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A comparison of the radio / submillimetre spectra of BL-Lacertae objects and flat spectrum radio quasars

Gear, Walter Kieran ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6789-6196, Stevens, J. A., Hughes, D. H., Litchfield, S. J., Robson, E. I., Terasranta, H., Valtaoja, E., Steppe, H., Aller, M. F. and Aller, H. D. 1994. A comparison of the radio / submillimetre spectra of BL-Lacertae objects and flat spectrum radio quasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 267 (1) , pp. 167-186.

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Abstract

We present quasi-simultaneous radio, millimetre and submillimetre spectra of 22 BL Lac objects and 24 radio-loud, violently variable quasars. These data are used to test the hypothesis that BL Lacs and OVV quasars are fundamentally different objects. We find a considerable degree of consistency of the overall spectral shape in all sources and conclude that the same basic physical model applies to the continuum emission over this frequency range in both cases. There is clear evidence in the data for the BL Lacs to have flatter 150-375 GHz spectra, and we attribute the effect to an intrinsic difference between the underlying jets in the two types of object. A similar difference in the 37-270 GHz spectral indices between the two types can be attributed to a simple redshifting of the synchrotron self-absorption turnover.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN: 0035-8711
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2022 09:21
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/36066

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