Relation between blue/ultraviolet continuum shape and the ratio of radio-to-optical emission for B3-VLA quasars |
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| Authors: | Minfeng Gu Xinwu Cao D R Jiang Y Xu |
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| Institution: | Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200030, China;National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | The low-frequency radio luminosity is believed to be an indicator of jet power, while the optical/ultraviolet (UV) emission is probably from accretion discs in the nuclei of steep-spectrum radio quasars. We present a correlation between the ratio of radio-to-optical luminosities and the continuum spectral index in blue/UV bands, which might indicate that the continuum shape in blue/UV bands is related to the ratio of jet to accretion power. The results may imply that the spectra and structure of accretion discs are probably affected by the interactions between jets and discs. |
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| Keywords: | accretion accretion discs galaxies: active galaxies: jets quasars: general |
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