Is BL Lacertae an "orphan" AGN?: Multiband and spectroscopic constraints on the parent population

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 516, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Capetti, A ^a   Raiteri, C M ^a   Buttiglione, S ^b,c  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; BL Lacertae objects: individual: BL Lacertae; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; LUMINANCE; RELATIVITY;

BL LACERTAE; BL LACERTAE OBJECTS: GENERAL; GALAXIES : ACTIVE; GALAXIES:JETS; OPTICAL APPEARANCES; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; SPECTROSCOPIC INFORMATION; TELESCOPIO NAZIONALE GALILEO; BL LACERTAE OBJECTS; BLACK HOLE MASS; BROAD LINE REGION; EMISSION LINES; FLUX VARIATION; GALAXIES: JETS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MULTIBAND; NARROW LINES; OPTICAL SPECTRA; RADIO GALAXIES; SHORT TERM; SPECTRAL RANGE; TRANSIENT STAGE; VIRIAL MASS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 77954062758     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014232     Document Type: Article

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