2021ApJ...918...50L -
Astrophys. J., 918, 50-50 (2021/September-2)
Reverberation mapping measurements of black hole masses and broad-line region kinematics in Mrk 817 and NGC 7469.
LU K.-X., WANG J.-G., ZHANG Z.-X., HUANG Y.-K., XU L., XIN Y.-X., YU X.-G., DING X., WANG D.-Q. and FENG H.-C.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the results from a spectroscopic monitoring campaign to obtain reverberation mapping measurements and investigate the broad-line region (BLR) kinematics for active galactic nuclei (AGNs) of Mrk 817 and NGC 7469. This campaign was undertaken with the Lijiang 2.4 m telescope. The median spectroscopic sampling is 2.0 days for Mrk 817 and 1.0 day for NGC 7469. We detect time lags of the broad emission lines, including Hβ, Hγ, He II, and He I for both AGNs, including Fe II for Mrk 817 with respect to the varying AGN continuum at 5100 Å. Investigating the relationship between line widths and time lags of the broad emission lines, we find that the BLR dynamics of Mrk 817 and NGC 7469 are consistent with the virial prediction. We estimate the masses of central supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and the accretion rates of both AGNs. Using the data of this campaign, we construct the velocity-resolved lag profiles of the broad Hγ, Hβ, and He I lines for Mrk 817, which show almost the same kinematic signatures in that the time lags in the red wing are slightly larger than the time lags in the blue wing. For NGC 7469, we only clearly construct the velocity-resolved lag profiles of the broad Hγ and Hβ, which show very similar kinematic signatures to the BLR of Mrk 817. These signatures indicate that the BLR of Keplerian motion in both AGNs seemingly has outflowing components during the monitoring period. We discuss the kinematics of the BLR and the measurements, including SMBH mass and accretion rates.
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© 2021. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Seyfert galaxies - Supermassive black holes - Reverberation mapping - Time domain astronomy
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