XQ-100: A legacy survey of one hundred 3.5 ≲ z ≲ 4.5 quasars observed with VLT/X-shooter

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 594, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lopez S ^a   D'Odorico, V ^b   Ellison, S L ^c   Becker, G D ^d,j   Christensen, L ^e   Cupani, G ^b   Denney, K D ^f   Paris I ^b   Worseck, G ^g   Berg, T A M ^c   Cristiani, S ^b,h   Dessauges Zavadsky, M ⁱ   Haehnelt, M ^j   Hamann, F ^k   Hennawi, J ^g   Irsic V ^l   Kim, T S ^b   Lopez P ^a   Lund Saust, R ^e   Menard B ^m   Perrotta, S ^b,n   Prochaska, J X ^o   Sanchez Ramirez R ^p,q,r   Vestergaard, M ^e,s   Viel, M ^b,h   Wisotzki, L ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^h SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^k University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^l ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ SISSA   (Italy)

^o University of California   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^q BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^r INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^t ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Quasars: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

ABSORPTION LINES; EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY; GALAXY EVOLUTION; HIGH REDSHIFT UNIVERSE; QUASARS: GENERAL; SPECTRAL COVERAGE; SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS; TARGET SELECTION;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 84993940457     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628161     Document Type: Article

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