What is the Broad Line Region?

2003/12/16 by Ari Laor, Laor, Ari · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0312415

A short review talk, 6 pages, 1 figure; To appear in "AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey," eds. G.T. Richards and P.B. Hall

arxiv created 2003/12/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

What is the Broad Line Region (BLR) made of? What determines its location? Why is it sometimes missing? What controls its properties? Some recent results and new approaches which may shed light on these issues are briefly described.

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