The 1 < z < 5 Infrared Luminosity Function of Type I Quasars
Michael J. I. Brown
(1)
,
Kate Brand
(2)
,
Arjun Dey
(2)
,
Buell T. Jannuzi
(2)
,
Richard J. Cool
(3)
,
Emeric Le Floc'H
(3, 4)
,
Christopher S. Kochanek
(5)
,
Lee Armus
(6)
,
Chao Bian
(7)
,
Jim Higdon
(8)
,
Sarah J. U. Higdon
(8)
,
Casey Papovich
(3)
,
George H. Rieke
(3)
,
Marcia Rieke
(3)
,
J. D. T. Smith
(3)
,
B. T. Soifer
(9)
,
Dan W. Weedman
(8)
1
Princeton University
2 NOAO - National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson
3 Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
4 GEPI - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
5 Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University
6 SSC - Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology
7 Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
8 Department of Astronomy, Cornell University
9 IPAC - Infrared Processing Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology
2 NOAO - National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson
3 Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
4 GEPI - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
5 Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University
6 SSC - Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology
7 Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
8 Department of Astronomy, Cornell University
9 IPAC - Infrared Processing Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology
Résumé
We determine the rest-frame 8 mum luminosity function of type I quasars over the redshift range 1