A new look at the isotropy of narrow-line emission in extragalactic radio sources |
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| Authors: | Chris Simpson |
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| Institution: | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 169-327, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA |
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| Abstract: | We undertake a quantitative investigation, using Monte Carlo simulations, of the amount by which quasars are expected to exceed radio galaxies in optical luminosity in the context of the 'receding torus' model. We compare these simulations with the known behaviour of the O III ] λ5007 and O II ] λ3727 emission lines and conclude that O III ] is the better indicator of the strength of the underlying non-stellar continuum. |
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| Keywords: | galaxies: active galaxies: nuclei quasars: emission lines radio continuum: galaxies |
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