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Montenegro-Montes, F. M.; Mack, K.-H.; Vigotti, M.; Benn, C. R.; Carballo, R.; González-Serrano, J. I.; Holt, J.; Jiménez-Luján, F.
Bibliographical reference
Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, v.79, p.1221 (2008)
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For a long time, radio-loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars (BAL QSOs)
were thought to be extremely rare objects. The absorbing troughs seen in
their optical spectra are due to strong winds which probably have their
origin within the inner region of the AGN, as a result of the accretion
processes. Their radio emission constitutes an additional diagnostic
tool which is successfully contributing new perspectives and raise new
questions, with the aim to enrich our understanding of the BAL
phenomenon.
In this contribution, we introduce a first characterisation of the
radio-loud BAL QSO population. Radio continuum spectra have been
collected for a sample of 15 objects, which we present together with
their radio polarisation properties. VLA maps in A configuration confirm
the compactness of these objects at different frequencies up to 43 GHz,
yielding projected linear sizes below 1 kpc. We note that many of their
radio properties are common to the population of young radio-sources,
like Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) or Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum (GPS)
sources.