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We present spectroscopic observations from the Hubble Space Telescope that reveal for the first time the presence of a broad pedestal of Balmer-line emission in the LINER galaxy NGC 4203. The emission-line profile is suggestive of a…

We present new spectroscopic observations of the LINER (and now Seyfert 1) nucleus of NGC 1097, and discuss the evolution of its broad, double-peaked Balmer lines. When originally discovered in 1991, the red peak of the double-peaked…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 T. Storchi-Bergmann , M. Eracleous , M. T. Ruiz , M. Livio , A. S. Wilson , A. V. Filippenko

We present Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) integral field spectroscopy and HST FOS spectroscopy for the LINER galaxy NGC 1052. We infer the presence of a turbulent accretion flow forming a small-scale accretion disk. We find a large-scale…

We present deep Chandra X-ray observations of NGC 5005, a LINER-dominated galaxy previously reported to host a broad H$\alpha$ emission line. The diffuse soft X-ray emission ($<$3 keV) extends out to $\sim$800 pc, while harder emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-26 Anna Trindade Falcão , R. Middei , G. Fabbiano , M. Elvis , P. Zhu , W. P. Maksym , D. Ł. Król , L. Feuillet

We present new observations in X-ray and optical/ultraviolet of the nucleus of NGC1097, known for the abrupt appearance of broad, double-peaked Balmer lines in its spectrum in 1991. These new observations are used to construct the spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. S. Nemmen , T. Storchi-Bergmann , M. Eracleous , Y. Terashima , A. Wilson

Spectra taken with HST reveal that NGC 4450 emits Balmer emission lines with displaced double peaks and extremely high-velocity wings. This characteristic line profile, previously seen in a few nearby LINERs and in a small fraction of…

Strong broad emission lines are the most important signatures of active galactic nuclei. These lines allowed to discover the cosmological nature of quasars, and at present these lines allow for convenient method of weighting the black holes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 B. Czerny , K. Hryniewicz

Double-peaked Balmer-line profiles originate in the accretion disks of a few percent of optically selected AGN. The reasons behind the strong low-ionization line emission from the accretion disks of these objects is still uncertain. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 I. V. Strateva , W. N. Brandt , M. Eracleous , D. P. Schneider , G. Chartas

We report on continued, $\sim$15 year-long, broad Balmer emission lines in three metal-poor dwarf emission-line galaxies selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopy. The persistent luminosity of the broad Balmer emission indicates…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-16 Colin J. Burke , Xin Liu , Yu-Ching Chen , Yue Shen , Hengxiao Guo

We study the evolution of the broad, double-peaked Halpha emission-line profile of the LINER/Seyfert 1 nucleus of NGC 1097, using 24 spectra obtained over a time span of 11 yrs - from 1991 Nov. through 2002 Oct. While in the first 5 yrs the…

Adopting a spherically symmetric steady-state ballistic inflow as the kinematic model for the gas distribution responsible for producing the H{\alpha} emission line and a central black hole (BH) mass of 1.7 x10^6 M_sun, determined from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Nick Devereux , Emily Heaton

We present a new sample of 116 double-peaked Balmer line Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Double-peaked emission lines are believed to originate in the accretion disks of AGN, a few hundred…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Iskra V. Strateva , Michael A. Strauss , Lei Hao , David J. Schlegel

Broad emission line regions (BLRs) lying into central accretion disks has been widely accepted to explain the unique double-peaked broad emission lines in Active Galactic Nuclei (double-peaked BLAGNs). Here, accepted the accretion disk…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-09 Zhang XueGuang

In this manuscript, the structure of broad emission line regions (BLRs) of well-mapping double-peaked emitter (AGN with broad double-peaked low-ionization emission lines) 3C390.3 is studied. Besides the best fitted results for double-peaked…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Xue-Guang Zhang

The Broad Line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei is characterized by broad Balmer emission lines in their optical spectra. The broad Balmer emission lines are found to be asymmetric, some blue sided and others red sided in their asymmetry.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-23 Cosmos Dumba

Changing-look active galactic nuclei (AGNs) present an important laboratory to understand the origin and physical properties of the broad-line region (BLR). We investigate follow-up optical spectroscopy spanning $\sim 500$ days after the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-04 Ruancun Li , Luis C. Ho , Claudio Ricci , Benny Trakhtenbrot , Iair Arcavi , Erin Kara , Daichi Hiramatsu

An increasing number of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) exhibit broad, double-peaked Balmer emission lines,which represent some of the best evidence for the existence of relatively large-scale accretion disks in AGNs. A set of 20…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Karen T. Lewis , Michael Eracleous , Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann

We study the nature of the changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus NGC 1566 during its June 2018 outburst. During the outburst, the X-ray intensity of the source rises up to ~25-30 times compared to its quiescent state intensity. We perform…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-11 Arghajit Jana , Neeraj Kumari , Prantik Nandi , Sachindra Naik , Arka Chatterjee , Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Kimitake Hayasaki , Claudio Ricci

An intrinsically narrow line emitted by an accretion disk around a black hole appears broadened and skewed as a result of the Doppler effect and gravitational redshift. The fluorescent iron line in the X-ray band at 6.4-6.9keV is the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. C. Fabian , K. Iwasawa , C. S. Reynolds , A. J. Young

The nucleus of M87 displays a LINER spectrum at optical wavelengths, with a nuclear disk of nebulosity that is resolved by the Hubble Space Telescope. We present new results from optical and ultraviolet spectra of the central ~40pc as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. M. Sabra , J. C. Shields , L. C. Ho , A. J. Barth , A. V. Filippenko
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