2021ApJ...920....9L -
Astrophys. J., 920, 9-9 (2021/October-2)
Reverberation mapping of two luminous quasars: the broad-line region structure and Black hole mass.
LI S.-S., YANG S., YANG Z.-X., CHEN Y.-J., SONGSHENG Y.-Y., LIU H.-Z., DU P., LUO B., YU Z., HU C., JIANG B.-W., BAO D.-W., GUO W.-J., ZHANG Z.-X., LI Y.-R., XIAO M., LU K.-X., HO L.C., BAI J.-M., BIAN W.-H., ACEITUNO J., MINEZAKI T., HORNE K., KOKUBO M. and WANG J.-M.
Abstract (from CDS):
We report the results of a multiyear spectroscopic and photometric monitoring campaign of two luminous quasars, PG 0923+201 and PG 1001+291, both located at the high-luminosity end of the broad-line region (BLR) size-luminosity relation with optical luminosities above 1045 erg s–1. PG 0923+201 is monitored for the first time, while PG 1001+291 was previously monitored but our campaign has a much longer temporal baseline. We detect time lags of variations of the broad Hβ, Hγ, and Fe II lines with respect to those of the 5100 Å continuum. The velocity-resolved delay map of Hβ in PG 0923+201 indicates a complicated structure with a mix of Keplerian disk-like motion and outflow, and the map of Hβ in PG 1001+291 shows a signature of Keplerian disk-like motion. Assuming a virial factor of fBLR = 1 and FWHM line widths, we measure the black hole mass to be 118–16+11×107M☉ for PG 0923+201 and 3.33–0.54+0.62×107M☉ for PG 1001+291. Their respective accretion rates are estimated to be 0.21–0.07+0.06×LEddc–2 and 679–227+259×LEddc–2, indicating that PG 0923+201 is a sub-Eddington accretor and PG 1001+291 is a super-Eddington accretor. While the Hβ time lag of PG 0923+201 agrees with the size-luminosity relation, the time lag of PG 1001+291 shows a significant deviation, confirming that in high-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs), the BLR size depends on both luminosity and Eddington ratio. Black hole mass estimates from single-AGN spectra will be overestimated at high luminosities and redshifts if this effect is not taken into account.
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Supermassive black holes - Reverberation mapping - Quasars
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