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The first ultraviolet spectropolarimetric study of NGC 1068We present the first ultraviolet spectropolarimetric observations of the Type 2 Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 obtained by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). In this communication we discuss the continuum polarization in the ultraviolet. Shortward of 2500 A the polarization becomes constant at 16 percent at a position angle of 112 deg. This is in general agreement with the 1983 prediction of Miller and Antonucci (1983) and their thick torus model, in which a hidden Type 1 Seyfert nucleus is seen in light scattered by electrons outside the obscured nuclei.
Document ID
19930040669
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Code, Arthur D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Meade, Marilyn R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Anderson, Christopher M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Nordsieck, Kenneth H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Clayton, Geoffrey C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Whitney, Barbara A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Magalhaes, Antonio M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Babler, Brian
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bjorkman, Karen S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Schulte-Ladbeck, Regina E.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters
Volume: 403
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A24666
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-26777
Distribution Limits
Public
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