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The Ultraviolet Flare at the Center of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4278

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

A. Cardullo ,
E. Dalla Bontà ,
E. M. Corsini ,
A. Beifiori ,
L. Buson ,
L. Morelli ,
A. Pizzella  and
F. Bertola
A. Cardullo
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy Email: andrea.cardullo@unipd.it
E. Dalla Bontà
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy Email: andrea.cardullo@unipd.it
E. M. Corsini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy Email: andrea.cardullo@unipd.it
A. Beifiori
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy Email: andrea.cardullo@unipd.it
L. Buson
Affiliation:
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Padova, Italy
L. Morelli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy Email: andrea.cardullo@unipd.it
A. Pizzella
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy Email: andrea.cardullo@unipd.it
F. Bertola
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy Email: andrea.cardullo@unipd.it
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A large fraction of otherwise normal galaxies shows weak nuclear activity. One of the signatures of the low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) is the ultraviolet variability which was serendipitously discovered in the center of some low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER) galaxies (see Ho 2008 for a review).

Keywords

black hole physicsgalaxies: activegalaxies: individual (NGC 4278)galaxies: nucleiultraviolet: galaxies
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 199
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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