An improved quasar detection method in EROS-2 and MACHO LMC data sets

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1284-1297

  Pichara, K ^a,b   Protopapas, P ^b,c   Kim, D W ^b,c   Marquette, J B ^d   Tisserand, P ^e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magellanic Clouds; Methods: data analysis; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869851989     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.22061.x     Document Type: Article

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