The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016: Dynamical Modeling of Velocity-resolved H beta Lags in Luminous Seyfert Galaxies Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract We have modeled the velocity-resolved reverberation response of the H broad emission line in nine Seyfert 1 galaxies from the Lick Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) Monitoring Project 2016 sample, drawing inferences on the geometry and structure of the low-ionization broad-line region (BLR) and the mass of the central supermassive black hole. Overall, we find that the H BLR is generally a thick disk viewed at low to moderate inclination angles. We combine our sample with prior studies and investigate line-profile shape dependence, such as log 10 ( FWHM / ) , on BLR structure and kinematics and search for any BLR luminosity-dependent trends. We find marginal evidence for an anticorrelation between the profile shape of the broad H emission line and the Eddington ratio, when using the rms spectrum. However, we do not find any luminosity-dependent trends, and conclude that AGNs have diverse BLR structure and kinematics, consistent with the hypothesis of transient AGN/BLR conditions rather than systematic trends.

published proceedings

  • ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

altmetric score

  • 11.03

author list (cited authors)

  • Villafana, L., Williams, P. R., Treu, T., Brewer, B. J., Barth, A. J., Vivian, U., ... Zheng, W.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Villafana, Lizvette||Williams, Peter R||Treu, Tommaso||Brewer, Brendon J||Barth, Aaron J||Vivian, U||Bennert, Vardha N||Vogler, H Alexander||Guo, Hengxiao||Bentz, Misty C||Canalizo, Gabriela||Filippenko, Alexei V||Gates, Elinor||Hamann, Frederick||Joner, Michael D||Malkan, Matthew A||Woo, Jong-Hak||Abolfathi, Bela||Abramson, LE||Armen, Stephen F||Bae, Hyun-Jin||Bohn, Thomas||Boizelle, Benjamin D||Bostroem, K Azalee||Brandel, Andrew||Brink, Thomas G||Channa, Sanyum||Cooper, MC||Cosens, Maren||Donohue, Edward||Fillingham, Sean P||Gonzalez-Buitrago, Diego||Halevi, Goni||Halle, Andrew||Hood, Carol E||Horne, Keith||Horst, J Chuck||de Kouchkovsky, Maxime||Kuhn, Benjamin||Kumar, Sahana||Leonard, Douglas C||Loveland, Donald||Manzano-King, Christina||McHardy, Ian||Michel, Raul||Olaes, Melanie Kae B||Park, Daeseong||Park, Songyoun||Pei, Liuyi||Ross, Timothy W||Runco, Jordan N||Sanchez, Javier||Scott, Bryan||Sexton, Remington O||Shin, Jaejin||Shivvers, Isaac||Spencer, Chance L||Stahl, Benjamin E||Stegman, Samantha||Stomberg, Isak||Valenti, Stefano||Walsh, Jonelle L||Yuk, Heechan||Zheng, WeiKang

publication date

  • January 2022