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VLA Observations of an Optically Deep Sample of Molonglo Quasars: Aspect Dependence of the Optical Continuum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

V.K. Kapahi ,
C.R. Subrahmanya  and
S. D'Silva
V.K. Kapahi
Affiliation:
JPL-Caltech, 238-700, Pasadena, Ca 91109, U.S.A. TIFR Centre, P.B.No.1234, Bangalore 560012, India
C.R. Subrahmanya
Affiliation:
TIFR Centre, P.B.No.1234, Bangalore 560012, India
S. D'Silva
Affiliation:
TIFR Centre, P.B.No.1234, Bangalore 560012, India

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Quasars found in low frequency radio surveys are often assumed to have their jet axes randomly oriented in the sky because relativistically beamed radio cores rarely contribute significantly to the total flux density at metrewaves. But an orientation bias can still arise from the optical magnitude limit of the sample (Kapahi & Shastri 1987) if radio beaming is accompanied by an enhancement of the optical continuum as well (due to beaming or other effects). Such a bias can explain the finding (de Ruiter et al. 1986) that the typical value of R (ratio of core to extended flux density at 5 GHz) for the magnitude limited Bologna sample is about 5 times larger than for 3CR quasars, eventhough both samples are from low frequency surveys. It is thus consistent with the unified scheme for quasars (Orr & Browne 1982; Kapahi & Saikia 1982), which in fact requires an aspect dependence of the optical continuum (eg. Browne & Wright 1985; Browne & Murphy 1987).

Type
Part 10: Radio Galaxies, Components and Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 134: Active Galactic Nuclei , 1989 , pp. 531 - 532
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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