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Reverberation Mapping Results from MDM Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Kelly D. Denney
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Email: denney@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
B. M. Peterson
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Email: denney@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
R. W. Pogge
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Email: denney@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
M. C. Bentz
Affiliation:
University of California at Irvine, USA
C. M. Gaskell
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin, USA
T. Minezaki
Affiliation:
University of Tokyo, Japan
C. A. Onken
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia
S. G. Sergeev
Affiliation:
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Ukraine, and Isaak Newton Institute, Chile
M. Vestergaard
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Reverberation mapping takes advantage of the presence of a time delay or lag, τ, between continuum and emission line flux variations observed through spectroscopic monitoring campaigns to infer the radius of the broad-line region (BLR) and, subsequently, the central black hole mass in type 1 AGNs. We present results from a multi-month reverberation mapping campaign undertaken primarily at MDM Observatory with supporting observations from around the world. We measure BLR radii and black hole masses for six objects. The primary goal of this campaign was to obtain either new or improved Hβ reverberation lag measurements for several relatively low-luminosity AGNs. Using cross correlation techniques to measure the time delay between the mean optical continuum flux density around 5100 Å and the integrated Hβ flux, we determine the Hβ lags and black hole mass measurements listed in columns 2 and 3 of Table 1, respectively. Column 4 tells if this measurement is new, an improvement meant to replace a previous, less reliable measurement, or simply an additional measurement not used to replace a previous value. The complete results from this study are currently being prepared for publication. A subsequent velocity-resolved analysis of the Hβ response shows that three of the six primary targets demonstrate kinematic signatures (column 5) of infall, outflow, and non-radial virialized motions (see Denney et al. 2009).

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References

Denney, K. D., et al. 2009, ApJ, 704, L80CrossRefGoogle Scholar