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The distribution of quasar absorption line systems — Selection effects

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The reported correlation between the absorption-line of emission-line redshifts of quasars is shown to be due to selection effects and thus to favour neither the ‘intrinsic’ nor ‘intervening’ hypotheses for the origin of quasar absorption lines.

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    C. Martin Gaskell

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Gaskell, C.M. The distribution of quasar absorption line systems — Selection effects. Astrophys Space Sci 82, 247–248 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651481

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