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The Quasar Continuum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Martin Elvis
Martin Elvis*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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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.

Keywords

accreion disksgalaxies: activegalaxies: jetsgalaxies: nucleigalaxies: quasars: generalinfrared: galaxiesradio continuum: galaxiesultraviolet: galaxiesX-ray: galaxies
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 55 - 64
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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