The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016: velocity-resolved Hβ lags in luminous Seyfert galaxies

U Vivian, AJ Barth, HA Vogler, H Guo… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We carried out spectroscopic monitoring of 21 low-redshift Seyfert 1 galaxies using the Kast
double spectrograph on the 3 m Shane telescope at Lick Observatory from 2016 April to …

The spatially resolved broad line region of IRAS 09149− 6206

A Amorim, M Bauböck, W Brandner, Y Clénet… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
We present new near-infrared VLTI/GRAVITY interferometric spectra that spatially resolve
the broad Brγ emission line in the nucleus of the active galaxy IRAS 09149− 6206. We use …

Radiation pressure on dust explaining the low ionized broad emission lines in active galactic nuclei-Dust as an important driver of line shape

MH Naddaf, B Czerny - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Broad emission lines are the most characteristic features in the spectra of galaxies
with an active galactic nucleus (AGN). They mostly show either single-peaked or double …

The size-luminosity relation of local active galactic nuclei from interferometric observations of the broad-line region

A Amorim, G Bourdarot, W Brandner, Y Cao… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
By using the GRAVITY instrument with the near-infrared (NIR) Very Large Telescope
Interferometer (VLTI), the structure of the broad (emission-) line region (BLR) in active …

Space telescope and optical reverberation mapping project. XII. Broad-line region modeling of NGC 5548

PR Williams, A Pancoast, T Treu… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present geometric and dynamical modeling of the broad line region (BLR) for the multi-
wavelength reverberation mapping campaign focused on NGC 5548 in 2014. The data set …

The picture of BLR in 2.5 D FRADO: dynamics and geometry

MH Naddaf, B Czerny, R Szczerba - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The dynamics of the broad line region (BLR) in active galaxies is an open question; direct
observational constraints suggest a predominantly Keplerian motion, with possible traces of …

CARAMEL-gas: A Step toward Fast Empirical Models of the Broad-line-emitting Gas

PR Williams, T Treu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Fast empirical models of the broad emission line region (BLR) are a powerful tool to interpret
velocity-resolved reverberation mapping (RM) data, estimate the mass of the supermassive …

Dust reverberation mapping and light-curve modelling of Zw229-015

E Guise, SF Hönig, V Gorjian, AJ Barth… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Multiwavelength variability studies of active galactic nuclei can be used to probe their inner
regions that are not directly resolvable. Dust reverberation mapping (DRM) estimates the …

ESPRESSO reveals a single but perturbed broad-line region in the supermassive black hole binary candidate PG 1302–102

F Rigamonti, P Severgnini, E Sottocorno… - Astronomy & …, 2025 - aanda.org
In this work, we present a new, fully Bayesian analysis of the highest-resolution optical
spectrum of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) binary candidate PG 1302− 102, obtained …

Broad-line region geometry from multiple emission lines in a single-epoch spectrum

L Kuhn, J Shangguan, R Davies, AWS Man… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
The broad-line region (BLR) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) traces gas close to the central
supermassive black hole (BH). Recent reverberation mapping (RM) and interferometric …