J/A+AS/142/451 Optical Polarization of 47 QSOs (Lamy+, 2000)
Optical Polarization of 47 quasi-stellar objects : the data
Lamy H., Hutsemekers D.
<Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 142, 451 (2000)>
=2000A&AS..142..451L 2000A&AS..142..451L (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: QSOs ; Polarization
Keywords: quasars : general - quasars : absorption lines -
gravitational lensing - polarization
Abstract:
New broad-band linear polarization measurements are presented for a
sample of 47 QSOs which includes 27 broad absorption line QSOs and
2 gravitational lens candidates.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table3.dat 71 50 Polarimetric measurements
table4.dat 66 50 Final polarimetric data
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See also:
J/A+A/332/410 : Quasar polarization (Hutsemekers 1998)
J/A+A/340/371 : Quasar polarization (Hutsemekers+ 1998)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- Object Name of object (1)
13- 16 F4.2 --- z Redshift
19- 26 A8 "DD/MM/YY" Date Date of observation
29 A1 --- Filter Filter
32- 36 F5.2 % q Normalized Stokes parameter (NSP) q
39- 43 F5.2 % u Normalized Stokes parameter (NSP) u
46- 49 F4.2 % e_q Uncertainty of Normalized Stokes parameters
52- 56 F5.2 % q* ? NSP q* of the field stars
59- 63 F5.2 % u* ? NPS u* of the field stars
66- 69 F4.2 % e_q* ? Uncertainty on the NSPs for the field stars
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Note (1): B and J indicate the equinox of the coordinates
(respectively 1950 and 2000)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- Object Name of object
13- 17 F5.2 % q Normalized Stokes parameter (NSP) q
21- 25 F5.2 % u Normalized Stokes parameter (NSP) u
29- 32 F4.2 % Pol Polarization degree
36- 39 F4.2 % e_Pol Uncertainty of polarization degree
43- 46 F4.2 % pol0 Debiased polarization degree
50- 53 F4.2 % polISM Interstellar polarization
57- 59 I3 deg PA Polarization position angle
63- 64 I2 deg e_PA ? Uncertainty of polarization position angle
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Acknowledgements: Herve Lamy
(End) Patricia Bauer CDS 23-Feb-2000