AGN variability: from Seyfert nuclei to QSOs
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The continuum variability of optically selected Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is found to be consistent with that expected from a simple Poissonian process, in which the total luminosity of an object is produced by the multiple superposition of identical pulses. The energies, time-scales and rates of the pulses are found to be in the range of those expected from supernovae which generate fast evolving remnants in a nuclear starburst. However, radio-loud AGN don’t follow the predictions of that simple scenario.
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تاریخ انتشار 1996