Microlensing variability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305 ≡ the Einstein Cross II. Energy profile of the accretion disk

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 933-943

  Eigenbrod, A ^a   Courbin, F ^a   Meylan, G ^a   Agol, E ^b   Anguita, T ^c   Schmidt, R W ^c   Wambsganss, J ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Gravitational lensing; Quasars: individual: QSO 2237+0305

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCRETION DISKS; ACCRETION, ACCRETION DISKS; ACCURATE; AT WAVELENGTHS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENERGY PROFILES; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL: QSO 2237+0305; SHOOTING TECHNIQUES; SMALL SCALES; SOURCE SIZES; SPECTROSCOPIC MONITORING; TIME-SCALE; TRANSVERSE VELOCITIES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 54949113792     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810729     Document Type: Article

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