Intra-night optical variability of core dominated radio quasars: the role of optical polarization

A. Goyal; P. J. Wiita; G. C. Anupama; D. K. Sahu; R. Sagar; S. Joshi

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201218888

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Issue		A&A Volume 544, August 2012


Article Number		A37
Number of page(s)		28
Section		Extragalactic astronomy
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218888
Published online		26 July 2012

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