Ultraviolet variability of quasars: Dependence on the accretion rate*

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 560, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Meusinger, H ^a   Weiss, V ^a  

^a THÜRINGER LANDESSTERNWARTE TAUTENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Quasars: general; Quasars: supermassive black holes

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION PROCESS; BOLOMETRIC LUMINOSITIES; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; QUASARS: GENERAL; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY; STOCHASTIC NATURE; STRONG CORRELATION; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES;

GRAVITATION; LUMINANCE; STARS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84890545926     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322410     Document Type: Article

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