Optical selection of quasars: SDSS and LSST
arXiv:1312.3963 · doi:10.1017/S1743921314003159
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.
7 pages, 3 figures, presented at the IAU Symposium #304
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