Discovery of three z > 6.5 quasars in the Vista Kilo-Degree Infrared Galaxy (VIKING) survey

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 779, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Venemans, B P ^a   Findlay, J R ^b   Sutherland, W J ^c   De Rosa, G ^d   McMahon, R G ^e,f   Simcoe, R ^g   Gonzalez Solares E A ^e   Kuijken, K ^h   Lewis, J R ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cosmology: observations; galaxies: active; quasars: general; quasars: individual (VIKING J234833.34 305410.0, J010953.13 304726.3, J030516.92 315056)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889060661     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/779/1/24     Document Type: Article

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