Velocity-resolved Reverberation Mapping of Five Bright Seyfert 1 Galaxies
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2018
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De Rosa, G
Fausnaugh, M.M.
Grier, C.J.
Peterson, Bradley M
Denney, K. D.
Horne, Keith
Bentz, Misty C
Ciroi, S
Bontà, E Dalla
Joner, Michael D
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IOP Publishing
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We present the first results from a reverberation-mapping campaign undertaken during the first half of 2012, with additional data on one active galactic nucleus (AGN) (NGC 3227) from a 2014 campaign. Our main goals are (1) to determine the black hole masses from continuum-Hβ reverberation signatures, and (2) to look for velocity-dependent time delays that might be indicators of the gross kinematics of the broad-line region. We successfully measure Hβ time delays and black hole masses for five AGNs, four of which have previous reverberation mass measurements. The values measured here are in agreement with earlier estimates, though there is some intrinsic scatter beyond the formal measurement errors. We observe velocity-dependent Hβ lags in each case, and find that the patterns have changed in the intervening five years for three AGNs that were also observed in 2007.
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galaxies: active, galaxies: nuclei, galaxies: Seyfert
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The Astrophysical Journal
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