Variability of Active Galaxies: Proceedings of a Workshop of the Sonderforschungsbereich 328 Held at Heidelberg, Germany 3–5 September 1990

Have all questions been asked?....Pages 1-7
Line and continuum variability in NGC 4151....Pages 9-17
The optical, ultraviolet and X-ray variations in NGC 4151....Pages 19-30
Mapping the BLR in NGC 5548 & NGC 4151....Pages 31-46
Ground-based studies of emission-line variability: Recent results for NGC 5548 and future plans....Pages 47-56
Variability of line profiles in NGC 5548....Pages 57-64
Continuum variability in NGC 5548: Implications for theoretical models....Pages 65-69
Variability in Markarian 279....Pages 71-78
A search for variability in PKS 1302-102....Pages 79-82
Meteorology of the broad line region....Pages 83-96
An atlas of 2-dimensional transfer functions of the Broad Line Region....Pages 97-104
Limits on the expansion of the radio source OQ 208 in Mkn 668....Pages 105-106
BLR models and the L-M relation for AGNs....Pages 107-116
Variability of BL Lac objects in the radio regime....Pages 117-129
Intraday radio variability of quasars and BL Lac objects....Pages 131-141
The high frequency properties of synchrotron radiation....Pages 143-153
Synchrotron source models and the infrared-optical variability of blazars....Pages 155-162
Rapid variability of BL Lac objects in the optical regime....Pages 163-173
UV variability of blazars....Pages 175-178
The connection between Frequency Dependent Polarization (FDP) and growing radio shocks in blazars....Pages 179-180
Optical observations of rapid variability in the QSO PG 0117+213....Pages 181-186
The connection between blazars and compact radio sources....Pages 187-191
VLBI knots and superluminal motion....Pages 193-199
Relativistic jet models and variable knot emission....Pages 201-210
Particle acceleration and variability: Magnetic reconnection in AGN....Pages 211-220
Electron-ion coupling in Compton-heated plasmas....Pages 221-224
Variable radio sources and the two-fluid models....Pages 225-234
Infrared variability of active nuclei....Pages 235-239
Continuum variability in quasars and Seyfert galaxies....Pages 241-246
The variability of Ly-alpha in 3C273....Pages 247-247
The electromagnetic spectrum of the radio-quiet quasar 1821+643 and comparison with 3C 273....Pages 249-254
Variability of active galactic nuclei: A theorist\'s view....Pages 255-264
The stability of thick disks....Pages 265-274
Brightness and color variations of accretion disks: Implications for the parameters....Pages 275-279
Structure and variability in broad absorption lines of quasar spectra....Pages 281-286
Are the broad emission lines of quasars affected by gravitational microlensing?....Pages 287-289
Gravitational microlensing and the Hamburg quasar monitoring program....Pages 291-302
Lensing of BL Lac objects....Pages 303-312