Optical continuum and emission-line variability of Seyfert 1 galaxies

被引：262

作者：

Peterson, BM ^{[1
]}

Wanders, I ^{[1
]}

Bertram, R ^{[1
]}

Hunley, JF ^{[1
]}

Pogge, RW ^{[1
]}

Wagner, RM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

来源：

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 1998年 / 501卷 / 01期

关键词：

galaxies : active; galaxies : Seyfert;

D O I：

10.1086/305813

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We present the light curves obtained during an 8 yr program of optical spectroscopic monitoring of nine Seyfert 1 galaxies: 3C 120, Akn 120, Mrk 79, Mrk 110, Mrk 335, Mrk 509, Mrk 590, Mrk 704, and Mrk 817. All objects show significant variability in both the continuum and emission-line fluxes. We use cross-correlation analysis to derive the sizes of the broad H beta-emitting regions based on emission-line time delays, or lags. We successfully measure time delays for eight of the nine sources and find values ranging from about 2 weeks to a little over 2 months. Combining the measured lags and widths of the variable parts of the emission lines allows us to make virial mass estimates for the active nucleus in each galaxy. The virial masses are in the range 10(7)-10(8) M..

引用

页码：82 / 93

页数：12

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