Reflection from the strong gravity regime in a lensed quasar at redshift z = 0.658

Nature

Volumn 507, Issue 7491, 2014, Pages 207-209

  Reis, R C ^a   Reynolds, M T ^a   Miller, J M ^a   Walton, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; REFLECTIVITY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; GRAVITY; GROWTH; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 84896274502     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13031     Document Type: Article

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