Accretion-disk sizes in two quasars with interferometrically resolved broad-line regions at z=2.3 and z=4.0

arXiv:2609.00278 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-31 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-31

Updated: 2026-08-31

Comments: 11 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• AGN — 10× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 4× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Consistency — 4× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Aperture — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Aperture Photometry — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

Sources

• Discovery of Quasar Variability and Early Accretion Disk Signatures at Cosmic Dawn
• AGN Variability with Rubin Observatory in the 2030s

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