J/A+A/332/410 Quasar polarization (Hutsemekers 1998)
Evidence for very large-scale coherent orientations of
quasar polarization vectors
Hutsemekers D.
<Astron. Astrophys. 332, 410 (1998)>
=1998A&A...332..410H 1998A&A...332..410H (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: QSOs ; Polarization
Keywords: large-scale structure of the Universe - quasars: general -
polarization - methods: statistical
Description:
The table contains optical polarization data for a sample of 170
moderate to high-redshift quasars
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table23.dat 59 170 The sample of 170 polarized quasars
(table2+table3)
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See also:
J/A+A/340/371 : Quasar polarization (Hutsemekers+ 1998)
J/A+AS/142/451 : Optical Polarization of 47 QSOs (Lamy+, 2000)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table23.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2- 9 A8 --- Name Quasar name/position
13- 15 I3 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
19- 23 F5.3 --- z Redshift
28- 32 F5.2 % Pol Polarization degree
36- 39 F4.2 % e_Pol Uncertainty of polarization degree
44- 46 I3 deg PA Polarization position angle
51- 52 I2 deg e_PA Uncertainty of polarization position angle
57- 57 I1 --- Ref References (1)
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Note (1): 0: Hutsemekers D., Lamy H., Remy M. 1998, Cat. J/A+A/340/371
1: Berriman G., Schmidt G.D., West S.C., et al., 1990ApJS...74..869B 1990ApJS...74..869B
2: Stockman H.S., Moore R.L., Angel J.R.P., 1984ApJ...279..485S 1984ApJ...279..485S
3: Moore R.L., Stockman H.S., 1984ApJ...279..465M 1984ApJ...279..465M
4: Impey C.D., Tapia S., 1990ApJ...354..124I 1990ApJ...354..124I
5: Impey C.D., Lawrence C.R., Tapia S., 1991ApJ...375...46I 1991ApJ...375...46I
6: Wills B.J., Wills D., Breger M., et al., 1992ApJ...398..454W 1992ApJ...398..454W
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Acknowledgements: Damien Hutsemekers
(End) Hutsemekers [Liege Astrophysical Institute] 26-Dec-1997