A discovery of rapid optical flares from low-luminosity active nuclei in massive galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 621, Issue 1 II, 2005, Pages

  Totani, Tomonori ^a   Sumi, Takahiro ^b   Kosugi, George ^c   Yasuda, Naoki ^d   Doi, Mamoru ^d   Oda, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: Active

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444432658     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429087     Document Type: Article

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