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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 607, 期 1, 页码 60-75出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/383305
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dust, extinction; quasars : general; surveys
We have constructed a sample of bright near-infrared sources that are detected at radio wavelengths but undetected on the first-generation Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSSI) plates in order to search for a population of dust-obscured quasars. Optical and infrared spectroscopic follow-up of the sample has led to the discovery of 17 heavily reddened quasars (B - K > 6.5), 14 of which are reported here for the first time. This has allowed us to define a region in the R - K, J - K color plane in which 50% of the radio-selected objects are highly reddened quasars. We compare the surface density of this previously overlooked population to that of ultraviolet-excess radio-selected quasars, finding that they make up similar to 20% of the total quasar population for K less than or similar to 15.5.
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