Slosar, Ane ^e   Suzuki, Nao ^a   Tinker, Jeremyl ^a,h   Weinberg, David H ^w   Weyant, Anya ^z   White, Martin ^a,i   Michael Wood Vasey, W ^z   more..

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CEA SACLAY   (France)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^l CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^p The Harvard College Observatory   (United States)

^q MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^r Yale University   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^t INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^v INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^w OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^y Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

cosmology: observations; intergalactic medium; quasars: absorption lines; quasars: general; surveys; techniques: miscellaneous

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858991870     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/199/1/3     Document Type: Review

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