Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei: From X-ray corona to dusty torus

EM Cackett, MC Bentz, E Kara - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
The central engines of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are powered by accreting supermassive
black holes, and while AGNs are known to play an important role in galaxy evolution, the key …

Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei

BM Peterson - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 1993 - iopscience.iop.org
The broad emission lines in the spectra of active galactic nuclei respond to variations in the
luminosity of the central continuum source with a delay due to light-travel time effects within …

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: estimating masses of black holes in quasars with single-epoch spectroscopy

E Dalla Bontà, BM Peterson, MC Bentz… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
It is well known that reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) reveals a
relationship between AGN luminosity and the size of the broad-line region, and that use of …

[HTML][HTML] Spectroscopic constraints on the properties of dust in active galactic nuclei

A Laor, BT Draine - Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004 …, 1993 - adsabs.harvard.edu
The lack of a significant silicate or silicon carbide emission feature in bright active galactic
nuclei (AGNs) is used to constrain models in which the IR continuum is emitted by dust. We …

Variability of active galactic nuclei

MH Ulrich, L Maraschi, CM Urry - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract A large collective effort to study the variability of active galactic nuclei (AGN) over
the past decade has led to a number of fundamental results on radio-quiet AGN and blazars …

[HTML][HTML] Infrared spectra of obscuring dust tori around active galactic nuclei. I-Calculational method and basic trends

EA Pier, JH Krolik - Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004 …, 1992 - adsabs.harvard.edu
Infrared spectra of obscuring dust tori around active galactic nuclei. I - Calcu ADS Classic is now
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Reverberation measurements of the inner radius of the dust torus in 17 Seyfert galaxies

S Koshida, T Minezaki, Y Yoshii… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of a dust reverberation survey for 17 nearby Seyfert 1 galaxies, which
provides the largest homogeneous data collection for the radius of the innermost dust torus …

Reverberation measurements of the inner radius of the dust torus in nearby Seyfert 1 galaxies

M Suganuma, Y Yoshii, Y Kobayashi… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
The most intense monitoring observations yet made in the optical and near-infrared wave
bands were carried out for Seyfert 1 galaxies NGC 5548, NGC 4051, NGC 3227, and NGC …

Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. I-an 8 month campaign of monitoring NGC 5548 with IUE

J Clavel, GA Reichert, D Alloin… - … Journal, Part 1 …, 1991 - adsabs.harvard.edu
We present emission-line and ultraviolet continuum observations of a type I Seyfert galaxy in
which the time resolution is adequate for describing the character of variability. Using the …

Thick tori around active galactic nuclei: a comparison of model predictions with observations of the infrared continuum and silicate features

GL Granato, L Danese - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
The continuum expected from active galactic nuclei (AGN) surrounded by thick tori is
compared to the data available for a sample of optically selected Seyfert 1 galaxies. The …