The ESO Key-Programme ``A Homogeneous Bright QSO Survey'' - I The Methods and the ``Deep'' Fields
This is the first paper in a series aimed at defining a statistically significant sample of QSOs in the range $ 15 < B < 18.75$ and $ 0.3 < z < 2.2$. The selection is carried out using direct plates obtained at the ESO and UK Schmidt Telescopes, scanned with the COSMOS fa...
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| author | Cristiani, S Franca, F Andreani, P Gemmo, A Goldschmidt, P Miller, L Vio, R Barbieri, C Bodini, L Iovino, A Lazzarin, M Clowes, R MacGillivray, H Gouiffes, C Lissandrini, C Savage, A |
| author_facet | Cristiani, S Franca, F Andreani, P Gemmo, A Goldschmidt, P Miller, L Vio, R Barbieri, C Bodini, L Iovino, A Lazzarin, M Clowes, R MacGillivray, H Gouiffes, C Lissandrini, C Savage, A |
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| description | This is the first paper in a series aimed at defining a statistically significant sample of QSOs in the range $ 15 < B < 18.75$ and $ 0.3 < z < 2.2$. The selection is carried out using direct plates obtained at the ESO and UK Schmidt Telescopes, scanned with the COSMOS facility and searched for objects with an ultraviolet excess. Follow-up spectroscopy, carried out at ESO La Silla, is used to classify each candidate. In this initial paper, we describe the scientific objectives of the survey; the selection and observing techniques used. We present the first sample of 285 QSOs ($M_B < -23$) in a 153 deg$^2$ area, covered by the six ``deep'' fields, intended to obtain significant statistics down $B \simeq 18.75$ with unprecedented photometric accuracy. From this database, QSO counts are determined in the magnitude range $ 17 < B < 18.75$. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:fd31fbf0-629a-4ebe-bdf1-9b84979683482022-03-27T13:27:06ZThe ESO Key-Programme ``A Homogeneous Bright QSO Survey'' - I The Methods and the ``Deep'' FieldsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:fd31fbf0-629a-4ebe-bdf1-9b8497968348Symplectic Elements at Oxford1995Cristiani, SFranca, FAndreani, PGemmo, AGoldschmidt, PMiller, LVio, RBarbieri, CBodini, LIovino, ALazzarin, MClowes, RMacGillivray, HGouiffes, CLissandrini, CSavage, AThis is the first paper in a series aimed at defining a statistically significant sample of QSOs in the range $ 15 < B < 18.75$ and $ 0.3 < z < 2.2$. The selection is carried out using direct plates obtained at the ESO and UK Schmidt Telescopes, scanned with the COSMOS facility and searched for objects with an ultraviolet excess. Follow-up spectroscopy, carried out at ESO La Silla, is used to classify each candidate. In this initial paper, we describe the scientific objectives of the survey; the selection and observing techniques used. We present the first sample of 285 QSOs ($M_B < -23$) in a 153 deg$^2$ area, covered by the six ``deep'' fields, intended to obtain significant statistics down $B \simeq 18.75$ with unprecedented photometric accuracy. From this database, QSO counts are determined in the magnitude range $ 17 < B < 18.75$. |
| spellingShingle | Cristiani, S Franca, F Andreani, P Gemmo, A Goldschmidt, P Miller, L Vio, R Barbieri, C Bodini, L Iovino, A Lazzarin, M Clowes, R MacGillivray, H Gouiffes, C Lissandrini, C Savage, A The ESO Key-Programme ``A Homogeneous Bright QSO Survey'' - I The Methods and the ``Deep'' Fields |
| title | The ESO Key-Programme ``A Homogeneous Bright QSO Survey'' - I The
Methods and the ``Deep'' Fields |
| title_full | The ESO Key-Programme ``A Homogeneous Bright QSO Survey'' - I The
Methods and the ``Deep'' Fields |
| title_fullStr | The ESO Key-Programme ``A Homogeneous Bright QSO Survey'' - I The
Methods and the ``Deep'' Fields |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ESO Key-Programme ``A Homogeneous Bright QSO Survey'' - I The
Methods and the ``Deep'' Fields |
| title_short | The ESO Key-Programme ``A Homogeneous Bright QSO Survey'' - I The
Methods and the ``Deep'' Fields |
| title_sort | eso key programme a homogeneous bright qso survey i the methods and the deep fields |
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