The Nature of the Far-UV Break in the Energy Distribution of Quasars

2007/06/13 by L. Binette, Binette, L., S. Haro-Corzo +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0706.2006

5 pages,7 figures, to appear in proceedings of the Huatulco meeting on AGN, RevMex, eds E. Benitez, I. Cruz-Gonzalez & Y. Krongold

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Abstract

A prominent continuum steepening is observed in quasar energy distributions near 1100A. We review possible interpretations for the physical origin of this so-called far-UV break.

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