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We try to identify the sources and systematics of the uncertainty of the masses of the central black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) which have been obtained by reverberation-mapping methods. We characterize the broad H$\beta$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-07 Suzy Collin , Toshihiro Kawaguchi , Brad Peterson , Marianne Vestergaard

We report results of the first reverberation mapping campaign of I Zwicky 1 during $2014$-$2016$, which showed unambiguous reverberations of the broad H$\beta$ line emission to the varying optical continuum. From analysis using several…

We propose a method for the flux calibration of reverberation mapping spectra based on accurate measurement of [O III] $\lambda 5007$ emission by spectral fitting. The method can achieve better accuracy than the traditional method of van…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Chen Hu , Jian-Min Wang , Luis C. Ho , Jin-Ming Bai , Yan-Rong Li , Pu Du , Kai-Xing Lu

Reverberation-mapping-based scaling relations are often used to estimate the masses of black holes from single-epoch spectra of AGN. While the radius-luminosity relation that is the basis of these scaling relations is determined using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-16 E. M. Cackett , K. Gultekin , M. C. Bentz , M. M. Fausnaugh , B. M. Peterson , J. Troyer , M. Vestergaard

We propose a new method to determine the dark matter density profile in the vicinity of distant supermassive black holes (SMBH) using reverberation mapping (RM) measurements of active galactic nuclei (AGN). The mapping of multiple emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-05 Mayank Sharma , Gonzalo Herrera , Nahum Arav , Shunsaku Horiuchi

We present reverberation mapping results for the MgII 2800 A broad emission line in a sample of 193 quasars at 0.35<z<1.7 with photometric and spectroscopic monitoring observations from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping…

We present composite broad-line region (BLR) reverberation-mapping lag measurements for \halpha, \hbeta, \HeII\,$\lambda4686$ and \MgII\ for a sample of 144, $z\lesssim 1$ quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping…

We present improved black hole masses for 35 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on a complete and consistent reanalysis of broad emission-line reverberation-mapping data. From objects with multiple line measurements, we find that the…

While the reverberation mapping technique is the best available method for measuring black hole mass in active galactic nuclei (AGN) beyond the local volume, this method has been mainly applied to relatively low-to-moderate luminosity AGNs…

We present inferences on the geometry and kinematics of the broad-Hbeta line-emitting region in four active galactic nuclei monitored as a part of the fall 2010 reverberation mapping campaign at MDM Observatory led by the Ohio State…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-15 C. J. Grier , A. Pancoast , A. J. Barth , M. M. Fausnaugh , B. J. Brewer , T. Treu , B. M. Peterson

A large reverberation mapping study of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469 has yielded emission-line lags for Hbeta 4861 and He II 4686 and a central black hole mass measurement of about 10 million solar masses, consistent with previous…

We present the main results from a long-term reverberation mapping campaign carried out for the Seoul National University Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Monitoring Project. High-quality data were obtained during 2015-2021 for 32 luminous AGNs…

Using different kinds of velocity tracers derived from the broad H$\beta$ profile (in the mean or rms spectrum) and the corresponding virial factors $f$, the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) masses ($M_{\rm BH}$) are calculated for a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 Li-Ming Yu , Wei-Hao Bian , Xue-Guang Zhang , Bi-Xuan Zhao , Chan Wang , Xue Ge , Bing-Qian Zhu , Yu-Qin Chen

Reverberation mapping (RM) is one of the most efficient ways to investigate the broad-line region around the central supermassive black holes of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). A common way of performing the RM is to perform a long term…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-06 Joonho Kim , Myungshin Im , Changsu Choi , Sungyong Hwang

Spectroscopic reverberation mapping (RM) is a direct approach widely used to estimate the mass of black holes (BHs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). However, it is very time consuming and difficult to apply to a large AGN sample. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-30 Shu Wang , Hengxiao Guo , Jong-Hak Woo

The masses of supermassive black holes in broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can be measured through reverberation mapping, but this method currently cannot be applied to very large samples or to high-redshift AGNs. As a practical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-19 Luis C. Ho , Minjin Kim

We use both simulated and real quasar light curves to explore modeling photometric reverberation-mapping (RM) data as a stochastic process. We do this using modifications to our previously developed RM method based on modeling quasar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-30 Ying Zu , C. S. Kochanek , Szymon Kozłowski , B. M. Peterson

We present the variability and time lag measurements of PG 0934+013 based on a photometric and spectroscopic monitoring campaign over a two year period. We obtained 46 epochs of data from the spectroscopic campaign, which was carried out…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-11 S. Park , J. -H. Woo , E. Romero-Colmenero , S. M. Crawford , D. Park , H. Cho , Y. Jeon , C. Choi , A. J. Barth , L. Pei , R. C. Hickox , H. -I. Sung , M. Im

Luminous accreting stellar mass and supermassive black holes produce power-law continuum X-ray emission from a compact central corona. Reverberation time lags occur due to light travel time-delays between changes in the direct coronal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 P. Uttley , E. M. Cackett , A. C. Fabian , E. Kara , D. R. Wilkins

We carried out photometric and spectroscopic observations of the well-studied broad-line radio galaxy 3C 120 with the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) global robotic telescope network from 2016 December to 2018 April as part of the LCO AGN Key…