On the Radio and Optical Luminosity Evolution of Quasars
@article{Singal2011OnTR, title={On the Radio and Optical Luminosity Evolution of Quasars}, author={Jack Singal and Vah{\'e} Petrosian and Andy Lawrence and Lukasz Stawarz}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2011}, volume={743}, pages={104} }
We calculate simultaneously the radio and optical luminosity evolutions of quasars, and the distribution in radio loudness R defined as the ratio of radio and optical luminosities, using a flux limited data set containing 636 quasars with radio and optical fluxes from White et al. We first note that when dealing with multivariate data it is imperative to first determine the true correlations among the variables, not those introduced by the observational selection effects, before obtaining the…
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