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Revista mexicana de astronomía y astrofísica
versión impresa ISSN 0185-1101
Rev. mex. astron. astrofis vol.48 no.1 Ciudad de México abr. 2012
Optical Spectroscopic Atlas of the MOJAVE/2cm AGN Sample1
Janet Torrealba,2,3 Vahram Chavushyan,2 Irene CruzGonzález,3 Tigran G. Arshakian,4,5 Emanuele Bertone,2 and Daniel RosaGonzalez2
2 Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica, Apdo. Postal 51 y 216, 72000 Puebla, Puebla, México. (ebertone@inaoep.mx, vahram@inaoep.mx, danrosa@inaoep.mx, cjanet@inaoep.mx).
3 Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70264, México, D. F., México. (irene@astroscu.unam.mx).
4 MaxPlanck/Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hugel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany. (tigar@mpifrbonn.mpg.de).
5 Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Armenia and Isaac Newton Institute of Chile, Armenian Branch.
Received 2011 May 19.
Accepted 2011 September 8.
RESUMEN
Presentamos un atlas espectroscópico óptico para 123 núcleos activos de galaxias compactos con la presencia de chorros superlumínicos, tomados de la muestra limitada en densidad de flujo a 15 GHz MOJAVE/2cm. Es la primera vez que se presentan los parámetros espectroscópicos y fotométricos para una muestra tan grande de este tipo de AGN. El atlas incluye los parámetros espectrales para las líneas de emisión Hβ, [O III]λ5007, Mg IIλ2798 y/o C IVλ1549, junto con los datos para la emisión del continuo correspondiente. Se presentan además las luminosidades y el ancho equivalente del Fe II UV/óptico. Contiene también la información fotométrica homogénea en la banda B para 242 fuentes de la muestra, con un pico en la distribución de BJ = 18.0 y un intervalo en magnitud de 11.1 < BJ < 23.7.
ABSTRACT
We present an optical spectroscopic atlas for 123 coredominated radioloud active galactic nuclei with relativistic jets, drawn from the MOJAVE/2cm sample at 15 GHz. It is the first time that spectroscopic and photometric parameters for a large sample of such type of AGN are presented. The atlas includes spectral parameters for the emission lines Hβ, [O III]λ5007, Mg IIλ2798 and/or C IVλ1549 and corresponding data for the continuum, as well as the luminosities and equivalent widths of the Fe II UV/optical. It also contains homogeneous photometric information in the Bband for 242 sources of the sample, with a distribution peak at BJ = 18.0 and a magnitude interval of 11.1 < BJ < 23.7.
Key Words: atlases galaxies: active galaxies: nuclei quasars: emission lines techniques: spectroscopic.
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