Ensemble X-ray variability of active galactic nuclei from serendipitous source catalogues

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 536, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vagnetti, F ^a   Turriziani, S ^a   Trevese, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

galaxies: active; quasars: general; surveys; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; GALAXIES : ACTIVE; MONITORING TIME; POWER LAW; QUASARS: GENERAL; RED SHIFT; SINGLE-OSCILLATOR MODEL; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; TIME DOMAIN; TIME LAG; X-RAY LUMINOSITY; X-RAY VARIABILITY; X-RAYS: GALAXIES; XMM-NEWTON;

GALAXIES; LIBRARIES; LUMINANCE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SURVEYS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

X RAYS;

EID: 83455162203     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118072     Document Type: Article

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