3 papers
astro-ph2000
The Physics of Blazar Optical Emission Regions II: Magnetic Field Orientation, Viewing Angle and Beaming
Michael J. Yuan, Hien Tran, Beverley Wills +1
For a sample of 51 blazars with extensive optical polarization data, we used circular statistics to calculate the scatter among the polarization position angles for each object. We…
astro-ph2000
The Physics of Blazar Optical Emission Regions I: Alignment of Optical Polarization and the VLBI Jet
Michael J. Yuan, Hien Tran, Beverley Wills +1
We collected optical and near IR linear polarization data obtained over 20--30 years for a sample of 51 blazars. For each object, we calculated the probability that the distributio…
astro-ph1997
Scattering and Absorption in Soft X-ray Selected AGN: An Optical Polarization Survey
D. Grupe, B. J. Wills, D. Wills +1
We have surveyed the optical linear polarization of a completely identified sample of 43 bright soft-X-ray-selected ROSAT AGN. Most (40) of these AGN show low polarization (<1%), a…