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Radio Structures of Compact Quasars with Broad Absorption Lines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Magdalena Kunert-Bajraszewska
Affiliation:
Toruń Centre for Astronomy, N. Copernicus University, Gagarina 11, 87-100 Toruń, Poland Email: magda@astro.uni.torun.pl
Marcin P. Gawroński
Affiliation:
Toruń Centre for Astronomy, N. Copernicus University, Gagarina 11, 87-100 Toruń, Poland Email: magda@astro.uni.torun.pl
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Abstract

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Broad absorption lines (BALs), seen in a small fraction of both the radio-quiet and radio-loud quasar populations, are probably caused by the outflow of gas with high velocities and are part of the accretion process. The presence of BALs is due to a geometrical effect and/or it is connected with the quasar evolution. Using the final release of FIRST survey combined with a catalog of BAL QSOs from SDSS/DR3, we have constructed a new sample of compact radio-loud BAL QSOs, which constitutes the majority of radio-loud BAL QSOs. The main goal of this project is to study the origin of BALs by analysis of the BAL QSOs radio morphology, orientation, and jet evolution using the European VLBI Network (EVN) at 1.6 GHz and the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 5 and 8.4 GHz.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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