The Quasar Continuum
Abstract
The powerful compact continuum emission from quasars is understood only in outline. New surveys allow investigation of the quasar continuum over a wide range of parameters (z, L, L/LEdd) and wavelengths (radio to X-ray). I review the spectral energy distributions of quasars and how new scaling relations with physical parameters promise to take us to a deeper understanding of the quasar continuum.
- Publication:
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Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- May 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921310005570
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..267...55E
- Keywords:
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- accreion disks;
- galaxies: active;
- galaxies: jets;
- galaxies: nuclei;
- galaxies: quasars: general;
- infrared: galaxies;
- radio continuum: galaxies;
- ultraviolet: galaxies;
- X-ray: galaxies