The diversity of quasars unified by accretion and orientation

Yue Shen () and Luis C. Ho
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Yue Shen: Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street
Luis C. Ho: Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University

Nature, 2014, vol. 513, issue 7517, 210-213

Abstract: Analysis of archival quasar data reveals that two quantities — the Eddington ratio and orientation — explain most of the diverse characteristics of quasars.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/nature13712

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