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A new method for estimating the cross-correlation function (CCF) of light curves, the z-transformed discrete correlation function (ZDCF), is demonstrated by uncovering a noisy correlation between AGN variability timescale and luminosity in a small sample of sparsely sampled light curves.
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Alexander, T. (1997). Is AGN Variability Correlated with Other AGN Properties?—ZDCF Analysis of Small Samples of Sparse Light Curves. In: Maoz, D., Sternberg, A., Leibowitz, E.M. (eds) Astronomical Time Series. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 218. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8941-3_14
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