Quasi-periodic oscillations of ∼15 minutes in the optical light curve of the BL lac S5 0716+714

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 719, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Rani, Bindu ^a   Gupta, Alok C ^a   Joshi, U C ^b   Ganesh, S ^b   Wiita, Paul J ^c,d  

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

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Galaxies: active; Galaxies: photometry

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EID: 78649280961     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/719/2/L153     Document Type: Article

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