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J/A+AS/142/451      Optical Polarization of 47 QSOs          (Lamy+, 2000)
Optical Polarization of 47 quasi-stellar objects : the data
       Lamy H., Hutsemekers D.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 142, 451 (2000)>
      =2000A&AS..142..451L      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: QSOs ; Polarization

Keywords: quasars : general - quasars : absorption lines -
          gravitational lensing -  polarization

Abstract:
    New broad-band linear polarization measurements are presented for a
    sample of 47 QSOs which includes 27 broad absorption line QSOs and
    2 gravitational lens candidates.

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table3.dat        71       50   Polarimetric measurements
table4.dat        66       50   Final polarimetric data


See also:
   J/A+A/332/410 : Quasar polarization (Hutsemekers 1998)
   J/A+A/340/371 : Quasar polarization (Hutsemekers+ 1998)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat

   Bytes Format Units     Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10   ---       Object   Name of object (1)
  13- 16  F4.2  ---       z        Redshift
  19- 26  A8   "DD/MM/YY" Date     Date of observation
      29  A1    ---       Filter   Filter
  32- 36  F5.2  %         q        Normalized Stokes parameter (NSP) q
  39- 43  F5.2  %         u        Normalized Stokes parameter (NSP) u
  46- 49  F4.2  %         e_q      Uncertainty of Normalized Stokes parameters
  52- 56  F5.2  %         q*       ? NSP q* of the field stars
  59- 63  F5.2  %         u*       ? NPS u* of the field stars
  66- 69  F4.2  %         e_q*     ? Uncertainty on the NSPs for the field stars

Note (1): B and J indicate the equinox of the coordinates
          (respectively 1950 and 2000)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

   1- 10  A10   ---     Object    Name of object
  13- 17  F5.2  %       q         Normalized Stokes parameter (NSP) q
  21- 25  F5.2  %       u         Normalized Stokes parameter (NSP) u
  29- 32  F4.2  %       Pol       Polarization degree
  36- 39  F4.2  %       e_Pol     Uncertainty of polarization degree
  43- 46  F4.2  %       pol0      Debiased polarization degree
  50- 53  F4.2  %       polISM    Interstellar polarization
  57- 59  I3    deg     PA        Polarization position angle
  63- 64  I2    deg     e_PA      ? Uncertainty of polarization position angle


Acknowledgements: Herve Lamy 

(End)                                          Patricia Bauer CDS    23-Feb-2000