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A Spectacular Post-Starburst Quasar

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1999

Authors

Brotherton, Michael
van Greugel, W
Stanford, S Adam
Smith, R
Boyle, Brian John
Miller, Lance
Shanks, Tom
Croom, Scott
Filippenko, Alexei

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IOP Publishing

Abstract

We report the discovery of a spectacular "poststarburst quasar" UN J1025-0040 (B = 19; z = 0.634). The optical spectrum is a chimera, displaying the broad Mg II λ2800 emission line and strong blue continuum characteristic of quasars, but is dominated in

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Keywords: Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: starburst; Quasars: emission lines; Quasars: general

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/94457

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ANU Research Publications

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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Journal article

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