Astrophysical: Quasars

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    Quasar 3C 298: a test-case for meteoritic nanodiamond 3.5μm emission
    Aims:We calculate the dust emission expected at 3.43 and 3.53 μm if meteoritic (i.e. hydrogenated) nanodiamonds are responsible for most of the far-UV break...
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    Quasar H-beta profiles and discs
    High signal-to-noise spectra of the H-beta region of eight radio-loud quasars are presented in an investigation seeking evidence for the emission of this line...
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    Quasars as a Tracer of Large-scale Structures in the Distant Universe
    We study the dependence of the number density and properties of quasars on the background galaxy density using the currently largest spectroscopic data sets of...
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    Quasars Do Not Live in Merging Systems: No Enhanced Merger Rate at z≲0.8
    We tackle the long-standing question “what is the relevance of major mergers and interactions as triggering mechanisms for AGN activity?” We study a sample of...
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    Quasars in the OTELO survey
    OTELO is a survey of emission line objects that will be carried out using tunable filters with OSIRIS at the GTC. The survey will have a deep impact on...
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    Quasars with flare/eclipse-like variability identified in ZTF
    Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are known to exhibit optical/ultraviolet variability and most of them can be well modelled by the damped random walks. Physical...
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    Quasars with P v broad absorption in BOSS data release 9
    Broad absorption lines (BALs) found in a significant fraction of quasar spectra identify high-velocity outflows that might be present in all quasars and could...
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    Quasars: triggering and feedback
    There is increasing speculation that quasars are intimately linked to the evolution of their host galaxies. Not only are they triggered as galaxies build up...
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    Quasi-stellar objects in the ALHAMBRA survey. I. Photometric redshift accuracy based on 23 optical-NIR filter photometry
    Context. Even the spectroscopic capabilities of today's ground and space-based observatories can not keep up with the enormous flow of detections (>105 deg-2)...