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OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF BRIGHT FERMI LAT BLAZARS

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
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  1. Department of Physics/KIPAC, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 (United States)
  2. Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH (United Kingdom)
  3. Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
We report on Hobby-Eberly Telescope and Palomar 5 m spectroscopy of recently identified gamma-ray blazars in the Fermi LAT Bright Source List. These data provide identifications for 10 newly discovered gamma-ray flat spectrum radio quasars and six new BL Lacertae (BL Lac) objects plus improved spectroscopy for six additional BL Lac objects. We substantially improve the identification completeness of the bright LAT blazars and give new redshifts and z constraints, new estimates of the black hole masses, and new measurements of the optical spectral energy distribution.
OSTI ID:
21367430
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 704; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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