Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990aj.....99..769v&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 99, March 1990, p. 769-773. Research supported by the Finnish Academy of Science and
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Photometry, Blazars, Polarimetry, Polarized Radiation, Quasars, Luminosity, Synchrotron Radiation, Ubv Spectra, Visible Spectrum
Scientific paper
UBVRI photopolarimetric observations of the low polarization quasar 3C 273 in a quiescent phase have been obtained. The overall shape of the spectrum and the average polarization, decreasing towards blue, can be explained as resulting from a synchrotron and a blackbody component. The observations also show daily variations in flux, polarization, and wavelength dependence of polarization, properties usually associated with blazars only. Since neither of the two main components is a likely candidate for these variations, the existence of a third component with blazarlike properties is indicated. 3C 273 may be an intermediate case between blazars and 'normal' low polarization quasars, with the quantitative difference that both the absolute intensities and the polarizations of the synchrotron components are an order of magnitude smaller than in blazars.
Efimov Iu. S.
Shakhovskoi N. M.
Valtaoja Esko
Valtaoja Leena
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