The radius-luminosity relationship for active galactic nuclei: The effect of host-galaxy starlight on luminosity measurements

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 644, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Bentz, Misty C ^a   Peterson, Bradley M ^a   Pogge, Richard W ^a   Vestergaard, Marianne ^b   Onken, Christopher A ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: Seyfert

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747078974     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503537     Document Type: Article

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