Can microlensing explain the long-term optical variability of quasars?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Zackrisson, E ^a   Bergvall, N ^a   Marquart, T ^a   Helbig, P ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Multivax C and R   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology: miscellaneous; Dark matter; Gravitational lensing; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; MICROLENSES; PLANETS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COSMOLOGY; DARK MATTER; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; QUASARS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0042194782     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030895     Document Type: Article

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