Optical spectral variability of PG QSOs

Abstract

In previous studies we have shown that the optical variability of quasars increases, on average, with redshift. We explained this dependance in terms of a hardening of the spectrum during bright phases, coupled with the increase of the rest-frame frequency for increasing redshift. We re-analize now these correlations on the basis of new light curves of PG quasars, recently published by the Wise Observatory group.

3 pages, 3 figures, Guillermo Haro Advanced Lectures on the Starburst-AGN Connection, Tonantzintla, Mexico, June 26-30 2000