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The luminosity function of QSO host galaxies

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We report on results from H band imaging observations of a complete sample of high-luminosity low-redshift QSOs. The luminosity function of QSO hosts is similar in shape to that of normal galaxies, although offset in normalisation by a factor of 10^(-4). This supports the hypothesis that the parent population of quasars is identical to the general population of early-type field galaxies.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0103112,
  title  = {The luminosity function of QSO host galaxies},
  author = {L. Wisotzki and B. Kuhlbrodt and K. Jahnke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0103112},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the workshop on "QSO hosts and their environments", IAA, Granada, 10-12 Jan 2001

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