J/A+A/441/915: Resource Record Summary

Resource Record Summary

Catalog Service:
Alignments of quasar polarization vectors

Short name: J/A+A/441/915 IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/441/915 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.26093/cds/vizier.34410915 Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID] More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/441/915 VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.	Status: active Registered: 2008 Jul 22 10:44:23Z
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Description

Based on a new sample of 355 quasars with significant optical polarization and using complementary statistical methods, we confirm that quasar polarization vectors are not randomly oriented over the sky with a probability often in excess of 99.9%.

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About the Resource Providers

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Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]

Creators:

Hutsemekers D.Cabanac R.Lamy H.Sluse D.

Contact Information:

X CDS support team
Email: cds-question at unistra.fr
Address: CDS
Observatoire de Strasbourg
11 rue de l'Universite
F-67000 Strasbourg
France

Status of This Resource

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Version: n/a
Availability: This is an active resource.

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Relevant dates for this Resource:

Updated: 2017 Oct 09 13:34:25Z
Created: 2008 Jul 22 10:44:23Z

This resource was registered on: 2008 Jul 22 10:44:23Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z

What This Resource is About

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Resource Class: CatalogService: This resource is a service that provides access to catalog data. You can extract data from the catalog by issuing a query, and the matching data is returned as a table.

Resource type keywords: Catalog	Subject keywords: Polarimetry Quasars
Intended audience or use: Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/441/915	Literature Reference: 2005A&A...441..915H
Related Resources: Other Related Resources TAP VizieR generic service(IsServedBy) ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP [Res. ID] Conesearch service(IsServedBy) J/A+A/332/410 : Quasar polarization (Hutsemekers 1998) ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/332/410 [Res. ID]

	Data Coverage Information
	This section describes the data's coverage over the sky, frequency, and time. Wavebands covered: Optical

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Available Service Interfaces

	Custom Service
	This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource. VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource. Available endpoints for this service interface: Interactive web page: http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/441/915

	Custom Service
	This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource. VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource. Available endpoints for this service interface: URL-based interface: http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/441/915

	Table Access Protocol - Auxiliary ServiceXX
	This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data. VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource. Available endpoints for the standard interface: http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap

Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:

Cone search capability for table J/A+A/441/915/qsos (Sample of 355 polarized quasars)

Available endpoints for the standard interface:

http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/441/915/qsos?

Maximum search radius accepted: 180.0 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 50000

This service supports the VERB input parameter:: Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.