Luminosity function from dedicated SDSS-III and MMT data of quasars in 0.7 < z < 4.0 selected with a new approach

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 551, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Palanque Delabrouille, N ^a   Magneville, Ch ^a   Yèche, Ch ^a   Eftekharzadeh, S ^b   Myers, A D ^b,c   Petitjean, P ^d   Paris I ^d,e   Aubourg, E ^f   McGreer, I ^g   Fan, X ^g   Dey, A ^h   Schlegel, D ⁱ   Bailey, S ⁱ   Bizayev, D ^j   Bolton, A ^k   Dawson, K ^k   Ebelke, G ^j   Ge, J ^l   Malanushenko, E ^j   Malanushenko, V ^j   Oravetz, D ^j   Pan, K ^j   Ross, N P ⁱ   Schneider, D P ^m   Sheldon, E ⁿ   Simmons, A ^j   Tinker, J ^o   White, M ⁱ   Willmer, Ch ^g   more..

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^l 211 Bryant Space Science Center ^*  (United States)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Dark energy; Quasars: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC OSCILLATION; COMPLEX SIMULATION; CONTROL SAMPLES; COUNTS-AS; DARK ENERGY; EVOLUTION MODELS; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; MULTIPLE MIRROR TELESCOPES; NEW APPROACHES; QUASAR SPECTRA; QUASARS: GENERAL; RED SHIFT; REDSHIFT RANGE; TARGET SELECTION;

LUMINANCE; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SURVEYS; TELESCOPES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84873889730     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220379     Document Type: Article

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