On the variability of quasars: a link between Eddington ratio and optical variability?

B. C. Wilhite, R. J. Brunner, C. J. Grier +2

Repeat scans by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) of a 278 square degree stripe along the Celestial equator have yielded an average of over 10 observations each for nearly 8,000…