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astro-ph.CO2011★ 306 cited
The SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Quasar Target Selection for Data Release Nine
Nicholas P. Ross, Adam D. Myers, Erin S. Sheldon +36
The SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), a five-year spectroscopic survey of 10,000 deg^2, achieved first light in late 2009. One of the key goals of BOSS is to…
astro-ph.CO2011★ 58 cited
A Simple Likelihood Method for Quasar Target Selection
Jessica A. Kirkpatrick, David J. Schlegel, Nicholas P. Ross +5
We present a new method for quasar target selection using photometric fluxes and a Bayesian probabilistic approach. For our purposes we target quasars using Sloan Digital Sky Surve…