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Spitzer_Approved_<strong>Extragalactic</strong><br />

Mar 25, 10 16:24 Page 421/742<br />

Spitzer Space Telescope − General Observer Proposal #50792<br />

The nature <strong>of</strong> low−ionization BAL QSOs<br />

Principal Investigator: Gabriela Canalizo<br />

Institution: University <strong>of</strong> <strong>California</strong>, Riverside<br />

Technical Contact: Gabriela Canalizo, University <strong>of</strong> <strong>California</strong>, Riverside<br />

Co−Investigators:<br />

Mariana Lazarova, University <strong>of</strong> Califonia, Riverside<br />

Mark Lacy, Spitzer Science Center<br />

Science Category: AGN/quasars/radio galaxies<br />

Observing Modes: IrsStare MipsPhot<br />

Hours Approved: 16.4<br />

Abstract:<br />

The rare subclass <strong>of</strong> optically−selected QSOs known as low−ionization broad<br />

absorption line (LoBAL) QSOs show show signs <strong>of</strong> high−velocity gas outflows and<br />

reddened continua indicative <strong>of</strong> dust obscuration. Recent studies show that<br />

galaxies hosting LoBAL QSOs tend to be ultraluminous infrared systems that are<br />

undergoing mergers and that have young (< 100 Myr) stellar populations. Such<br />

observations support the idea that LoBAL QSOs represent a short−lived phase<br />

early in the life <strong>of</strong> QSOs, when powerful AGN−driven winds are blowing away the<br />

dust surrounding the QSO. If so, understanding LoBALs may be crucial in the<br />

study <strong>of</strong> phenomena regulating black hole and galaxy evolution, such as AGN<br />

feedback and the early stages <strong>of</strong> nuclear accretion. Such claims, however, are<br />

based on results from very small samples that may have serious selection biases.<br />

We are therefore taking a more aggressive approach by conducting a systematic<br />

study <strong>of</strong> a volume limited sample <strong>of</strong> LoBAL QSOs at 0.5 < z < 0.6 drawn from SDSS.<br />

We propose to obtain far−IR fluxes with MIPS to construct SEDs for these objects<br />

and determine whether they are truly exclusively found in ultraluminous infrared<br />

systems. We also propose to obtain IRS spectra to estimate star formation rates<br />

from PAH features.<br />

Spitzer_Approved_<strong>Extragalactic</strong><br />

Printed_by_SSC<br />

Mar 25, 10 16:24 Page 422/742<br />

Spitzer Space Telescope − General Observer Proposal #3296<br />

Particle Acceleration in Two 3CR Quasar Hotspots<br />

Principal Investigator: Chi Cheung<br />

Institution: Brandeis University<br />

Technical Contact: Chi Cheung, Brandeis University<br />

Co−Investigators:<br />

John Wardle, Brandeis University<br />

Science Category: AGN/quasars/radio galaxies<br />

Observing Modes: IracMap<br />

Hours Approved: 2.3<br />

Abstract:<br />

We propose Spitzer Space Telescope 4.5+8.0 micron IRAC imaging <strong>of</strong> the high power<br />

hotspots in two powerful 3CR quasars. Their faint optical counterparts were<br />

recently detected by us with the Hubble Space Telescope. The optical, and<br />

proposed infrared data, will allow us to measure the high energy slope <strong>of</strong> the<br />

hotspot synchrotron spectra. Utilizing archival VLA and MERLIN data in the<br />

centimeter wavelength range, these multi−wavelength observations give us<br />

adequate constraints on the overall shape <strong>of</strong> the spectra, which will allow us to<br />

test a simple prediction from particle acceleration theory.<br />

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