The Nature of the Far-UV Break in the Energy Distribution of Quasars

Abstract

A prominent continuum steepening is observed in quasar energy distributions near 1100A. We review possible interpretations for the physical origin of this so-called far-UV break.

5 pages,7 figures, to appear in proceedings of the Huatulco meeting on AGN, RevMex, eds E. Benitez, I. Cruz-Gonzalez & Y. Krongold