Quasar optical variability: searching for interband time delays
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Quasar optical variability: searching for interband time delays (Research Note)
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810993