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0.3 to 100 μm continua of Seyfert 1 galaxies*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

G. Fabbiano
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
M. Elvis
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
N. Carleton
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
S.P. Willner
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
A. Lawrence
Affiliation:
Queen Mary College, London, England
M.J. Ward
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England

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The questions we wish to address with this work are: What is the shape of the continuum spectrum of an active nucleus? Can we identify thermal and non-thermal components? Previous work on this subject studied different non-overlapping samples in narrow frequency bands. A significant step forward was taken by Malkan and Sargent (1982) who studied the IR (10μm) through UV continuum of a small sample of objects. We report here results for the first part of the study of the complete continuum for a hard X-ray selected sample of 37 Seyfert 1 galaxies. This selection criterion ensures a sample unbiased for optical-IR studies, as the hard X-rays are not affected by reddening (Lawrence and Elvis 1982). The data consist of our own 1–20 μm ground-based IR observations, 100 and 60 μm IRAS fluxes and optical UBVR photometry.

Type
II. Continuum Emission
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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