Spectral variability of quasars in the sloan digital sky survey. I. Wavelength dependence

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 633, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 638-648

  Wilhite, Brian C ^a,b   Vanden Berk, Daniel E ^c,d   Kron, Richard G ^a,e   Schneider, Donald P ^d   Pereyra, Nicholas ^c   Brunner, Robert J ^b   Richards, Gordon T ^f   Brinkmann, Jonathan V ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^g APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Quasars: general; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044437795     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430821     Document Type: Article

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