Spectral microvariability in Quasars

Ramírez, A.; Dultzin, D.; de Diego, J. A.
Bibliographical reference

The Nuclear Region, Host Galaxy and Environment of Active Galaxies (Eds. Erika Benítez, Irene Cruz-González, & Yair Krongold) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 32, pp. 46-46 (2008) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/)

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2008
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Description
Optical microvariability (OM, small amplitude variations in time scales from minutes to hours) in radio-quiet quasars (RQQ) may be as frequent as in radio-loud quasars (RLQ) (de Diego et al. 1998; Ramírez et al. 2007). However, observations cannot still establish the origin of OM.