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A Correlated Optical-Infrared Outburst of Mrk 744: Strong Evidence for Thermal Dust Reverberation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

B. Nelson
B. Nelson*
Affiliation:
Departments of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1562, USA

Abstract

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Simultaneous optical and infrared monitoring of a sample of 50 Seyfert 1 galaxies and quasars has revealed an outburst of the active galaxy Markarian 744. Cross-correlation analysis indicates that the IR lags the optical light curve by roughly one month. A simple model developed by the author can fully explain the IR variability of this object in terms of thermal dust reverberation.

Type
VI. The Narrow-Line Regions and Beyond
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 159: Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques , 1997 , pp. 306 - 307
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

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