Variability-selected Quasars in MACHO Project Magellanic Cloud Fields
Variability-selected Quasars in MACHO Project Magellanic Cloud Fields
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, more than tripling the number of quasars previously known in this region. The quasars cover the …