A study of the 15-μm quasars in the ELAIS N1 and N2 fields

Bibcode
2004MNRAS.354..961A
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08264.x
Afonso-Luis, A.; Hatziminaoglou, E.; Pérez-Fournon, I.; González-Solares, E. A.; Rowan-Robinson, M.; Vaccari, M.; Lari, C.; Serjeant, S.; Oliver, S.; Hernán-Caballero, A.; Montenegro-Montes, F. M.
Bibliographical reference

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 354, Issue 4, pp. 961-970.

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2004
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Number of authors
11
IAC number of authors
5
Citations
8
Refereed citations
7
Description
This paper discusses the properties of the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS) 15-μm quasars and tries to establish a robust method of quasar selection for future use within the Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey (SWIRE) framework. The importance of good-quality ground-based optical data is stressed, both for the selection of candidates and for the estimation of photometric redshifts. Colour-colour plots and template fitting are used for these purposes. The properties of the 15-μm quasar sample, including variability and black hole masses, are studied and compared to the properties of other quasars that lie within the same fields but have no mid-infrared counterparts. The two subsamples do not present substantial differences and are believed to come from the same parent population.
Type
Refereed
Techniques
Quasars

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