Origin of chromatic features in multiple quasars: Variability, dust, or microlensing

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 478, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-109

  Yonehara, A ^a,b   Hirashita, H ^c   Richter, P ^d,e  

^a ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Galaxies: quasars: general; Gravitational lensing; ISM: dust, extinction

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; MICROLENSES; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

ACCRETION DISKS; DUST EXTINCTION; LENSED QUASARS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 38149031803     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20067014     Document Type: Article

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