Mining the Local Universe for Data: the Qso Luminosity Function with the Asiago-eso/rass Qso Survey
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We present progress results of a new survey for bright QSOs (V < 14.5, R < 15.4, BJ < 15.2) covering the whole sky at |b| > 30. The surface density of QSOs brighter than BJ = 14.8 turns out to be 2.9±0.8·10deg. The optical Luminosity Function at 0.04 < z ≤ 0.3 shows significant departures from the standard pure luminosity evolution, providing new insights in the modelling of the QSO phenomenon.
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