The characteristic blue spectra of accretion disks in quasars as uncovered in the infrared

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7203, 2008, Pages 492-494

  Kishimoto, Makoto ^a,b   Antonucci, Robert ^c   Blaes, Omer ^c   Lawrence, Andy ^b   Boisson, Catherine ^d   Albrecht, Marcus ^e   Leipski, Christian ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; ENERGY; GRAVITY; MODELING; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; DUST; ENERGY; GRAVITY; HEATING; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASAR; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTRUM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 47949086675     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07114     Document Type: Article

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