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1999ApJ...516..163W - Astrophys. J., 516, 163-176 (1999/May-1)

A multiwavelength study of the extreme AGN J2310-437.

WORRALL D.M., BIRKINSHAW M., REMILLARD R.A., PRESTWICH A., TUCKER W.H. and TANANBAUM H.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present new X-ray, radio, and optical data for the unusual galaxy/cluster system J2310-437. Our results confirm the presence of an active nucleus and suggest an interpretation as an anomalous BL Lac object of bulk relativistic Doppler factor <2, with an optically deficient radio to X-ray spectrum. The radio, optical, and soft X-ray flux densities could lie along a single power-law function, lacking the curvature typical of BL Lac objects. Compared with other known sources that may have comparable multifrequency spectra, J2310-437 is the most extreme. Its low isotropic optical/UV radiation is consistent with the intensity of external photons governing the electron spectral break through Compton cooling; in this source the external photon density would be too low to produce a spectral break below the X-ray.

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Journal keyword(s): BL Lacertae objects: individual (J2310-437) - Galaxies: Active - X-Rays: Galaxies

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