2025ApJ...981..101L

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2025ApJ...981..101L - Astrophys. J., 981, 101 (2025/March-2)

Estimating Black Hole Masses in Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei from X-Ray and Optical Emission Line Luminosities.

LAMASSA S., FARROW I., URRY C.M., TRAKHTENBROT B., AUGE C., KOSS M.J., PECA A., SANDERS D. and TURNER T.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We test a novel method for estimating black hole masses (MBH) in obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) that uses proxies to measure the FWHM of broad Hα (FWHMbHα) and the accretion disk luminosity at 5100 Å (λL_5100 Å_). Using a published correlation, we estimate FWHMbHα from the narrow optical emission line ratio L_[O iii]_/LnHβ. Using a sample of 99 local obscured AGN from the Swift Burst Alert Telescope AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS), we assess the agreement between estimating λL_5100 Å_ from the intrinsic 2 to 10 keV X-ray luminosity and from narrow optical emission lines. We find a mean offset of 0.32 ± 0.68 dex between these methods, which propagates to a factor of ∼2 uncertainty when estimating MBH using a virial mass formula where L_[O iii]_/LnHβ serves as a proxy of FWHMbHα (M_BH,[O iii]/nHβ_). We compare M_BH,[O iii]/nHβ_ with virial MBH measurements from broad Paschen emission lines. For the 14 (12) BASS AGN with broad Paα (Paβ) detections, we find M_BH,[O iii]/nHβ_ to be systematically higher than MBH,Paα (MBH,Paβ) by a factor of 0.39 ± 0.44 dex (0.48 ± 0.51 dex). Since these offsets are within the scatter, more data are needed to assess whether M_BH,[O iii]/nHβ_ is biased high. For 151 BASS AGN with measured stellar velocity dispersions (σ*), we find that the σ*-derived MBH agrees with M_BH,[O iii]/nHβ_ to within 0.08 dex, albeit with wide scatter (0.74 dex). The method tested here can provide estimates of MBH in thousands of obscured AGN in spectroscopic surveys when other diagnostics are not available, though with an uncertainty of ∼3-5.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Supermassive black holes - X-ray astronomy - Seyfert galaxies - Active galactic nuclei

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Number of rows : 174
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 LEDA 1023662 Sy2 00 00 48.7819680552 -07 09 11.615388768           ~ 20 0
2 LEDA 1814347 Sy2 00 03 27.428 +27 39 17.38           ~ 19 0
3 IGR J00040+7020 Sy2 00 04 02.0032366872 +70 19 18.188861916   19.7   17.6   ~ 37 0
4 LEDA 3099131 Sy2 00 09 11.6026757880 -00 36 54.780123708 18 19.09 18.27 15.92   ~ 52 1
5 LEDA 1348 Sy2 00 21 07.5323168664 -19 10 05.568349404   13.2   12.7   ~ 56 1
6 2MASX J00343284-0424117 Sy2 00 34 32.8000151784 -04 24 12.286613556           ~ 25 0
7 Z 479-49 Sy2 00 38 32.1125386176 +23 36 48.220141644   15.5       ~ 39 0
8 NGC 235 Sy1 00 42 52.8103465632 -23 32 27.718834092   14.24   12.63   ~ 168 1
9 IRAS F00403+3000 Sy2 00 43 01.8822867192 +30 17 19.604885208           ~ 21 0
10 MCG-02-02-095 Sy2 00 43 08.7712507776 -11 36 03.840310908   16   14.73   ~ 31 0
11 ATESP J004620-400547 Sy2 00 46 20.6 -40 05 47           ~ 26 1
12 NGC 262 Bla 00 48 47.14147900 +31 57 25.0845702 14.04 13.90 13.06 8.53   ~ 778 2
13 2MASX J00520383-2723488 Sy2 00 52 03.8108586192 -27 23 48.903066348           ~ 11 0
14 ESO 195-21 Sy2 01 00 34.9433429712 -47 52 03.694702404   16.57   15.88   ~ 45 0
15 MCG-07-03-007 Sy2 01 05 26.8100474952 -42 12 58.283294040   15.71       ~ 42 0
16 LEDA 3938 Sy2 01 06 45.2603399520 +06 38 01.873274352   17       ~ 43 0
17 2C 94 Sy2 01 08 52.8701830824 +13 20 14.262799812   15.19       ~ 494 2
18 NGC 424 Sy1 01 11 27.6385025496 -38 05 00.421096524   13.76 14.12 12.38 12.8 ~ 346 1
19 NGC 454E Sy2 01 14 24.9356626320 -55 23 49.309036656   13.13 13.58 11.93   ~ 96 0
20 NGC 452 Sy2 01 16 14.8011705936 +31 02 01.664706300   14.0       ~ 117 1
21 NGC 526 Sy2 01 23 54.3772245792 -35 03 55.710850788   14.76 14.60 13.46   ~ 354 2
22 LEDA 361692 Sy2 01 29 07.6184596872 -60 38 41.868866472           ~ 20 0
23 Z 482-43 Sy2 02 00 19.054 +24 28 25.08   14.8       ~ 82 0
24 NGC 788 Sy2 02 01 06.4628889816 -06 48 57.149808084   13.71 12.76 11.79   ~ 291 0
25 LEDA 137972 Sy2 02 01 32.3555099400 +68 24 21.852749772           ~ 25 0
26 Z 538-23 Sy2 02 07 51.5757929640 +44 50 38.379570828   15.3       ~ 39 0
27 ESO 197-27 Sy2 02 10 52.5355553304 -49 41 54.681090756   15.54 14.8     ~ 56 0
28 3C 62 Sy2 02 15 37.4257228872 -12 59 30.243550020     18.0     ~ 112 1
29 LEDA 2270942 Sy2 02 23 33.0832199256 +45 49 16.364414316   17.8       ~ 16 0
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56 LEDA 548912 Sy2 05 44 00.0862765968 -43 25 26.876677080           ~ 22 0
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62 Z 204-32 Sy1 06 55 49.5309613440 +40 00 01.122949404   14.5       ~ 73 0
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66 Z 176-27 Sy2 07 14 03.876 +35 16 45.59   14.5       ~ 85 1
67 LEDA 96373 Sy2 07 26 26.3340382296 -35 54 21.745189656   16.8       ~ 63 1
68 Mrk 78 Sy2 07 42 41.7033384240 +65 10 37.447730076   15.57 14.58     ~ 386 3
69 3C 184.1 Sy2 07 43 01.3778005643 +80 26 26.042651834     17.0     ~ 190 1
70 UGC 3995 A GiP 07 44 07.0 +29 14 56   13.6       ~ 44 0
71 IC 486 Sy2 08 00 20.9844002160 +26 36 48.656447136   17.05 16.36     ~ 164 0
72 Z 31-36 Sy2 08 04 05.8608218112 +05 06 49.823376120   14.55 13.7     ~ 340 2
73 LEDA 1192920 Sy2 08 18 14.6707160256 +01 22 27.189957000     16.5     ~ 27 0
74 Z 150-14 Sy2 08 40 02.336 +29 49 02.73   20.00 19.62     ~ 209 1
75 SDSS J084344.98+354942.0 Sy2 08 43 44.9739924504 +35 49 42.113462340   17.93 17.55     ~ 59 0
76 MCG+11-11-032 Sy2 08 55 12.5539742880 +64 23 45.428865000   17       ~ 72 0
77 LEDA 101470 Sy2 09 19 13.2009608880 +55 27 55.022597496   17.08 16.30     ~ 48 0
78 MCG-01-24-012 Sy2 09 20 46.2617017368 -08 03 21.933760068   17.86 17.34     ~ 177 0
79 Z 312-12 Sy2 09 29 37.8723191064 +62 32 38.524412436   15.1       ~ 48 0
80 4C 73.08 Sy2 09 49 45.967 +73 14 23.25   16.00   11.7   ~ 127 0
81 RX J1007.2+6535 Sy1 10 07 13.6947868080 +65 35 01.138069428           ~ 13 0
82 MCG-06-23-038 Sy2 10 29 45.5935286280 -38 20 54.858057900   14.55   13.12   ~ 52 1
83 NGC 3281 Sy2 10 31 52.086 -34 51 13.40   12.62 14.02 11.17   ~ 392 1
84 SDSS J103315.71+525217.8 Sy2 10 33 15.7125311424 +52 52 17.864649192           ~ 20 0
85 LEDA 93974 Sy2 10 40 22.313 -46 25 26.45   16.8       ~ 95 1
86 SDSS J104208.36+004206.1 Sy2 10 42 08.3622016512 +00 42 06.069289032   19.125   18.080   ~ 17 0
87 Z 333-49 Sy2 10 44 08.5546976016 +70 24 19.184554080   15.5       ~ 71 1
88 Mrk 417 Sy2 10 49 30.9259950912 +22 57 52.375267800   16.0       ~ 107 0
89 NGC 3431 Sy2 10 51 15.0493220328 -17 00 29.027211696   14.3   13.39 13.8 ~ 75 0
90 LEDA 213749 Sy2 10 52 32.9722792800 +10 36 19.999367964   19.43 18.61     ~ 46 0
91 LEDA 2674265 Sy2 10 59 43.5732242880 +65 04 06.312826272   19.22 18.58     ~ 33 0
92 MCG+09-19-015 Sy2 11 15 19.9613005296 +54 23 16.641246948           ~ 44 1
93 Z 185-66 Sy2 11 26 48.4988872152 +35 15 03.212861508   15.04 14.29     ~ 144 0
94 LEDA 1735060 Sy2 11 38 33.6928210776 +25 23 53.151853524           ~ 35 0
95 2MASS J11391513+2535579 Sy2 11 39 15.1332260256 +25 35 57.855543936           ~ 21 0
96 IC 751 Sy2 11 58 52.60109 +42 34 13.3059   15.39 14.39     ~ 94 1
97 NGC 4074 Sy2 12 04 29.6666072616 +20 18 58.654406844   15.43 14.44     ~ 174 0
98 Z 158-9 Sy2 12 04 43.3250093184 +31 10 38.182798092   14.82 14.01     ~ 219 1
99 7C 120500.2+340922 BLL 12 07 32.930 +33 52 40.13   16.4       ~ 97 1
100 Z 243-45 Sy2 12 09 14.108 +47 03 30.09   15.55 14.73     ~ 161 1
101 MCG-04-29-015 Sy2 12 16 57.1179027144 -26 12 33.443794692   14.88 15.24 13.98   ~ 47 0
102 LEDA 1365424 Sy2 12 38 43.4279753712 +09 27 36.604980360   18.10 17.41     ~ 58 0
103 LEDA 170194 Sy2 12 39 06.2809500480 -16 10 47.224169760           ~ 111 1
104 Z 188-13 Sy2 12 39 51.6685765200 +34 58 29.766849816   15.5       ~ 52 0
105 NGC 4686 Sy2 12 46 39.8877786744 +54 32 03.290128944   13.7       ~ 87 0
106 MCG-07-27-013 Sy2 12 53 20.3097014016 -41 38 08.252887200   13.89 13.61 12.29   ~ 95 0
107 LEDA 3800210 Sy2 13 00 05.3479083912 +16 32 14.758987848   17.1 17.10     ~ 64 0
108 NGC 4939 Sy2 13 04 14.3280524928 -10 20 22.300454724   14.81 13.80 10.92   ~ 332 1
109 ESO 323-81 Sy1 13 07 12.067 -40 24 27.68   14.99   14.00   ~ 30 0
110 NGC 4992 Sy2 13 09 05.5929226104 +11 38 02.824910124   14.6       ~ 142 0
111 LEDA 3803634 Sy2 13 10 57.2596970760 +08 37 38.445696804           ~ 33 0
112 NGC 5252 Sy2 13 38 15.8707724328 +04 32 33.521265600   15.21 14.21     ~ 514 1
113 Z 161-119 Sy2 13 41 11.1362655600 +30 22 41.249229816   15.60 14.66     ~ 197 0
114 LEDA 966419 Sy2 13 53 28.2116104752 -11 23 06.014824260   16.84   15.50   ~ 25 0
115 SWIFT J1354.5+1326 X 13 54 42 +13 24.2           ~ 8 0
116 LEDA 563146 Sy2 14 10 44.8075513080 -42 28 33.045836484   16.57   15.42   ~ 34 0
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118 MCG-04-34-010 Sy1 14 19 22.4047231584 -26 38 41.134476084   13.32 14.9 12.27 12.7 ~ 173 0
119 Z 273-23 Sy2 14 40 38.0960806920 +53 30 15.961505184   16.05 15.03     ~ 341 1
120 NGC 5728 Sy2 14 42 23.8918506576 -17 15 11.240783784   14.34 13.40     ~ 679 1
121 Z 164-19 Sy2 14 45 36.8464489536 +27 02 05.566485732   12.7 15.3 11.9   ~ 86 0
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123 Z 21-17 Sy2 15 08 53.9542751376 -00 11 49.004597040   17.11 16.65     ~ 99 1
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125 NGC 5899 Sy2 15 15 03.252 +42 02 59.47   14.19 13.21     ~ 219 0
126 LEDA 2730634 Sy2 15 46 24.3256248936 +69 29 10.232096604           ~ 44 0
127 2MASS J15533475+2614413 Sy2 15 53 34.7389801368 +26 14 41.420973120   20.16 19.27     ~ 19 0
128 4C 23.42 Sy2 15 53 43.5914760192 +23 48 25.450188912     17.0     ~ 58 1
129 Mrk 1498 Sy2 16 28 04.0560946128 +51 46 31.477061100   17.0       ~ 120 1
130 LEDA 97536 Sy2 16 30 32.6560544664 +39 23 03.103312344     15.3     ~ 96 0
131 LEDA 1695455 Sy2 16 31 15.546 +23 52 57.80   18.76 18.13     ~ 53 0
132 ESO 137-34 Sy2 16 35 14.114 -58 04 48.10   12.20   10.84 11.6 ~ 165 0
133 NGC 6230W Sy2 16 50 42.7515304704 +04 36 18.277458984   15.5       ~ 56 0
134 ESO 138-1 Sy2 16 51 20.2789606296 -59 14 04.184655576   14.35 13.63 13.02   ~ 162 0
135 Z 276-53 Sy2 16 52 18.8854676472 +55 54 19.946386224   15.53       ~ 55 0
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138 Z 300-62 Sy2 17 43 17.4006368256 +62 50 21.097792536   15.7 15.7     ~ 35 0
139 2MASS J17453826+2908221 Bla 17 45 38.2650903168 +29 08 22.206737868       14.2   ~ 44 1
140 NAME Sgr A* X 17 45 40.03599 -29 00 28.1699           ~ 4970 3
141 2MASX J17515581-6019430 Sy2 17 51 55.818 -60 19 43.08           ~ 18 0
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146 LEDA 3097193 Sy2 18 26 32.395 +32 51 30.03           ~ 30 0
147 Z 202-3 Sy2 19 03 49.1361313176 +33 50 41.115705864   14.0       ~ 54 0
148 ESO 231-26 Sy2 19 13 14.7286305264 -50 10 58.410655968   16.43   15.04   ~ 39 0
149 CXOU J194719.3+444942 Sy2 19 47 19.380 +44 49 42.51     15.7 17.2   ~ 58 0
150 MCG+07-41-003 Bla 19 59 28.35656837 +40 44 02.0972325   16.22 15.10     ~ 2537 2
151 IRAS 19580-1818 Sy2 20 00 55.752 -18 10 27.40   16.29 15.21     ~ 74 0
152 LEDA 2533720 Sy2 20 06 33.318 +56 20 36.40           ~ 21 0
153 2MASX J20145928+2523010 Sy2 20 14 59.2599734184 +25 23 01.152617388           ~ 21 0
154 ESO 234-63 Sy2 20 40 15.710 -51 25 47.41   15.24   14.30   ~ 29 0
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156 IC 5063 Bla 20 52 02.15 -57 04 06.7   12.92 13.60 11.30   ~ 710 1
157 2MASX J21161028+2517010 Sy1 21 16 10.3030833240 +25 17 01.055501412           ~ 20 0
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159 IRAS 22017+0319 Sy2 22 04 19.1643461808 +03 33 51.253679232     15.4     ~ 97 0
160 Z 428-65 Sy1 22 17 12.2637639888 +14 14 20.917852980   15.02 14.66     ~ 371 0
161 Z 514-33 Sy2 22 27 05.7622213728 +36 21 41.588765964   14.6       ~ 58 0
162 MCG-04-53-016 Sy2 22 34 49.8230923608 -25 40 37.007789916   14.07   12.80   ~ 52 0
163 NGC 7314 Sy2 22 35 46.1985355872 -26 03 01.564993476   11.62 13.11 10.61 11.4 ~ 601 0
164 NGC 7319 Sy2 22 36 03.602 +33 58 33.18   14.57 13.53 12.65   ~ 325 0
165 MCG-02-57-023 Sy2 22 36 46.4981814408 -12 32 42.887039748   15.35 14.50 13.6   ~ 192 0
166 3C 452 Sy2 22 45 48.7616172744 +39 41 15.906782184   17.60 16.56     ~ 391 1
167 Z 430-26 Sy2 22 54 19.673 +11 46 56.85   15.7       ~ 72 0
168 Z 430-27 Sy2 22 54 43.506 +11 42 50.87   15.6 15.91     ~ 55 0
169 Z 532-4 Sy2 22 58 55.3158091320 +40 55 56.459598672   14.7       ~ 79 0
170 NGC 7465 Sy2 23 02 00.9603717552 +15 57 53.236032120   13.3       ~ 333 0
171 LEDA 1029085 Sy2 23 22 24.4668480792 -06 45 38.003899212   16.35   15.26   ~ 28 0
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174 LEDA 73132 Sy2 23 59 04.31090 -60 54 59.2180   16.61       ~ 155 1

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