2006MNRAS.372L..58B

Query : 2006MNRAS.372L..58B

2006MNRAS.372L..58B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 372, L58-L62 (2006/October-2)

Spectropolarimetry of PKS 0040-005 and the orientation of broad absorption line quasars.

BROTHERTON M.S., DE BREUCK C. and SCHAEFER J.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to obtain spectropolarimetry of the radio-loud, double-lobed broad absorption line (BAL) quasar PKS 0040-005. We find that the optical continuum of PKS 0040-005 is intrinsically polarized at 0.7 per cent with an electric vector position angle nearly parallel to that of the large-scale radio axis. This result is naturally explained in terms of an equatorial scattering region seen at a small inclination, building a strong case that the BAL outflow is not equatorial. In conjunction with other recent results concerning BAL quasars, the era of simply characterizing these sources as `edge-on' is over.

Abstract Copyright: 2006 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2006 RAS

Journal keyword(s): polarization - quasars: individual: PKS 0040-005

Errata: erratum vol. 413, p. L114 (2011)

CDS comments: Chap. 2.1: Standard star NGC 2024 NIR1 not identified, could be '[BCB89] IRS 1'?

Simbad objects: 12

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Number of rows : 12
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 [VV2006] J004323.4-001552 QSO 00 43 23.4310133880 -00 15 52.485247008   19.00 18.69     ~ 63 1
2 M 77 Sy2 02 42 40.7091669408 -00 00 47.859690204 9.70 9.61 8.87 10.1 9.9 ~ 4897 2
3 GD 50 WD* 03 48 50.1859724280 -00 58 32.290187664 12.596 13.787 14.063 14.210 14.388 DA1.2 272 1
4 4C 13.41 Sy1 10 07 26.0965408440 +12 48 56.184940764   15.81 15.68     ~ 418 2
5 6C 101301+522412 QSO 10 16 14.2585878552 +52 09 15.452408628     20.20     ~ 32 1
6 QSO J1053-0058 QSO 10 53 52.8703555608 -00 58 52.713068448   18.68 18.25     ~ 43 0
7 LBQS 1138-0126 QSO 11 41 11.6165271504 -01 43 06.656160756   18.37 17.98     ~ 64 1
8 Z 294-4 Sy1 12 56 14.2341182928 +56 52 25.238373852   14.68 13.84     ~ 2096 3
9 QSO J1312+2319 QSO 13 12 13.5769317912 +23 19 58.592489484     18.30     ~ 46 0
10 QSO J1556+3517 QSO 15 56 33.7774602000 +35 17 57.390028908   21.39 20.68 19.07   ~ 89 1
11 IRAS 17002+5153 Sy1 17 01 24.8265469104 +51 49 20.447878836   15.49 15.12     ~ 401 0
12 BD-12 5133 * 18 40 01.6961497488 -12 24 06.777653508 11.25 11.39 10.71 10.70   OB- 44 0

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