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Date of Award
4-29-2022
Document Type
Restricted Thesis: Campus only access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Applied Studies
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Jack Singal
Abstract
We explore whether it is possible to determine an independent measure of the distance- redshift relation through analyzing correlations between different waveband luminosities for quasars. Following the recent works that have claimed to find an independent measure of the distance-redshift relation, we focus on the intrinsic correlation between the X-ray and ultraviolet luminosities of quasars and find the find that the power law correlation between the X-ray and ultraviolet luminosities to be �� = 0.28 ± 0.03. However, we find that an independent measure of the distance-redshift relation is not possible as several recent works have claimed.
Recommended Citation
Mutchnick, Sydney, "Quasar Luminosity Correlations" (2022). Honors Theses. 1603.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1603