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The Infrared, Optical and Ultraviolet Properties of Active Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Marie-Helene Ulrich*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München

Abstract

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We review the important properties of active nuclei, in particular (i) the optical polarization and its relation to the jets found by VLBI (ii) the energy distribution and the temporal variations of the continuum spectrum and (iii) the distribution of the matter in the broad line region.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984 

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