Reverberation Mapping of High-Luminosity Quasars
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1 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, 3 Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States
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تاریخ انتشار 2017