Dust and the ultraviolet energy distribution of quasars
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The ultraviolet energy distribution of quasars shows a sharp steepening of the continuum shortward of 1000 A (rest-frame). We describe how we came to consider the possibility that this continuum break might be the result of absorption by carbon crystallite dust grains.
Proceedings of Ninth Texas-Mexico Conference on Astrophysics, San Antonio, to appear in RevMex Conf Series
Proceedings of Ninth Texas-Mexico Conference on Astrophysics, San Antonio, to appear in RevMex Conf Series