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The VLBI structure of radio‐loud Broad Absorption Line quasars
Author(s) -
Liu Y.,
Jiang D. R.,
Gu M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201512291
Subject(s) - quasar , astrophysics , very long baseline interferometry , ovv quasar , physics , line of sight , astronomy , galaxy
The nature and origin of Broad Absorption Line (BAL) quasars and their relationship to non‐BAL quasars are an open question. The BAL quasars are probably normal quasars seen along a particular line of sight. Alternatively, they are young or recently refueled. The high resolution radio morphology of BAL quasars is very important to understand the radio properties of BAL quasars. We present VLBA observations at L and C bands for a sample of BAL quasars. The observations will help us to explore the VLBI radio properties, and distinguish the present models of explaining BAL phenomena. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)