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Emission-Line Variability and the Nature of the Broad-Line Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

B. M. Peterson
B. M. Peterson*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

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Variability of the emission-line spectra of broad-line AGNs is now a well-established phenomenon (see Peterson 1988 for a review). The rapid variability of the emission lines and the strong correlation between continuum and line fluxes suggests broad-line region (BLR) dimensions too small to be consistent with theoretical estimates based on photoionization equilibrium considerations.

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Part 2: BLR and Variability
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 134: Active Galactic Nuclei , 1989 , pp. 97 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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