Negative Lags on the Viscous Timescale in Quasar Photometry and Prospects for Detecting More with LSST

The variability of quasar light curves can be used to study the structure of quasar accretion disks. For example, continuum reverberation mapping uses delays between variability in short and long wavelength bands ( short lags) to measure the radial extent and temperature profile of the disk. Recentl...

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Main Authors: Amy Secunda, Jenny E. Greene, Yan-Fei Jiang, Philippe Z. Yao, Abderahmen Zoghbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace7d2