Long-term optical variability of radio-selected quasars from the first survey

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1872-1885

  Helfand, David J ^a   Stone, Remington P S ^b   Willman, Beth ^c   White, Richard L ^d   Becker, Robert H ^e   Price, Trevor ^e   Gregg, Michael D ^e   McMahon, Richard G ^f  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methods: statistical; Quasars: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040885588     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319971     Document Type: Article

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