Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei

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Bonning, Erin Wells [1 ]
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[1] Yale Ctr Astron & Astrophys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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10.1017/S1743921312000385
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P1 [天文学];
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This talk explored variability in active galactic nuclei (AGN) for a variety of scales across the time domain. From billion-year-scale intermittency to a quasi-periodic oscillation signal with a period of one hour, time-varying signals offer insights into a myriad of complex processes driven by the AGN central engine. Athough the era of time-domain observations of AGN across the spectrum has but just begun, already observations reveal the rich detail of phenomena associated with actively accreting black holes which challenge theoretical models.
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