The near-IR shape of the big blue bump emission from quasars: under the hot dust emission

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2006-12-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612579v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures. Conference proceedings to appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M.

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One primary difficulty in understanding the nature of the putative accretion disk in the central engine of AGNs is that some of its key intrinsic spectral signatures are buried under the emissions from the surrounding regions, i.e. the broad line region (BLR) and the obscuring torus. We argue here that these signatures can be revealed by using optical and near-IR polarization. At least in some quasars, the polarization is seen only in the continuum and is not shared by emission lines. In this case, the polarized flux is considered to show the intrinsic spectrum interior to the BLR, removing off the emissions from the BLR and torus. We have used this polarization to reveal the Balmer-edge feature and near-IR spectral shape of the central engine, both of which are important for testing the fundamental aspects of the models.

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