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Webster et al (1995) claimed that up to 80% of QSOs may be obscured by dust. They inferred the presence of this dust from the remarkably broad range of B-K optical-infrared colours of a sample of flat-spectrum PKS radio QSOs. If such dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 C. R. Benn , M. Vigotti , R. Carballo , J. I. Gonzalez-Serrano , S. F. Sanchez

We analyze 23 spectroscopically confirmed Type-2 quasars (QSOs) selected from the WISE 22$\rm \mu$m band in the SDSS Stripe 82 region, focusing on their multi-band photometry and spectral energy distributions (SEDs). These objects were…

We have observed a sample of 15 and 8 quasars with redshifts between 0.11 and 0.87 (mean value 0.38) in the J and K' bands respectively. Eleven of the quasars were previously known to be associated with extended emission line regions. After…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. Marquez , F. Durret , P. Petitjean

We study a sample of 883 sources detected in a deep Very Large Array survey at 1.4 GHz in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. The paper focuses on the identification of their optical and infrared (IR) counterparts. We use a likelihood…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Bonzini , V. Mainieri , P. Padovani , K. I. Kellermann , N. Miller , P. Rosati , P. Tozzi , S. Vattakunnel , I. Balestra , W. N. Brandt , B. Luo , Y. Q. Xue

We have compiled a catalog of optically-selected quasars with simultaneous observations in UV/optical and X-ray bands by the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer. Objects in this catalog are identified by matching the Swift pointings with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jian Wu , Daniel Vanden Berk , Dirk Grupe , Scott Koch , Jonathan Gelbord , Donald P. Schneider , Caryl Gronwall , Sarah Wesolowski , Blair L. Porterfield

We conduct a pilot investigation to determine the optimal combination of color and variability information to identify quasars in current and future multi-epoch optical surveys. We use a Bayesian quasar selection algorithm (Richards et al.…

We match quasars discovered in a multi-color survey centered on the northern Hubble Deep Field (HDF) with radio sources from an ultra-deep radio survey. Although 3 out of 12 quasars are detected at a level below 0.2 mJy at 1.4 GHz, all of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Impey , C. Petry

Over the past decades, nearly a million quasars have been explored to shed light on the evolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies. The ultraviolet-to-optical spectra of type-1 quasars particularly offer insights into their black…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-09 Yongjung Kim , Dohyeong Kim , Myungshin Im , Minjin Kim

Type II quasars are luminous Active Galactic Nuclei whose centers are obscured by large amounts of gas and dust. In this contribution we present 3-band HST images of nine type II quasars with redshifts 0.25<z<0.4 selected from the Sloan…

We present a new approach to tackle the issue of radio loudness in quasars. We constrain a (simple) prescription for the intrinsic distribution of radio-to-optical ratios by comparing properties of Monte Carlo simulated samples with those…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Cirasuolo , A. Celotti , M. Magliocchetti , L. Danese

A sample of 103 quasars from the Large Bright Quasar Survey (LBQS) has been observed with the VLA at 8.4 GHz to study the evolution of the radio luminosity distribution and its dependence on absolute magnitude. Radio data from pointed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Eric J. Hooper , Chris D. Impey , Craig B. Foltz , Paul C. Hewett

We perform a survey of the X-ray properties of 41 objects from the WISE/SDSS selected Hyper-luminous (WISSH) quasars sample, composed by 86 broad-line quasars (QSOs) with bolometric luminosity $L_{Bol}\geq 2\times 10^{47}\,erg\, s^{-1}$, at…

Recently, Carnall et al. discovered two bright high redshift quasars using the combination of the VST ATLAS and WISE surveys. The technique involved using the 3-D colour plane i-z:z-W1:W1-W2 with the WISE W1 (3.4 micron) and W2 (4.5 micron)…

We present a sample of 12 quasar candidates with highly variable soft X-ray emission from the 4th XMM-newton Serendipitous Source Catalog (4XMM-DR13) using random forest. We obtained optical to mid-IR photometric data for the 4XMM-DR13…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-16 Heng Wang , Yanli Ai , Yanxia Zhang , Yuming Fu , Wenfeng Wen , Liming Dou , Xue-Bing Wu , Xiangru Li , Zhiying Huo

Because accretion-generated luminosity dominates the radiated energy of most cataclysmic variables, they have been ``traditionally'' observed primarily at short wavelengths. Infrared observations of cataclysmic variables contribute to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. W. Hoard , S. Wachter , L. Lee Clark , Timothy P. Bowers

We use optical and near-IR imaging to examine the properties of the significant excess population of K>=19 galaxies found in the fields of 31 z=1-2 radio-loud quasars by Hall, Green & Cohen (1998). The excess occurs on two spatial scales: a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Patrick B. Hall , Richard F. Green

The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), launched in November 1995, allows us to measure the far-infrared (far-IR) emission of quasars in greater detail and over a wider energy range than previously possible. In this paper, preliminary results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Belinda J. Wilkes

High-redshift quasars are currently the only probes of the growth of supermassive black holes and potential tracers of structure evolution at early cosmic time. Here we present our candidate selection criteria from the Panoramic Survey…

Periodically variable quasars have been suggested as close binary supermassive black holes. We present a systematic search for periodic light curves in 625 spectroscopically confirmed quasars with a median redshift of 1.8 in a 4.6 deg$^2$…

(Abridged) With the largest homogeneous quasar sample with optical spectra and robust radio morphology classifications assembled to date, we investigate quasar radio and optical properties with unprecedented statistical power. The data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Amy E. Kimball , Željko Ivezić , Paul J. Wiita , Donald P. Schneider