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most citedA universal average spectral energy distribution for quasars from optical to extreme ultraviolet

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astro-ph.GA2026

The Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Reverberation Mapping Project: Scientific Overview and Sample Characteristics

Hengxiao Guo, Jiancheng Wu, Wenwen Zuo +38

Recent discoveries with the James Webb Space Telescope of massive black holes at high redshift have highlighted fundamental questions about black hole seed formation and the coevol…

astro-ph.GA2025

Discovery of Repeating Transitions in 16 Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei

Qian Dong, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Wei-Min Gu +5

The repeating changing-look active galactic nuclei (RCL AGNs) exhibit multiple appearances and disappearances of broad emission lines (BELs), whose underlying mechanism remains a p…

astro-ph.GA2025

Interband Lag Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei across ZTF Data from Multiple Years

Zhen-Bo Su, Zhen-Yi Cai, Hengxiao Guo +2

Interband lags in the optical continua of active galactic nuclei (AGN) have been observed over years of monitoring, yet their physical origins remain unclear. While variable interb…

astro-ph.GA2025

A characteristic optical variability time scale in jetted active galactic nuclei: a large gamma-ray emission sample

Dingrong Xiong, Mouyuan Sun, Jun-Xian Wang +14

The variability mechanisms from jetted AGNs are still under debate. Here the damped random walk (DRW) model, implemented through Gaussian Processe (GPs), is used to fit the l…

astro-ph.GA2025

A Sandwich Model for Changing-Look AGNs

Qian-Qi Ma, Wei-Min Gu, Zhen-Yi Cai +4

The spectral variability of changing-look active galactic nuclei (CL-AGNs) occurred on timescales of years to tens of years, posing a significant challenge to the standard thin dis…

astro-ph.GA2024

Is quasar variability regulated by the close environment of accretion?

Liang Wu, Jun-Xian Wang, Wen-Ke Ren +1

UV/optical variability in quasars is a well-observed phenomenon, yet its primeval origins remain unclear. This study investigates whether the accretion disk turbulence, which is re…