On the Role of the Environments and Star Formation for Quasar Activity

On the Role of the Environments and Star Formation for Quasar Activity

We investigate the host galaxy and environment properties of a sample of 400 low z (<0.5) quasars that were imaged in the SDSS Stripe82. We can detect and study the properties of the host galaxy for more than 75% of the data sample. We discover that quasar are mainly hosted in luminous galaxi...

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Main Authors: Daniela Bettoni, Renato Falomo, Jari K. Kotilainen, Kalle Karhunen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Subjects:
galaxies active
galaxies evolution
galaxies nuclei
quasars general
quasars environment
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2017.00044/full

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