The ultraviolet excess of quasars. III - The highly polarized quasars PKS 0736 + 017 and PKS 1510 - 089

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Polarized Radiation, Quasars, Stellar Spectra, Ultraviolet Spectra, Infrared Spectra, Iue, Line Spectra, Spectrophotometry, Visible Spectrum

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Ultraviolet/optical/infrared spectrophotometry of the highly-polarized quasars (HPQ's) PKS 0736 + 047 and PKS 1510 089 is analyzed. A blazer continuum component like that in BL Lac objects (e.g. with violent variability, high polarization, and a steep power-law shape) contributes about half the visual light of 1510 - 089, and at least three-quarters of that in 0736 + 017. The remaining light has the same spectrum as normal (low-polarization) quasars, including an ultraviolet excess or blue bump, which is easily detected in the IUE spectra of 1510 - 089, and weakly detected in 0736 + 017. The line fluxes do vary, but not as much as the continuum. The ratios of the broad emission lines, and the Balmer continuum are normal in both quasars.

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