What is the difference between radio-loud and radio-quiet quasi-stellar objects

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Astrophysical Journal; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/167626· OSTI ID:5509900

Hutchings, J B; Janson, T; Neff, S G ^[1]

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1. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria (Canada)

Measures of the nuclear and host galaxy luminosities and colors and a morphological discussion of the host galaxies are presented for a sample of low-redshift, high-luminosity, radio-quiet QSOs whose redshift and luminosity distribution matches that of a radio-loud sample previously discussed. Radio-quiet QSOs are found to reside in galaxies which are smaller, fainter, and redder than the host galaxies of radio-loud QSOs. These properties are generally consistent with the suggestion that radio-quiet QSOs are located in spiral-type galaxies and radio-loud QSOs are located in more elliptical-type galaxies. Significantly less evidence is found for tidal interactions among the radio-quiet objects, although they appear to reside in somewhat richer environments in terms of nearby companions. 10 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5509900
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal; (USA), Vol. 342; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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