2 papers
astro-ph2007
Expected z>5 QSO number counts in large area deep near-infrared surveys
Fabio Fontanot, Rachel S. Somerville, Sebastian Jester
The QSO luminosity function at z>5 provides strong constraints on models of joint evolution of QSO and their hosts. However, these observations are challenging because the low spac…
astro-ph2006
The luminosity function of high-redshift QSOs
Fabio Fontanot, Stefano Cristiani, Pierluigi Monaco +5
We measure the luminosity function of QSOs in the redshift range 3.5 < z < 5.2 for the absolute magnitude interval -21 < M_{145} < -28. Suitable criteria are defined to select fain…