On characterizing the variability properties of X-ray light curves from active galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 345, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1271-1284

  Vaughan, S ^a,b   Edelson, R ^c   Warwick, R S ^b   Uttley, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual: Mrk 766; Galaxies: Seyfert; Methods: data analysis; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: MRK 766; GALAXY:SEYFERT; LIGHT CURVES; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; PROPERTY; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0242676894     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2966.2003.07042.x     Document Type: Review

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