Dependence of the optical/ultraviolet variability on the emission-line properties and eddington ratio in active galactic nuclei

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 716, Issue 1 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Ai, Y L ^a,b,c   Yuan, W ^a,b   Zhou, H Y ^d   Wang, T G ^d   Dong, X B ^d   Wang, J G ^a,b,c   Lu, H L ^d  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: Seyfert; Quasars: general; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952937118     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/716/1/L31     Document Type: Article

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