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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'?

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