Optical selection of quasars: SDSS and LSST

Željko Ivezić, W. Niel Brandt, Xiaohui Fan, Chelsea L. Macleod, Gordon T. Richards, Peter Yoachim

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMultiwavelength AGN Surveys and Studies
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages11-17
Number of pages7
EditionS304
ISBN (Print)9781107045248
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
NumberS304
Volume9
ISSN (Print)1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)1743-9221

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Space and Planetary Science

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