Clear evidence for intranight optical variability in radio-quiet quasars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 586, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages

  Gopal Krishna, ^a   Stalin, C S ^a,b   Sagar, Ram ^b   Wiita, Paul J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^b Uttar Pradesh State Observatory   (India)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042134727     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374655     Document Type: Article

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