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dc.contributor.authorBentz, Misty C.
dc.contributor.authorCackett, Edward M.
dc.contributor.authorCrenshaw, D. Michael
dc.contributor.authorHorne, Keith
dc.contributor.authorStreet, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorOu-Yang, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-18T11:30:16Z
dc.date.available2016-11-18T11:30:16Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-20
dc.identifier.citationBentz , 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/830/2/136en
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 247732473
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 4103147b-0ed5-4e42-aa48-6f1b3001c78e
dc.identifier.otherArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01229v1
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84993972017
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000400471800003
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9842
dc.description.abstractWe 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.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAstrophysical Journalen
dc.rights© 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/830/2/136en
dc.subjectGalaxies: activeen
dc.subjectGalaxies: nucleien
dc.subjectGalaxies: Seyferten
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleA reverberation-based black hole mass for MCG-06-30-15en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorScience & Technology Facilities Councilen
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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/136
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01229en
dc.identifier.grantnumberST/M001296/1en


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