High-redshift obscured quasars

dc.creatorMartinez-Sansigre, Alejo
dc.creatorRawlings, Steve
dc.date2007-01-05
dc.date2007-01-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:39:15Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:39:15Z
dc.descriptionUsing mid-infrared and radio criteria, we select a sample of candidate z~2 obscured quasars. Optical spectroscopy confirms about half of these as type-2 quasars, and modelling the population suggests 50-80% of the quasars are obscured. We find some flat radio spectrum type-2 quasars, and tentative evidence for obscuration unrelated to the torus. Using a similar sample, we also find evidence for a significant fraction of Compton-thick quasars.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure. Conference proceedings to appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M. Wang (San Francisco: ASP)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701143
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701143
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/121381
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleHigh-redshift obscured quasars
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