Ultraviolet and multiwavelength variability of the blazar 3C 279: Evidence for thermal emission

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 521, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 112-120

  Pian, E ^a,b   Urry, C M ^a   Maraschi, L ^c   Madejski, G ^d   McHardy, I M ^e   Koratkar, A ^a   Treves, A ^f   Chiappetti, L ^b   Grandi, P ^b   Hartman, R C ^d   Kubo, H ^g   Leach, C M ^e   Pesce, J E ^a   Imhoff, C ^a,h   Thompson, R ^a,h   Wehrle, A E ⁱ  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Como   (Italy)

^g TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (3C 279); Gamma rays: observations; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Ultraviolet: galaxies; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033542998     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307548     Document Type: Article

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