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HALF OF THE MOST LUMINOUS QUASARS MAY BE OBSCURED: INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF<i>WISE</i>-SELECTED HOT DUST-OBSCURED GALAXIES

Roberto J. Assef, Peter Eisenhardt, Daniel Stern, Chao‐Wei Tsai, Jingwen Wu, Dominika Wylezalek, A. W. Blain, Carrie Bridge, E. Donoso, A. Gonzales,

The Astrophysical Journal · 2015 · 188 citations · 87 references

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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission has unveiled a rare population of high-redshift (z = 1-4.6), dusty, hyper-luminous galaxies, with infrared luminosities

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