Reverberation mapping of high-luminosity quasars: First results

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 659, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 997-1007

  Kaspi, Shai ^a,b   Brandt, W N ^c   Maoz, Dan ^a   Netzer, Hagai ^a   Schneider, Donald P ^c   Shemmer, Ohad ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: Seyfert; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248327960     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512094     Document Type: Article

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