The lack of torus emission from BL Lacertae objects: An infrared view of unification with WISE

We use data from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to perform a statistical study on the mid-infrared (IR) properties of a large number (102) of BL Lac objects - low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with a jet beamed toward the Earth. As expected, many BL Lac objects are so high...

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Main Authors: Plotkin, Richard, Anderson, S., Brandt, W., Markoff, S., Shemmer, O., Wu, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52853