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2023A&A...680A..51M - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 680A51 (2023/12-1)

Black hole masses for 14 gravitationally lensed quasars.

MELO A., MOTTA V., MEJIA-RESTREPO J., ASSEF R.J., GODOY N., MEDIAVILLA E., FALCO E., KOCHANEK C.S., AVILA-VERA F. and JEREZ R.

Abstract (from CDS):

Aims. We have estimated black hole masses (MBH) for 14 gravitationally lensed quasars using Balmer lines; we also provide estimates based on MgII and CIV emission lines for four and two of them, respectively. We compared these estimates to results obtained for other lensed quasars.
Methods. We used spectroscopic data from the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), Magellan, and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to measure the full width at half maximum of the broad emission lines. Combined with the bolometric luminosity measured from the spectral energy distribution, we estimated MBH values and provide the uncertainties, including uncertainties from microlensing and variability.
Results. We obtained MBH values using the single-epoch method from the Hα and/or Hβ broad emission lines for 14 lensed quasars, including the first-ever estimates for QJ0158-4325, HE0512-3329, and WFI2026-4536. The masses are typical of non-lensed quasars of similar luminosities, as are the implied Eddington ratios. We have thus increased the sample of lenses with MBH estimates by 60%.

Abstract Copyright: © The Authors 2023

Journal keyword(s): quasars: supermassive black holes - quasars: emission lines - gravitational lensing: strong - black hole physics

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