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A status report on AGN variability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2021

Paulina Lira
Paulina Lira*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Camino el Observatorio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile email: mailto:[email protected]
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Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are ubiquitous variable sources. This trademark property allows the study of many aspects of AGN physics which are not possible by other means. In this review I summarize what has been learnt by the close monitoring of AGN flux variations with special emphasis in studies conducted in optical and near-infrared domain. I also highlight what knowledge is still missing from our picture of AGN phenomena, as well as possible developments expected in this new era of time-domain astronomy.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: nucleisurveysmethods: statistical
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S356: Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time , October 2019 , pp. 101 - 115
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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