Journal article
Optical selection of quasars: SDSS and LSST
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, v 9(S304)
Oct 2013
Abstract
Over the last decade, quasar sample sizes have increased from several thousand to several hundred thousand, thanks mostly to SDSS imaging and spectroscopic surveys. LSST, the next-generation optical imaging survey, will provide hundreds of detections per object for a sample of more than ten million quasars with redshifts of up to about seven. We briefly review optical quasar selection techniques, with emphasis on methods based on colors, variability properties and astrometric behavior.
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- Title
- Optical selection of quasars: SDSS and LSST
- Creators
- Željko Ivezić - University of WashingtonW. Niel Brandt - Netherlands Institute for Radio AstronomyXiaohui Fan - University of ArizonaChelsea L. MacLeod - United States Naval AcademyGordon T. Richards - Drexel UniversityPeter Yoachim - University of Washington
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, v 9(S304)
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84905030707
- Other Identifier
- 991019173914404721