Radio - Optical Correlations in High-z Radio Galaxies and Quasars

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2000-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0007467v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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10 pages, 5 figures, review talk to appear in Proc. "AGN in their Cosmic Environment", Eds. B. Rocca-Volmerange & H. Sol, EDPS

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The narrow emission line luminosities of radio-loud AGN are well-correlated with their low-frequency radio luminosities. This correlation is linear and extends over at least four orders of magnitude. The correlation is discussed in terms of a linear relationship between the power in the radio-emitting jets and the photoionizing (i.e. accretion) luminosity. Support for this theory comes from a direct correlation between the optical continuum and radio luminosities of steep-spectrum quasars. We discuss the dependence of the observed luminosities of AGN on their black hole masses and how close to the Eddington limit they are accreting.

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