The following document lists the file abstract/MRIEKE_BAL_QSOS.abs
from catalogue VI/111.
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The differences observed in the emission from different types of active galactic nuclei has been suggested to arise as a result of different viewing angles with a torus of obscuring matter hiding the broad line emitting region in some sources. Broad absorption line quasars are a subset of radio quiet quasars which may be distinguished from other radio quiet quasars because our line of sight intercepts absorbing material. We will measure the 10 to 160 micron output of a sample of BAL quasars and compare it to a sample of non-BAL quasars to test whether a unification model is valid and to learn more about the properties of the broad absorption line region such as the fraction of the light that it obscures.