SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 62134
NASA GSFC/ USRA
GREENBELT
MD USA 20771
Tel: 301-286-6094 Fax: 301-286-1685
Medium: CD ROM
Subject: AGN
ASCA OBSERVATIONS OF OPTICALLY SELECTED QUASARS
ABSTRACT
Most AGN observed by ASCA have been chosen either on the basis of their X-ray flux, or some known peculiarity. This causes severe biases when analyzing samples of AGN and correlating the X-ray properties with those at other wavebands. We propose to observe 10 optically selected quasars which, combined with previous ASCA data, will form a complete sample of 23 PG quasars. The target sources are well studied in the radio, optical, UV and soft X-ray regimes. Our intention is to determine their hard X-ray spectra for comparison with these other bands. Previously-reported relations between, e.g., spectral index and optical line width, iron K-alpha EW and luminosity will be investigated in an unbiased manner for the first in the hard X-ray band.
CO-INVESTIGATORS
| CO-I NAME | INSTITUTE | COUNTRY |
|---|
| JANE TURNER | NASA/GSFC/USRA | USA |
| KIRPAL NANDRA | NASA/GSFC | USA |
| ARI LAOR | TECHNION | ISRAEL |
| HAGAI NETZER | TEL AVIV UNIV | ISRAEL |
| BEV WILLS | UNIV TEXAS (AUSTIN) | USA |
TARGETS
| TARGET NAME | PRI | RA | DEC | TIME | TC | OFF | GIS | SIS CNT | OBS |
|---|
| 2)PG1202+281 | 3 | 181.1750 | 27.9031 | 40 ks | N | Y | P | 0.14000 | 1 |
| 3)PG1402+261 | 3 | 211.3167 | 25.9261 | 40 ks | N | Y | P | 0.13500 | 1 |