Constraining the QSO luminosity function using gravitational lensing statistics
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Author(s)
Fakhouri, Onsi Joe, 1983-
Advisor(s)
Scott Burles.
Alternative Title
Constraining the Quasi-Stellar Object luminosity function using gravitational lensing statistics
Date Issued
2004
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
In this thesis we use gravitational lensing statistics to constrain the QSO luminosity function at a variety of redshifts. We present a theoretical discussion of gravitational lensing statistics and illustrate how high resolution QSO imagery can be used to constrain the QSO luminosity function. We then discuss the selection and observation of the 1073 QSO exposures in our sample. The sample covers a redshift range of 0.7
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics; and, (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-87).
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Physics.
Mathematics.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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