Quasars Probing Quasars. I. Optically Thick Absorbers near Luminous Quasars [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2006 With close pairs of quasars at different redshifts, a background quasar sightline can be used to study a foreground quasar's environment in absorption. We search 149 moderate resolution background quasar spectra, from Gemini, Keck, the MMT, and the SDSS to survey Lyman Limit Systems (LLSs) and Damped Ly-alpha systems (DLAs) in the vicinity of 1.8 < ...
Scott Burles +13 more
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The X-Ray Properties of the Optically Brightest Mini-BAL Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey [PDF]
, 2010 We have compiled a sample of 14 of the optically brightest radio-quiet quasars ($m_{i}$~$\le$~17.5 and $z$~$\ge$~1.9) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 quasar catalog that have C IV mini-BALs present in their spectra.
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Constraining the anisotropy of the Universe with the X-ray and UV fluxes of quasars
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2021 We test the anisotropy in the Finslerian cosmological model with the X-ray and ultraviolet (UV) fluxes of quasars. The 2015 and 2020 compilations of quasars are used in the cosmological constraints.
Dong Zhao, Jun-Qing Xia
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High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data II: The Spring Equatorial Stripe [PDF]
, 1999 This is the second paper in a series aimed at finding high-redshift quasars from five-color (u'g'r'i'z') imaging data taken along the Celestial Equator by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) during its commissioning phase.
A. George Pauls +39 more
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Finding Multiply Lensed and Binary Quasars in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023 The time delay between multiple images of strongly lensed quasars is a powerful tool for measuring the Hubble constant ( H _0 ). To achieve H _0 measurements with higher precision and accuracy using the time delay, it is crucial to expand the sample of ...
C. Dawes +6 more
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Gemini GNIRS Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 50 Quasars at z ≳ 5.7 [PDF]
Astrophysical Journal, 2018 We report initial results from a large Gemini program to observe z ≳ 5.7 quasars with GNIRS near-IR spectroscopy. Our sample includes 50 quasars with simultaneous ∼0.85–2.5 μm spectra covering the rest-frame ultraviolet and major broad emission lines ...
Yue Shen +14 more
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2001 AbstractMicrolens-induced variability in multiple quasars can be used to study two cosmological issues of great interest, the size and brightness profile of quasars on one hand, and the distribution of compact (dark) matter along the line of sight on the other. Here a summary is given of recent theoretical progress as well as observational evidence for
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Two Close Separation Quasar-Quasar Pairs in the Large Bright Quasar Survey [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 1998 Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal, Paper, 4 Figures + 1 ...
Margaret E. Harding +5 more
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Changing-look Quasar Candidates: First Results from Follow-up Spectroscopy of Highly Optically Variable Quasars [PDF]
Astrophysical Journal, 2018 Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that show strong rest-frame optical/UV variability in their blue continuum and broad line emission are classified as changing-look AGN, or at higher luminosities, changing-look quasars (CLQs).
C. MacLeod +17 more
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On Quasar Masses and Quasar Host Galaxies [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 1998 Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters, 7 pages, aas2pp4 ...
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