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astro-ph2003
Optical Spectropolarimetry of Quasi-Stellar Objects Discovered by the Two-Micron All Sky Survey
Paul S. Smith, Gary D. Schmidt, Dean C. Hines +1
Highly polarized QSOs discovered in the Two-Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) have been observed to determine the source(s) of optical polarization in this near-infrared color-selected…
astro-ph2003
An HST/WFPC2 Snapshot Survey of 2MASS-Selected Red QSOs
Andrew R. Marble, Dean C. Hines, Gary D. Schmidt +5
Using simple infrared color selection, 2MASS has found a large number of red, previously unidentified, radio-quiet QSOs. Although missed by UV/optical surveys, the 2MASS QSOs have…