A reverberation-based black hole mass for MCG-06-30-15
Abstract
We present the results of a reverberation campaign targeting MGC-06-30-15. Spectrophotometric monitoring and broad-band photometric monitoring over the course of 4 months in the spring of 2012 allowed a determination of a time delay in the broad Hβ emission line of τ =5.3 ± 1.8 days in the rest frame of the AGN. Combined with the width of the variable portion of the emission line, we determine a black hole mass of MBH = (1.6 ± 0.4) x 106 M_sun. Both the Hβ time delay and the black hole mass are in good agreement with expectations from the RBLR - L and MBH - σ* relationships for other reverberation-mapped AGNs. The Hβ time delay is also in good agreement with the relationship between H and broad-band near-IR delays, in which the effective BLR size is ∼4-5 times smaller than the inner edge of the dust torus. Additionally, the reverberation-based mass is in good agreement with estimates from the X-ray power spectral density break scaling relationship, and with constraints based on stellar kinematics derived from integral field spectroscopy of the inner ∼ 0.5 kpc of the galaxy.
Citation
Bentz , M C , Cackett , E M , Crenshaw , D M , Horne , K , Street , R & Ou-Yang , B 2016 , ' A reverberation-based black hole mass for MCG-06-30-15 ' , Astrophysical Journal , vol. 830 , no. 2 , 136 . https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/136
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Astrophysical Journal
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Peer reviewed
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0004-637XType
Journal article
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© 2016, American Astronomical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at iopscience.iop.org / http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/136
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