Spectral variability of quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. II. The C IV line

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 641, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 78-89

  Wilhite, Brian C ^a,b   Vanden Berk, Daniel E ^c   Brunner, Robert J ^b   Brinkmann, Jonathan V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Active; Quasars: General; Techniques: Spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745327319     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500421     Document Type: Article

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