The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping

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The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping. / Denney, Kelly D.; Bentz, Misty C.; Peterson, Bradley M.; Pogge, Richard W.; Cackett, Edward M.; Dietrich, Matthias; Fogel, Jeffrey K. J.; Ghosh, Himel; Horne, Keith; Kuehn, Charles; Minezaki, Takeo; Onken, Christopher A.; Pronik, Vladimir I.; Richstone, Douglas O.; Sergeev, Sergey G.; Vestergaard, Marianne; Walker, Matthew G.; Yoshii, Yuzuru.

In: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 653, No. 1, 152, 18.08.2006.

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Harvard

Denney, KD, Bentz, MC, Peterson, BM, Pogge, RW, Cackett, EM, Dietrich, M, Fogel, JKJ, Ghosh, H, Horne, K, Kuehn, C, Minezaki, T, Onken, CA, Pronik, VI, Richstone, DO, Sergeev, SG, Vestergaard, M, Walker, MG & Yoshii, Y 2006, 'The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping', Astrophysical Journal, vol. 653, no. 1, 152. https://doi.org/10.1086/508533

APA

Denney, K. D., Bentz, M. C., Peterson, B. M., Pogge, R. W., Cackett, E. M., Dietrich, M., Fogel, J. K. J., Ghosh, H., Horne, K., Kuehn, C., Minezaki, T., Onken, C. A., Pronik, V. I., Richstone, D. O., Sergeev, S. G., Vestergaard, M., Walker, M. G., & Yoshii, Y. (2006). The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping. Astrophysical Journal, 653(1), [152]. https://doi.org/10.1086/508533

Vancouver

Denney KD, Bentz MC, Peterson BM, Pogge RW, Cackett EM, Dietrich M et al. The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping. Astrophysical Journal. 2006 Aug 18;653(1). 152. https://doi.org/10.1086/508533

Author

Denney, Kelly D. ; Bentz, Misty C. ; Peterson, Bradley M. ; Pogge, Richard W. ; Cackett, Edward M. ; Dietrich, Matthias ; Fogel, Jeffrey K. J. ; Ghosh, Himel ; Horne, Keith ; Kuehn, Charles ; Minezaki, Takeo ; Onken, Christopher A. ; Pronik, Vladimir I. ; Richstone, Douglas O. ; Sergeev, Sergey G. ; Vestergaard, Marianne ; Walker, Matthew G. ; Yoshii, Yuzuru. / The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping. In: Astrophysical Journal. 2006 ; Vol. 653, No. 1.

Bibtex

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title = "The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping",
abstract = "We present new observations leading to an improved black hole mass estimate for the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4593 as part of a reverberation-mapping campaign conducted at the MDM Observatory. Cross-correlation analysis of the H_beta emission-line light curve with the optical continuum light curve reveals an emission-line time delay of 3.73 (+-0.75) days. By combining this time delay with the H_beta line width, we derive a central black hole mass of M_BH = 9.8(+-2.1)x10^6 M_sun, an improvement in precision of a factor of several over past results.",
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AU - Cackett, Edward M.

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AU - Fogel, Jeffrey K. J.

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AU - Horne, Keith

AU - Kuehn, Charles

AU - Minezaki, Takeo

AU - Onken, Christopher A.

AU - Pronik, Vladimir I.

AU - Richstone, Douglas O.

AU - Sergeev, Sergey G.

AU - Vestergaard, Marianne

AU - Walker, Matthew G.

AU - Yoshii, Yuzuru

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AB - We present new observations leading to an improved black hole mass estimate for the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4593 as part of a reverberation-mapping campaign conducted at the MDM Observatory. Cross-correlation analysis of the H_beta emission-line light curve with the optical continuum light curve reveals an emission-line time delay of 3.73 (+-0.75) days. By combining this time delay with the H_beta line width, we derive a central black hole mass of M_BH = 9.8(+-2.1)x10^6 M_sun, an improvement in precision of a factor of several over past results.

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