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We present dynamical modeling of the broad line region (BLR) for a sample of five Seyfert 1 galaxies using reverberation mapping data taken by the Lick AGN Monitoring Project in 2008. By modeling the AGN continuum light curve and H$\beta$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Anna Pancoast , Brendon J. Brewer , Tommaso Treu , Daeseong Park , Aaron J. Barth , Misty C. Bentz , Jong-Hak Woo

We present models of the H$\beta$-emitting broad-line region (BLR) in seven Seyfert 1 galaxies from the Lick AGN (Active Galactic Nucleus) Monitoring Project 2011 sample, drawing inferences on the BLR structure and dynamics as well as the…

This is the eighth in a series of papers reporting on a large reverberation mapping campaign to measure black hole (BH) mass in high accretion rate active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We employ the recently developed dynamical modeling approach…

We present a general method to analyze reverberation mapping data that provides both estimates for the black hole mass and for the geometry and dynamics of the broad line region (BLR) in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Our method directly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Anna Pancoast , Brendon J. Brewer , Tommaso Treu

We present the results of broad-line region (BLR) dynamical modeling for eight high-mass active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project, by constraining BLR geometry and kinematics as well as black…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-28 Shu Wang , Jong-Hak Woo , Lizvette Villafaña , Tommaso Treu , Elena Gallo

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

We present an improved and expanded simply parameterized phenomenological model of the broad line region (BLR) in active galactic nuclei (AGN) for modeling reverberation mapping data. By modeling reverberation mapping data directly, we can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Anna Pancoast , Brendon J. Brewer , Tommaso Treu

The broad-line region (BLR) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) traces gas close to the central supermassive black hole (BH). Recent reverberation mapping (RM) and interferometric spectro-astrometry data have enabled detailed investigations of…

We present geometric and dynamical modeling of the broad line region for the multi-wavelength reverberation mapping campaign focused on NGC 5548 in 2014. The dataset includes photometric and spectroscopic monitoring in the optical and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-21 P. R. Williams , A. Pancoast , T. Treu , B. J. Brewer , B. M. Peterson , A. J. Barth , M. A. Malkan , G. De Rosa , Keith Horne , G. A. Kriss , N. Arav , M. C. Bentz , E. M. Cackett , E. Dalla Bontà , M. Dehghanian , C. Done , G. J. Ferland , C. J. Grier , J. Kaastra , E. Kara , C. S. Kochanek , S. Mathur , M. Mehdipour , R. W. Pogge , D. Proga , M. Vestergaard , T. Waters , S. M. Adams , M. D. Anderson , P. Arévalo , T. G. Beatty , V. N. Bennert , A. Bigley , S. Bisogni , G. A. Borman , T. A. Boroson , M. C. Bottorff , W. N. Brandt , A. A. Breeveld , M. Brotherton , J. E. Brown , J. S. Brown , G. Canalizo , M. T. Carini , K. I. Clubb , J. M. Comerford , E. M. Corsini , D. M. Crenshaw , S. Croft , K. V. Croxall , A. J. Deason , A. De Lorenzo-Cáceres , K. D. Denney , M. Dietrich , R. Edelson , N. V. Efimova , J. Ely , P. A. Evans , M. M. Fausnaugh , A. V. Filippenko , K. Flatland , O. D. Fox , E. Gardner , E. L. Gates , N. Gehrels , S. Geier , J. M. Gelbord , L. Gonzalez , V. Gorjian , J. E. Greene , D. Grupe , A. Gupta , P. B. Hall , C. B. Henderson , S. Hicks , E. Holmbeck , T. W. -S. Holoien , T. Hutchison , M. Im , J. J. Jensen , C. A. Johnson , M. D. Joner , J. Jones , S. Kaspi , P. L. Kelly , J. A. Kennea , M. Kim , S. Kim , S. C. Kim , A. King , S. A. Klimanov , C. Knigge , Y. Krongold , M. W. Lau , J. C. Lee , D. C. Leonard , Miao Li , P. Lira , C. Lochhaas , Zhiyuan Ma , E. R. Manne-Nicholas , F. MacInnis , J. C. Mauerhan , R. McGurk , I. M. Mc Hardy , C. Montuori , L. Morelli , A. Mosquera , D. Mudd , F. Müller-Sánchez , S. V. Nazarov , R. P. Norris , J. A. Nousek , M. L. Nguyen , P. Ochner , D. N. Okhmat , I. Papadakis , J. R. Parks , L. Pei , M. T. Penny , A. Pizzella , R. Poleski , J. -U. Pott , S. E. Rafter , H. -W. Rix , J. Runnoe , D. A. Saylor , J. S. Schimoia , B. Scott , S. G. Sergeev , B. J. Shappee , I. Shivvers , M. Siegel , G. V. Simonian , A. Siviero , A. Skielboe , G. Somers , M. Spencer , D. Starkey , D. J. Stevens , H. -I. Sung , J. Tayar , N. Tejos , C. S. Turner , P. Uttley , J. Van Saders , S. A. Vaughan , L. Vican , S. Villanueva , C. Villforth , Y. Weiss , J. -H. Woo , H. Yan , S. Young , H. Yuk , W. Zheng , W. Zhu , Y. Zu

The profiles of broad emission lines in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) provide critical insights into the geometry and kinematics of the broad-line region (BLR), which in turn influence the uncertainties in estimating the masses of central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-10 Jiancheng Wu , Qingwen Wu , Chen Hu , Bing Lyu , Hua-Rui Bai , Yi-Xin Fu , Yu Zhao , Jian-Min Wang , Xinwu Cao

Understanding the geometry and kinematics of the broad line region (BLR) of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is important to estimate black hole masses in AGN and study the accretion process. The technique of reverberation mapping (RM) has…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-13 Amit Kumar Mandal , Suvendu Rakshit , C. S. Stalin , R. G. Petrov , Blesson Mathew , Ram Sagar

Elusive intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) can be used as ``time-squeezing'' machines, enabling studies of AGN geometry via reverberation mapping on much shorter timescales than their supermassive siblings. Constraints on the BLR radius…

We present the results of the 2023 spectroscopic reverberation mapping (RM) campaign for active galactic nuclei (AGN) of NGC 5548, continuing our long-term monitoring program. Using the Lijiang 2.4-meter telescope, we obtained 74 spectra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-11 Wen-Zhe Xi , Kai-Xing Lu , Jin-Ming Bai , Zhang Yue , Weimin Yi , Liang Xu , Sha-Sha Li , Hai-Cheng Feng , Jian-Guo Wang

This is the first paper in a series devoted to systematic study of the size and structure of the broad-line region (BLR) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) using reverberation mapping (RM) data. We employ a recently developed Bayesian…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-07 Yan-Rong Li , Jian-Min Wang , Luis C. Ho , Pu Du , Jin-Ming Bai

Reverberation mapping probes the structure of the broad emission-line region (BLR) in active galactic nuclei (AGN). The kinematics of the BLR gas can be used to measure the mass of the central supermassive black hole. The main uncertainty…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-23 Andreas Skielboe , Anna Pancoast , Tommaso Treu , Daeseong Park , Aaron J. Barth , Misty C. Bentz

We conduct a reverberation mapping (RM) campaign to spectroscopically monitor a sample of selected bright active galactic nuclei with large anticipated broad-line region (BLR) sizes adequate for spectroastrometric observations by the…

We explore the practical feasibility of AGN broad-band reverberation mapping and present first results. We lay out and apply a rigorous approach for stochastic reverberation mapping of unevenly sampled multi-broad-band flux measurements,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Nina Hernitschek , Hans-Walter Rix , Jo Bovy , Eric Morganson
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