A Spectacular Post-Starburst Quasar

We report the discovery of a spectacular ``post-starburst quasar'' UN J1025-0040 (B=19; z=0.634). The optical spectrum is a chimera, displaying the broad Mg II emission line and strong blue continuum characteristic of quasars, but is dominated in the red by a large Balmer jump and prominen...

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Main Authors: Brotherton, MS, Breugel, W, Stanford, SA, Smith, R, Boyle, B, Miller, L, Shanks, T, Croom, S, Filippenko, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 1999