Emission-Line versus Continuum Correlations in Active Galactic Nuclei

2006/12/21 by Joseph C. Shields, Shields, Joseph C.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0612613

10 pages, 2 figures, Conference proceedings to appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei," ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M. Wang (San Francisco: ASP)

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Abstract

The Baldwin Effect, a negative correlation between emission-line equivalent width and luminosity in active galactic nuclei, is still of interest as a diagnostic of accretion physics nearly thirty years after its discovery. This review examines recent developments in the study of correlations between line and continuum emission in AGNs, as measured both in ensembles and in individual sources.

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