Variability-selected Quasars in MACHO Project Magellanic Cloud Fields

Geha, M; Alcock, Charles; Allsman, Robyn A; Alves, David R; Axelrod, Tim S; Becker, Andrew C; Bennett, D P; Cook, Kem H; Drake, Andrew J; Freeman, Kenneth; Griest, K; Keller, S C; Lehner, M J; Marshall, S L; Minniti, Dante; Nelson, C A; Peterson, Bruce; Popowski, P; Pratt, M; Quinn, Peter J; Stubbs, Christopher W; Sutherland, William J; Tomaney, A B; Vandehei, T; Welch, D L

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Variability-selected Quasars in MACHO Project Magellanic Cloud Fields

Date

2003

Authors

Geha, M

Alcock, Charles

Allsman, Robyn A

Alves, David R

Axelrod, Tim S

Becker, Andrew C

Bennett, D P

Cook, Kem H

Drake, Andrew J

Freeman, Kenneth

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

We present 47 spectroscopically confirmed quasars discovered behind the Magellanic Clouds identified via photometric variability in the MACHO database. Thirty-eight quasars lie behind the Large Magellanic Cloud and nine behind the Small Magellanic Cloud,