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The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2011: Dynamical Modeling of the Broad Line Region in Mrk 50 | | Anna Pancoast
; Brendon J. Brewer
; Tommaso Treu
; Aaron J. Barth
; Vardha N. Bennert
; Gabriela Canalizo
; Alexei V. Filippenko
; Elinor L. Gates
; Jenny E. Greene
; Weidong Li
; Matthew A. Malkan
; David J. Sand
; Daniel Stern
; Jong-Hak Woo
; Roberto J. Assef
; Hyun-Jin Bae
; Tabitha Buehler
; S. Bradley Cenko
; Kelsey I. Clubb
; Michael C. Cooper
; Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic
; Kyle D. Hiner
; Sebastian F. Hoenig
; Michael D. Joner
; Michael T. Kandrashoff
; C. David Laney
; Mariana S. Lazarova
; A. M. Nierenberg
; Dawoo Park
; Jeffrey M. Silverman
; Donghoon Son
; Alessandro Sonnenfeld
; Shawn J. Thorman
; Erik J. Tollerud
; Jonelle L. Walsh
; Richard Walters
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16 May 2012 | | Abstract: | We present dynamical modeling of the broad line region (BLR) in the Seyfert 1
galaxy Mrk 50 using reverberation mapping data taken as part of the Lick AGN
Monitoring Project (LAMP) 2011. We model the reverberation mapping data
directly, constraining the geometry and kinematics of the BLR, as well as
deriving a black hole mass estimate that does not depend on a normalizing
factor or virial coefficient. We find that the geometry of the BLR in Mrk 50 is
a nearly face-on thick disk, with a mean radius of 9.6(+1.2,-0.9) light days, a
width of the BLR of 6.9(+1.2,-1.1) light days, and a disk opening angle of
25pm10 degrees above the plane. We also constrain the inclination angle to be
9(+7,-5) degrees, close to face-on. Finally, the black hole mass of Mrk 50 is
inferred to be log10(M(BH)/Msun) = 7.57(+0.44,-0.27). By comparison to the
virial black hole mass estimate from traditional reverberation mapping
analysis, we find the normalizing constant (virial coefficient) to be log10(f)
= 0.78(+0.44,-0.27), consistent with the commonly adopted mean value of 0.74
based on aligning the M(BH)-{sigma}* relation for AGN and quiescent galaxies.
While our dynamical model includes the possibility of a net inflow or outflow
in the BLR, we cannot distinguish between these two scenarios. | | Source: | arXiv, 1205.3789 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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