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FeLoBAL quasars: evolution, orientation or just oddBALs?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2016

Daniel Lawther
Affiliation:
Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institutet, Denmark email: [email protected]
Marianne Vestergaard
Affiliation:
Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institutet, Denmark email: [email protected] Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, USA
Xiaohui Fan
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, USA
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Abstract

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FeLoBAL quasars may be an early evolutionary stage of merger-triggered quasar activity. We test this hypothesis using HST imaging of four FeLoBAL quasars. The host galaxy colors are consistent with early-type quiescent galaxies or heavily-obscured starbursts.

Type
Poster Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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