Evidence for an intermediate line region in active galactic nuclei's inner torus region and its evolution from narrow to broad line seyfert i galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 700, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1173-1189

  Zhu, Ling ^a   Zhang, Shuang Nan ^a,b,c   Tang, Sumin ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: structure; Galaxy: evolution; Line: profiles; Quasars: emission lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449900563     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/1173     Document Type: Article

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