Probes of the Broad Line Regions of Quasi-Stellar Objects (QSOs)

几组现有的和新的观测数据的准- 恒星物体（QSO）将被用来寻找潜在的 影响类星体总体的趋势。 数据将 用于探测宽发射线区域的性质， 类星体。 这项工作将包括研究的依赖性 连续发光度上的发射线轮廓和强度 和无线电功率，分析的轮廓和强度， 弱发射线，只能在狭窄的， 线的类星体，和广泛的关系的研究 吸收线类星体到一般的类星体种群。 新 将获得一些特定的完整样本的观察结果 这样这些研究就可以不受影响 选择标准取决于发射线强度。 这些数据将被用来试图理解 辐射是从这些河外星系产生和发射的 看起来像恒星但实际上 并释放出大量的辐射。

Several existing and new sets of observational data of Quasi- Stellar Objects (QSOs) will be used to look for underlying trends affecting the QSO population in general. The data will be used to probe the nature of the broad emission line regions in QSOs. This work will include studies of the dependence of emission line profiles and intensities on continuous luminosity and on radio power, analysis of the profiles and intensities of weak emission lines which can only be properly studied in narrow- lined QSOs, and studies of the relationship of the broad absorption line QSOs to the general QSO population. New observations will be obtained of some specific complete samples of QSOs so that these studies can be pursued free of the effects of selection criteria which depend on emission line strengths. The data will be used to try to understand the way that the radiation is produced and emitted from these extragalactic objects which appear starlike but are actually very distant and emit huge amounts of radiation.