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    PR # 31202                                                                   
     We propose to use ASCA to observe the brightest radio quiet QSO at  r       
     edshift greater than  1 to search for the reflection signatures,  an        
     iron line and reflection hump, present in lower luminosity,  nearby A       
     GN. Previous observations of two very bright PG quasars have  shown n       
     o such features. The implications of this result are  wide-ranging. F       
     or example, no molecular obscuring torus can be  present in these obj       
     ects, nor can a `standard' accretion disc.  These observations will i       
     nvestiage the real differences between  Seyferts and QSO to test evol       
     utionary theories.                                                          
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
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