A search for X-ray emission from optically quiet, compact radio sources

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view Abstract Citations (21) References (50) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS A search for X-ray emission from optically quiet, compact radio sources. Ledden, J. E. ; O'Dell, S. L. Abstract A search for X-ray emission from optically quiet, compact radio sources reveals that such sources are significantly weaker X-ray emitters than are optically identified objects with comparable radio properties. For the radio samples examined here, the X-ray luminosity, relative to the radio, is typically at least 3 times lower in the optically quiet, compact radio sources than in the optically identified ones. Possible reasons for the distinction between optically quiet, compact radio sources and other compact radio sources are discussed. If strong nonthermal sources occur in the nuclei of dust-rich galaxies and do not eliminate the dust and gas of the interstellar medium, a few percent of such sources should be optically faint and red (due to extinction by dust) and X-ray weak (due to K-edge absorption). However, many optically quiet, compact radio sources are apparently 'blazars' with particularly sharp high-frequency breaks in their synchrotron spectra. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: July 1983 DOI: 10.1086/161138 Bibcode: 1983ApJ...270..434L Keywords: Extragalactic Radio Sources; Galactic Nuclei; Luminosity; Radio Galaxies; X Ray Sources; Blazars; Interstellar Extinction; Nonthermal Radiation; Quasars; Synchrotron Radiation; X Ray Absorption; Astrophysics full text sources ADS |