Studies of nonthermal emission from AGN through polarization observations at the VLT

Stefan J. Wagner; Walter Seifert; Immo Appenzeller; Thomas Szeifert; G. Bicknell; M. Metchnik; R. Sutherland; K. Mannheim; K. Beuermann

doi:10.1117/12.390130

29 June 2000 Studies of nonthermal emission from AGN through polarization observations at the VLT

Stefan J. Wagner, Walter Seifert, Immo Appenzeller, Thomas Szeifert, G. Bicknell, M. Metchnik, R. Sutherland, K. Mannheim, K. Beuermann

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Proceedings Volume 4005, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 8- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390130
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In order to constrain models of particle acceleration in Active Galaxies with spectral energy distributions that are dominated by non-thermal radiation mechanisms, we carried out polarimetric observations with the FORS1 instrument on UT1 of the ESO-VLT. These studies involve imaging and spectropolarimetry of both circular and linear modes of polarization.

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Stefan J. Wagner, Walter Seifert, Immo Appenzeller, Thomas Szeifert, G. Bicknell, M. Metchnik, R. Sutherland, K. Mannheim, and K. Beuermann "Studies of nonthermal emission from AGN through polarization observations at the VLT", Proc. SPIE 4005, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 8- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes, (29 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390130

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