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dc.contributor.authorCackett, Edward M.
dc.contributor.authorChiang, Chia-Ying
dc.contributor.authorMcHardy, Ian
dc.contributor.authorEdelson, Rick
dc.contributor.authorGoad, Michael R.
dc.contributor.authorHorne, Keith
dc.contributor.authorKorista, Kirk T.
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-24T10:30:14Z
dc.date.available2018-04-24T10:30:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-12
dc.identifier252910413
dc.identifierfa9e22a0-8e8e-4210-afdd-f2a3f1821b56
dc.identifier85045558808
dc.identifier000429924900004
dc.identifier.citationCackett , E M , Chiang , C-Y , McHardy , I , Edelson , R , Goad , M R , Horne , K & Korista , K T 2018 , ' Accretion disk reverberation with Hubble Space Telescope observations of NGC 4593 : evidence for diffuse continuum lags ' , Astrophysical Journal , vol. 857 , no. 1 , 53 . https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab4f7en
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.otherArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1712.04025v2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/13190
dc.descriptionK.H. acknowledges support from STFC grant ST/M001296/1.en
dc.description.abstractThe Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4593 was monitored spectroscopically with the Hubble Space Telescope as part of a reverberation mapping campaign that also included Swift, Kepler and ground-based photometric monitoring. During 2016 July 12 - August 6, we obtained 26 spectra across a nearly continuous wavelength range of ~1150 - 10,000 Å. These were combined with Swift data to produce a UV/optical "lag spectrum", which shows the interband lag relative to the Swift UVW2 band as a function of wavelength. The broad shape of the lag spectrum appears to follow the τ ∝ λ 4/3 relation seen previously in photometric interband lag measurements of other active galactic nuclei (AGN). This shape is consistent with the standard thin disk model but the magnitude of the lags implies a disk that is a factor of ~3 larger than predicted, again consistent with what has been previously seen in other AGN. In all cases these large disk sizes, which are also implied by independent gravitational microlensing of higher-mass AGN, cannot be simply reconciled with the standard model. However the most striking feature in this higher resolution lag spectrum is a clear excess around the 3646 Å Balmer jump. This strongly suggests that diffuse emission from gas in the much larger broad-line region (BLR) must also contribute significantly to the interband lags. While the relative contributions of the disk and BLR cannot be uniquely determined in these initial measurements, it is clear that both will need to be considered in comprehensively modeling and understanding AGN lag spectra.
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dc.format.extent2233802
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAstrophysical Journalen
dc.subjectGalaxies: activeen
dc.subjectGalaxies: individual (NGC 4593)en
dc.subjectGalaxies: nucleien
dc.subjectGalaxies: Seyferten
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleAccretion disk reverberation with Hubble Space Telescope observations of NGC 4593 : evidence for diffuse continuum lagsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Scienceen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab4f7
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberST/M001296/1en


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