[en] We report 192 previously unpublished optical linear polarization measurements of quasars obtained in April 2003, April 2007, and October 2007 with the European Southern Observatory Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (EFOSC2) instrument attached to the 3.6 m telescope at the La Silla Observatory. Each quasar was observed once. Among the 192 quasars, 89 have a polarization degree p ≥ 0.6%, 18 have p ≥ 2%, and two have p ≥ 10%. Based on observations made with the ESO 3.6 m Telescope at the La Silla Observatory under program ID 071.B-0460, 079.A-0625, 080.A-0017.Full Table 4 is only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to <A href="http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr">http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr</A> (<A href="http://130.79.128.5">http://130.79.128.5</A>) or via <A href="http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/606/A101">http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/606/A101</A>
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Hutsemekers, Damien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)
Hall, P.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Sluse, Dominique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Language :
English
Title :
Optical linear polarization measurements of quasars obtained with the 3.6 m telescope at the La Silla Observatory
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