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The AAO 2DF QSO Redshift Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

B.J. Boyle ,
R.J. Smith ,
T. Shanks ,
S.M. Croom  and
L. Miller
B.J. Boyle
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
R.J. Smith
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHA, UK
T. Shanks
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Durham South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
S.M. Croom
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Durham South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
L. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Oxford Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

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The study of large-scale structure through QSO clustering provides a potentially powerful route to determining the fundamental cosmological parameters of the Universe (see Croom & Shanks 1996). Unfortunately, previous QSO clustering studies have been limited by the relatively small sizes of homogeneous QSO catalogues that have been available. Although approximately 10,000 QSOs are now known (Veron-Cetty & Veron 1997), the largest catalogues suitable for clustering studies contain only 500–1000 QSOs (Boyle et al. 1990, Crampton et al. 1990, Hewett et al. 1994). Even combining all such suitable catalogues, the total number of QSOs which can be used for clustering studies is still only about 2000.

Type
IV. Structure Formation and Dark Matter
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 183: Cosmological Parameters and the Evolution of the Universe , 1999 , pp. 178 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1999 

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