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pith:VJRLDFOV

pith:2017:VJRLDFOVF3W3RKOZZTOYS2U3XO
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Large-amplitude rapid X-ray variability in the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PG 1404$+$226

Gulab C. Dewangan, Labani Mallick

arxiv:1702.08383 v3 · 2017-02-27 · astro-ph.HE

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First computed 2026-05-18T00:07:12.352622Z
Builder pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature Pith Ed25519 (pith-v1-2026-05) · public key
Schema pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

aa62b195d52eedb8a9d9ccdd896a9bbb9b36768e37674540069fde8609bd67ee

Aliases

arxiv: 1702.08383 · arxiv_version: 1702.08383v3 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1702.08383 · pith_short_12: VJRLDFOVF3W3 · pith_short_16: VJRLDFOVF3W3RKOZ · pith_short_8: VJRLDFOV
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Verify this Pith Number yourself
curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/VJRLDFOVF3W3RKOZZTOYS2U3XO \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: aa62b195d52eedb8a9d9ccdd896a9bbb9b36768e37674540069fde8609bd67ee
Canonical record JSON
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    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "astro-ph.HE",
    "submitted_at": "2017-02-27T17:12:45Z",
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  },
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