The optical luminosity function of quasars and low-luminosity active galactic nuclei

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Sep 1987

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Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 94, Sept. 1987, p. 628-632.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Luminosity, Quasars, Active Galaxies, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Seyfert Galaxies

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The optical luminosity function derived from quasars with MB < -23 is extended to include the nuclear luminosities of Seyfert 1 galaxies. The model is fitted to the (total) luminosity data for active galaxies from a complete flux-limited survey. A good fit is obtained with dN/dL ∝ L-1.2, matching onto the steeper quasar luminosity function near MB = -22. Using a luminosity evolution model derived from quasar data, this feature compares well to the results from faint quasar surveys.

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