Published in "Quasars and Cosmology", ASP Conference Series
162, Edited by Gary Ferland and Jack Baldwin. Astronomical Society of
the Pacific (San Francisco), ISBN 1-886733-83-X (1999)., p.235
A REVIEW OF LINE AND CONTINUUM CORRELATIONS IN AGNs
Patrick S. Osmer
Department
of Astronomy, The Ohio State University,
174 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
E-mail:
posmer@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
Joseph C. Shields
Department of
Physics & Astronomy, Ohio University,
Athens, OH 45701
E-mail: shields@phy.ohiou.edu
ABSTRACT. We review the observational evidence for the Baldwin
Effect, and the empirical behavior of emission lines in relation to
multi-wavelength continuum emission for AGNs.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
- HISTORY
- Discovery
- Doubts and Confirmation
- CURRENT STATUS
- Observational Methods and Results
- Slope as a Function of Ionization
- DETAILED LUMINOSITY EFFECTS
- The
Importance of Luminosity Range
- Second Order Effects
- VARIABLE LUMINOSITY
- The
Intrinsic BE
- The
Intrinsic versus Ensemble BE
- FURTHER SYSTEMATICS AND PHENOMENOLOGY
- Line Profile Issues
- Radio-loud versus Radio-quiet
- The
X-ray BE
- THE
BALDWIN EFFECT AT HIGH REDSHIFT
- Evidence of Evolution
- Preliminary Results at z > 4
- SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- REFERENCES
