The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: Ninth data release

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 548, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pgris I ^a,b   Petitjean, P ^a   Aubourg, E ^c   Bailey, S ^d   Ross, N P ^d   Myers, A D ^e,f   Strauss, M A ^g   Anderson, S F ^h   Arnau, E ⁱ   Bautista, J ^c   Bizyaev, D ^j   Bolton, A S ^k   Bovy, J ^l   Brandt, W N ^m   Brewington, H ^j   Browstein, J R ^k   Busca, N ^c   Capellupo, D ^n,o   Carithers, W ^d   Croft, R A C ^p   Dawson, K ^k   Delubac, T ^q   Ebelke, G ^j   Eisenstein, D J ^r   Engelke, P ^s   Fan, X ^t   Filiz Ak, N ^m,u   Finley, H ^a   Font Ribera, A ^d,v   Ge, J ⁿ   Gibson, R R ^h   Hall, P B ^w   Hamann, F ⁿ   Hennawi, J F ^f   Ho, S ^p   Hogg, D W ^x   Ivezić, Å ^h   Jiang, L ^t   Kimball, A E ^h,y   Kirkby, D ^z   Kirkpatrick, J A ^d   Lee, K G ^f,aa   Le Goff, J M ^q   Lundgren, B ^s   MacLeod, C L ⁱ   Malanushenko, E ^j   Malanushenko, V ^j   Maraston, C ^ab   McGreer, I D ^t   McMahon, R G ^ac   Miralda Escude J ^i,ad   Muna, D ^x   Noterdaeme, P ^a   Oravetz, D ^j   Palanque Delabrouille, N ^q   Pan, K ^j   Perez Fournon, I ^ae,af   Pieri, M M ^ab   Richards, G T ^ag   Rollinde, E ^a   Sheldon, E S ^ah   Schlegel, D J ^d   Schneider, D P ^m   Slosar, A ^ah   Shelden, A ^j   Shen, Y ^r   Simmons, A ^j   Snedden, S ^j   Suzuki, N ^d,ai   Tinker, J ^x   Viel, M ^aj,ak   Weaver, B A ^x   Weinberg, D H ^al   White, M ^d   Wood Vasey, W M ^am   Yeche C ^q   more..

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^j APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^l INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^o TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^p CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q CEA SACLAY   (France)

^r HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^s YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^u ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^w YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^x NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aa PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

^ae INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^af UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^ag DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aj INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ak SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^al OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Catalogs; Quasars: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

BARYON OSCILLATIONS; BROAD ABSORPTION LINES; CATALOGS; EIGENSPECTRA; EMISSION LINES; NEAR INFRARED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; QUASARS: GENERAL; RADIO EMISSION; RED SHIFT; ROBUST IDENTIFICATION; SELECTION METHODS; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS; TRAINING SETS; VISUAL INSPECTION; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GALAXIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84869995866     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220142     Document Type: Article

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