Understanding extreme quasar optical variability with CRTS – I. Major AGN flares

Understanding extreme quasar optical variability with CRTS – I. Major AGN flares

There is a large degree of variety in the optical variability of quasars and it is unclear whether this is all attributable to a single (set of) physical mechanism(s). We present the results of a systematic search for major flares in active galactic nucleus (AGN) in the Catalina Real-time Transient...

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Main Authors: Graham, Matthew J., Djorgovski, S. G., Drake, Andrew J., Stern, Daniel, Mahabal, Ashish A., Glikman, Eilat, Larson, Steve, Christensen, Eric
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Planetary Sci, Lunar & Planetary Lab
Language:en
Published: OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2017
Subjects:
methods: data analysis
techniques: photometric
surveys
quasars: general
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625731
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/625731

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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625731
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/625731

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