Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2002
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VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/MNRAS/329/877. Originally published in: 2002MNRAS.329..877C
Physics
Bl Lac Objects, Qsos, Redshifts, Magnitudes
Scientific paper
This paper presents the optical properties of the objects selected in the CLASS blazar survey. Because an optical spectrum is now available for 70 per cent of the 325 sources present in the sample, a spectral classification, based on the appearance of the emission/absorption lines, is possible. A wide variety of optical spectral types is found. Besides `classical' BL Lacs (42), BL Lac candidates (5) and high-power (P5GHz>1026W/Hz) flat spectrum radio quasars (67), a significant number of `passive' elliptical galaxies (41) is also found. Moreover, 33 broad emission line objects with a low radio power (P(5GHz)>1026W/Hz) are discovered, suggesting that at least a fraction (~24-30 per cent) of low-power blazars have a broad line region. Finally, 34 objects showing only narrow emission lines, either as a result of some starburst activity in the host galaxy or as a result of the presence of an active galactic nucleus, appear in the sample.
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Antón Sonia
Caccianiga Alessandro
Mack Karl-Heinz
Marcha J. M. M.
Neeser Mark J.
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