The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Survey: Quasar Luminosity Function from Data Release 3

T. Richards, Gordon; A. Strauss, Michael; Fan, Xiaohui; B. Hall, Patrick; Jester, Sebastian; P. Schneider, Donald; E. vanden Berk, D.; Stoughton, Chris; F. Anderson, Scott; J. Brunner, Robert; Gray, Jim; E. Gunn, James; Ivezić, Željko; K. Kirkland, Margaret; R. Knapp, G.; Loveday, J.; Meiksin, Avery; Pope, Adrian; S. Szalay, Alexander; Thakar, A.; Yanny, B.; G. York, Donald; C. Barentine, John; Brewington, H.; Brinkmann, J.; Fukugita, M.; Harvanek, Michael; Kent, S.; J. Kleinman, S.; Krzesiński, J.; C. Long, Daniel; H. Lupton, Robert; Nash, Thomas; H. Neilsen, Eric; Nitta, A.; J. Schlegel, David; A. Snedden, Stephanie

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Survey: Quasar Luminosity Function from Data Release 3

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Authors:

Gordon T. Richards

Michael A. Strauss

Xiaohui Fan

Abstract

We determine the number counts and z=0-5 luminosity function for a well-defined, homogeneous sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We conservatively define the most uniform statistical sample possible, consisting of 15,343 quasars within an effective area of 1622 deg^2 that was...

Subject

Redshift

Quasar

Astrophysics

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