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Paper: Type II Quasars from the SDSS
Volume: 311, AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Page: 281
Authors: Zakamska, N.L.; Strauss, M.A.; Krolik, J.H.; Heckman, T.M.
Abstract: Type II quasars are suggested by unification models of Active Galactic Nuclei as luminous analogs of Seyfert 2 galaxies. A number of different methods have been used hitherto to discover type II quasars, but only a handful have been found. We selected about 150 type II quasar candidates from the SDSS spectroscopic database; these objects have strong narrow high-ionization emission lines. We describe the selection procedure and estimate intrinsic luminosities of these optically obscured AGN. A campaign to perform a multi-wavelength follow-up of the sample is now underway.
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