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The Parkes Lens Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

R. L. Webster
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
P. J. Francis
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
B. A. Holman
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
F. J. Masci
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
M. J. Drinkwater
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, 2357, Australia
B. A. Peterson
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Springs Observatory, Private Bag, Weston Creek, ACT, 2601, Australia

Abstract

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We are undertaking an extensive survey of a sample of radio-selected flat-spectrum sources, which are predominantly quasars. The sample will be used for a range of gravitational lensing studies as well as studies of the generic properties of radio quasars. As yet we have not found any instances of multiply-imaged quasars, however we have found evidence for dust which we believe is reddening the observed spectra of many of the quasars. Samples which are selected to be complete in the radio are the best way to account for the effects of dust.

Type
Chapter 11: Lens Surveys
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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