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 …

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 …

SUPER-II. Spatially resolved ionised gas kinematics and scaling relations in z∼ 2 AGN host galaxies

D Kakkad, V Mainieri, G Vietri, S Carniani… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Aims. The SINFONI survey for Unveiling the Physics and Effect of Radiative feedback
(SUPER) aims to trace and characterise ionised gas outflows and their impact on star …

BASS. XXV. DR2 Broad-line-based Black Hole Mass Estimates and Biases from Obscuration

JE Mejía-Restrepo, B Trakhtenbrot… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present measurements of broad emission lines and virial estimates of supermassive
black hole masses (M BH) for a large sample of ultrahard X-ray-selected active galactic …

BASS. XXIX. The near-infrared view of the broad-line region (BLR): the effects of obscuration in BLR characterization

F Ricci, E Treister, FE Bauer… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Virial black hole (BH) mass (M BH) determination directly involves knowing the broad-line
region (BLR) clouds' velocity distribution, their distance from the central supermassive BH (R …

The broad line region and black hole mass of NGC 4151

MC Bentz, PR Williams, T Treu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a reanalysis of reverberation mapping data from 2005 for the Seyfert galaxy
NGC 4151, supplemented with additional data from the literature to constrain the continuum …

A local baseline of the black hole mass scaling relations for active galaxies. IV. Correlations between M BH and host galaxy σ, stellar mass, and luminosity

VN Bennert, T Treu, X Ding, I Stomberg… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The tight correlations between the mass of supermassive black holes (M BH) and their host-
galaxy properties have been of great interest to the astrophysical community, but a clear …

Jet feedback in star-forming galaxies

MGH Krause - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, I review our understanding of how jet feedback works in star-forming galaxies.
There are some interesting differences to radiative feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei …

Reverberation mapping of IC 4329A

MC Bentz, CA Onken, R Street… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of a new reverberation mapping campaign for the broad-line active
galactic nucleus (AGN) in the edge-on spiral IC 4329A. Monitoring of the optical continuum …

How Ram Pressure Drives Radial Gas Motions in the Surviving Disk

N Akerman, S Tonnesen, BM Poggianti… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Galaxy evolution can be dramatically affected by the environment, especially by the dense
environment of a galaxy cluster. Recent observational studies show that massive galaxies …