We report on optical spectroscopy of 165 Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs) in the Fermi 1LAC sample, which have helped allow a nearly complete study of this population. Fermi FSRQ show significant evidence for non-thermal emission even in the optical; the degree depends on the gamma-ray hardness. They also have smaller virial estimates of hole mass than the optical quasar sample. This appears to be largely due to a preferred (axial) view of the gamma-ray FSRQ and non-isotropic (H/R ~ 0.4) distribution of broad-line velocities. Even after correction for this bias, the Fermi FSRQ show higher mean Eddington ratios than the optical population. A comparison of optical spectral properties with Owens Valley Radio Observatory radio flare activity shows no strong correlation.
@article{arxiv.1201.0999,
title = {Spectroscopy of Broad Line Blazars from 1LAC},
author = {Michael S. Shaw and Roger W. Romani and Garret Cotter and Stephen E. Healey and Peter F. Michelson and Anthony C. S. Readhead and Joseph L. Richards and Walter Max-Moerbeck and Oliver G. King and William J. Potter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.0999},
year = {2015}
}