Statistical tests applied to the spatial distribution of quasars in several fields.
English
Gosset, Eric[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe d'astrophysique des hautes énergies (GAPHE)]
Surdej, Jean[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)]
Swings, Jean-Pierre[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)]
1988
Brighan Young University print
Optical surveys for quasars
[en] ASP Conf. Series no.2
Osmer, P. S.
Porter, A. C.
Green, R. F.
Schmidt, M.
Ast. Soc. Pacific
Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series v. 2
281
No
International
0937707198
San Francisco
California
workshop on optical surveys for quasars
January 6-8, 1988
Universite of Arizona
Tucson
USA
[en] QUASARS ; NGC 450
[en] The authors discuss the application of different statistical tests to the study of the spatial distribution of quasars. Applications to data sets of optically selected quasars lead to the detection of a clustering at a typical scale of 10 arcmin. Furthermore, the spatial distribution of quasars in a field around NGC 450 shows a deviation from randomness, towards clustering, at a scale of 10 h[SUP]-1[/SUP]Mpc.