Quasar variability in the framework of Poissonian models

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 544, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 123-141

  Cid Fernandes, R ^a,c   Sodre Jr L ^b   Vieira Da Silva Jr , L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: Seyfert; Methods: analytical; Methods: statistical; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038190677     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317207     Document Type: Article

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