The Parkes quarter - Jansky flat - spectrum sample 2 . New Optical Spectra and Redshift Measurements
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We present optical spectra and redshift measurements for 178 flat-spectrum objects from the Parkes quarter-Jansky flat-spectrum sample. These spectra were obtained in order to compile a complete sample of quasars for use in a study of quasar evolution. We present a composite optical spectrum made from the subset of 109 quasars that have flux densities in the range 0.25Jy < S2.7GHz < 0.5Jy, and make a comparison with a composite for radio-quiet QSOs from the Large Bright Quasar Survey. Our large sample of radio-loud quasars allows us to strengthen previous reports that the Lyα and CIV emission lines have larger equivalent width in radio-loud quasars than radio-quiet QSOs to greater than the 3σ level. However we see no significant difference in the equivalent widths of CIII] or MgII. We also show that the flux decrements across the Lyman-α line (DA) measured from these spectra show the same trend with redshift as for optically selected QSOs.
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