Scattered broad optical lines in the polarized flux spectrum of the FR II galaxy 3C 321
Author
Young, S.
Hough, J.
Efstathiou, A.
Wills, B.
Axon, D.J.
Bailey, J.
Ward, M.J.
Attention
2299/3243
Abstract
The authors present optical/infrared broad-band filter polarimetry and optical spectropolarimetry of the powerful FR II galaxy 3C 321. The latter observations reveal a scattered broad component to the Hα emission line, detectable in polarized flux. This implies that 3C 321 is actually a quasar the continuum and broad-line region of which are obscured from direct view, possibly by the geometrically thick torus invoked in the unified theory of active galaxies.