Probing spectral properties of radio-quiet quasars searched for optical microvariability

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 402, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1059-1071

  Chand, Hum ^a   Wiita, Paul J ^b,c   Gupta, Alok C ^a  

^a ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Quasars: emission lines; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GALAXIES; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIO ASTRONOMY;

EMISSION LINES; EQUIVALENT WIDTH; GALAXIES ACTIVE; MICRO-VARIABILITY; OPTICAL-; QUASARS: EMISSION LINE; QUASARS:GENERAL; QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

DIGITAL RADIO;

EID: 77949338202     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15943.x     Document Type: Article

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