Journal article
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: ninth data release
Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), v 548, A66
01 Dec 2012
Abstract
We present the Data Release 9 Quasar (DR9Q) catalog from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III. The catalog includes all BOSS objects that were targeted as quasar candidates during the survey, are spectrocopically confirmed as quasars via visual inspection, have luminosities Mi[z = 2] < −20.5 (in a ΛCDM cosmology with H0 = 70 km s-1 Mpc-1, ΩM = 0.3, and ΩΛ = 0.7) and either display at least one emission line with full width at half maximum (FWHM) larger than 500 km s-1 or, if not, have interesting/complex absorption features. It includes as well, known quasars (mostly from SDSS-I and II) that were reobserved by BOSS. This catalog contains 87 822 quasars (78 086 are new discoveries) detected over 3275 deg2 with robust identification and redshift measured by a combination of principal component eigenspectra newly derived from a training set of 8632 spectra from SDSS-DR7. The number of quasars with z > 2.15 (61 931) is ~2.8 times larger than the number of z > 2.15 quasars previously known. Redshifts and FWHMs are provided for the strongest emission lines (C iv, C iii], Mg ii). The catalog identifies 7533 broad absorption line quasars and gives their characteristics. For each object the catalog presents five-band (u, g, r, i, z) CCD-based photometry with typical accuracy of 0.03 mag, and information on the morphology and selection method. The catalog also contains X-ray, ultraviolet, near-infrared, and radio emission properties of the quasars, when available, from other large-area surveys. The calibrated digital spectra cover the wavelength region 3600−10 500 Å at a spectral resolution in the range 1300 < R < 2500; the spectra can be retrieved from the SDSS Catalog Archive Server. We also provide a supplemental list of an additional 949 quasars that have been identified, among galaxy targets of the BOSS or among quasar targets after DR9 was frozen.
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- Title
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: ninth data release
- Creators
- I. Pâris - UPMC-CNRS, UMR 7095, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, 75014 Paris, FranceP. Petitjean - UPMC-CNRS, UMR 7095, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, 75014 Paris, FranceÉ. Aubourg - Université Paris DiderotS. Bailey - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryN. P. Ross - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryA. D. Myers - University of WyomingM. A. Strauss - Princeton UniversityS. F. Anderson - University of Washington, Dept. of Astronomy, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195, USAE. Arnau - Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (IEEC/UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainJ. Bautista - Aix-Marseille UniversitéD. Bizyaev - Apache Point Observatory, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059, USAA. S. Bolton - University of UtahJ. Bovy - Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, USAW. N. Brandt - Pennsylvania State UniversityH. Brewington - Apache (Canada)J. R. Browstein - University of UtahN. Busca - APC, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10 rue Alice Domon & Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, FranceD. Capellupo - Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2055, USAW. Carithers - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley CA, 94720, USAR. A. C. Croft - Carnegie Mellon UniversityK. Dawson - Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, UT, USAT. Delubac - CEA, Centre de Saclay, Irfu/SPP, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceG. Ebelke - Apache Point Observatory, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059, USAD. J. Eisenstein - University of ChicagoP. Engelke - Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT06511, USAX. Fan - Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAN. Filiz Ak - Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USAH. Finley - UPMC-CNRS, UMR 7095, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, 75014 Paris, FranceA. Font-Ribera - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley CA, 94720, USAJ. Ge - Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2055, USAR. R. Gibson - University of WashingtonP. B. Hall - York UniversityF. Hamann - Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2055, USAJ. F. Hennawi - Max Planck Institute for AstronomyS. Ho - Carnegie Mellon University, Physics Department, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USAD. W. Hogg - New York UniversityŽ. Ivezić - University of WashingtonL. Jiang - University of ArizonaA. E. Kimball - National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryD. Kirkby - Department of Physics and Astronomy, UC Irvine, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, USAJ. A. Kirkpatrick - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryK.-G. Lee - Max Planck Institute for AstronomyJ.-M. Le Goff - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'UniversB. Lundgren - Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT06511, USAC. L. MacLeod - Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (IEEC/UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainE. Malanushenko - Apache Point Observatory, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059, USAV. Malanushenko - Apache Point Observatory, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059, USAC. Maraston - Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama building, Portsmouth P01 3FX, UKI. D. McGreer - University of ArizonaR. G. McMahon - University of CambridgeJ. Miralda-Escudé - Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (IEEC/UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainD. Muna - Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USAP. Noterdaeme - UPMC-CNRS, UMR 7095, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, 75014 Paris, FranceD. Oravetz - Apache Point Observatory, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059, USAN. Palanque-Delabrouille - CEA Paris-SaclayK. Pan - Apache Point Observatory, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059, USAI. Perez-Fournon - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, SpainM. M. Pieri - Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama building, Portsmouth P01 3FX, UKG. T. Richards - Drexel University, PhysicsE. Rollinde - UPMC-CNRS, UMR 7095, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, 75014 Paris, FranceE. S. Sheldon - 5 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Blgd 510, Upton, NY 11375, USAD. J. Schlegel - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley CA, 94720, USAD. P. Schneider - Pennsylvania State UniversityA. Slosar - 5 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Blgd 510, Upton, NY 11375, USAA. Shelden - Apache Point Observatory, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059, USAY. Shen - University of OklahomaA. Simmons - Apache (Canada)S. Snedden - Apache Point Observatory, PO Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059, USAN. Suzuki - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryJ. Tinker - Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USAM. Viel - INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, via G.B. Tiepolo 11, Trieste, ItalyB. A. Weaver - Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USAD. H. Weinberg - The Ohio State UniversityM. White - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryW. M. Wood-Vasey - PITT PACC, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USAC. Yèche - CEA, Centre de Saclay, Irfu/SPP, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Publication Details
- Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), v 548, A66
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Number of pages
- 28
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000311901200066
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84869995866
- Other Identifier
- 991019167342904721
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