Central black hole masses in active galactic nuclei inferred from X-ray variability

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 500, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 642-659

  Hayashida, Kiyoshi ^a   Miyamoto, Sigenori ^b   Kitamoto, Shunji ^c   Negoro, Hitoshi ^d   Inoue, Hajime ^e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d National Museum of Nature and Science   (Japan)

^e INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: Active; Galaxies: Nuclei; X rays: Galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044443642     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305736     Document Type: Article

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