Reverberation Mapping of Active Galactic Nuclei
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Reverberation mapping is a proven technique that is used to measure the size of the broad emission-line region and central black hole mass in active galactic nuclei. More ambitious reverberation mapping programs that are well within the capabilities of Hubble Space Telescope could allow us to determine the nature and flow of line-emitting gas in active nuclei and to assess accurately the systematic uncertainties in reverberation-based black hole mass measurements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0407538,
title = {Reverberation Mapping of Active Galactic Nuclei},
author = {B. M. Peterson and K. Horne},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0407538},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 6 figures. To appear in Planets to Cosmology: Essential Science in Hubble's Final Years, ed. M. Livio (Cambridge: CUP), in press (2005)