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

Lizvette Villafaña; Peter R. Williams; Tommaso Treu; Brendon J. Brewer; Aaron J. Barth; Vivian U; Vardha N. Bennert; H. Alexander Vogler; Hengxiao Guo; Misty C. Bentz; Gabriela Canalizo; Alexei V. Filippenko; Elinor Gates; Frederick Hamann; Michael D. Joner; Matthew A. Malkan; Jong-Hak Woo; Bela Abolfathi; L. E. Abramson; Stephen F. Armen; Hyun-Jin Bae; Thomas Bohn; Benjamin D. Boizelle; K. Azalee Bostroem; Andrew Brandel; Thomas G. Brink; Sanyum Channa; M. C. Cooper; Maren Cosens; Edward Donohue; Sean P. Fillingham; Diego González-Buitrago; Goni Halevi; Andrew Halle; Carol E. Hood; Keith Horne; J. Chuck Horst; Maxime de Kouchkovsky; Benjamin Kuhn; Sahana Kumar; Douglas C. Leonard; Donald Loveland; Christina Manzano-King; Ian McHardy; Raúl Michel; Melanie Kae B. Olaes; Daeseong Park; Songyoun Park; Liuyi Pei; Timothy W. Ross; Jordan N. Runco; Javier Sánchez; Bryan Scott; Remington O. Sexton; Jaejin Shin; Isaac Shivvers; Chance L. Spencer; Benjamin E. Stahl; Samantha Stegman; Isak Stomberg; Stefano Valenti; Jonelle L. Walsh; Heechan Yuk; WeiKang Zheng

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac6171

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

Lizvette Villafaña^*, Peter R. Williams, Tommaso Treu, Brendon J. Brewer, Aaron J. Barth, Vivian U, Vardha N. Bennert, H. Alexander Vogler, Hengxiao Guo, Misty C. Bentz, Gabriela Canalizo, Alexei V. Filippenko, Elinor Gates, Frederick Hamann, Michael D. Joner, Matthew A. Malkan, Jong-Hak Woo, Bela Abolfathi, L. E. Abramson, Stephen F. ArmenHyun-Jin Bae, Thomas Bohn, Benjamin D. Boizelle, K. Azalee Bostroem, Andrew Brandel, Thomas G. Brink, Sanyum Channa, M. C. Cooper, Maren Cosens, Edward Donohue, Sean P. Fillingham, Diego González-Buitrago, Goni Halevi, Andrew Halle, Carol E. Hood, Keith Horne, J. Chuck Horst, Maxime de Kouchkovsky, Benjamin Kuhn, Sahana Kumar, Douglas C. Leonard, Donald Loveland, Christina Manzano-King, Ian McHardy, Raúl Michel, Melanie Kae B. Olaes, Daeseong Park, Songyoun Park, Liuyi Pei, Timothy W. Ross, Jordan N. Runco, Javier Sánchez, Bryan Scott, Remington O. Sexton, Jaejin Shin, Isaac Shivvers, Chance L. Spencer, Benjamin E. Stahl, Samantha Stegman, Isak Stomberg, Stefano Valenti, Jonelle L. Walsh, Heechan Yuk, WeiKang Zheng

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We have modeled the velocity-resolved reverberation response of the Hβ broad emission line in nine Seyfert 1 galaxies from the Lick Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) Monitoring Project 2016 sample, drawing inferences on the geometry and structure of the low-ionization broad-line region (BLR) and the mass of the central supermassive black hole. Overall, we find that the Hβ BLR is generally a thick disk viewed at low to moderate inclination angles. We combine our sample with prior studies and investigate line-profile shape dependence, such as log₁₀(FWHM/σ), on BLR structure and kinematics and search for any BLR luminosity-dependent trends. We find marginal evidence for an anticorrelation between the profile shape of the broad Hβ emission line and the Eddington ratio, when using the rms spectrum. However, we do not find any luminosity-dependent trends, and conclude that AGNs have diverse BLR structure and kinematics, consistent with the hypothesis of transient AGN/BLR conditions rather than systematic trends.

Original language	English
Article number	52
Number of pages	23
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	930
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6171
Publication status	Published - 3 May 2022

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Villafaña, L., Williams, P. R., Treu, T., Brewer, B. J., Barth, A. J., U, V., Bennert, V. N., Alexander Vogler, H., Guo, H., Bentz, M. C., Canalizo, G., Filippenko, A. V., Gates, E., Hamann, F., Joner, M. D., Malkan, M. A., Woo, J.-H., Abolfathi, B., Abramson, L. E., ... Zheng, W. (2022). The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016: dynamical modeling of velocity-resolved Hβ lags in luminous Seyfert galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 930(1), Article 52. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6171

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AU - Villafaña, Lizvette

AU - Williams, Peter R.

AU - Treu, Tommaso

AU - Brewer, Brendon J.

AU - Barth, Aaron J.

AU - U, Vivian

AU - Bennert, Vardha N.

AU - Alexander Vogler, H.

AU - Guo, Hengxiao

AU - Bentz, Misty C.

AU - Canalizo, Gabriela

AU - Filippenko, Alexei V.

AU - Gates, Elinor

AU - Hamann, Frederick

AU - Joner, Michael D.

AU - Malkan, Matthew A.

AU - Woo, Jong-Hak

AU - Abolfathi, Bela

AU - Abramson, L. E.

AU - Armen, Stephen F.

AU - Bae, Hyun-Jin

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AU - Boizelle, Benjamin D.

AU - Bostroem, K. Azalee

AU - Brandel, Andrew

AU - Brink, Thomas G.

AU - Channa, Sanyum

AU - Cooper, M. C.

AU - Cosens, Maren

AU - Donohue, Edward

AU - Fillingham, Sean P.

AU - González-Buitrago, Diego

AU - Halevi, Goni

AU - Halle, Andrew

AU - Hood, Carol E.

AU - Horne, Keith

AU - Chuck Horst, J.

AU - de Kouchkovsky, Maxime

AU - Kuhn, Benjamin

AU - Kumar, Sahana

AU - Leonard, Douglas C.

AU - Loveland, Donald

AU - Manzano-King, Christina

AU - McHardy, Ian

AU - Michel, Raúl

AU - Kae B. Olaes, Melanie

AU - Park, Daeseong

AU - Park, Songyoun

AU - Pei, Liuyi

AU - Ross, Timothy W.

AU - Runco, Jordan N.

AU - Sánchez, Javier

AU - Scott, Bryan

AU - Sexton, Remington O.

AU - Shin, Jaejin

AU - Shivvers, Isaac

AU - Spencer, Chance L.

AU - Stahl, Benjamin E.

AU - Stegman, Samantha

AU - Stomberg, Isak

AU - Valenti, Stefano

AU - Walsh, Jonelle L.

AU - Yuk, Heechan

AU - Zheng, WeiKang

N1 - K.H. acknowledges support from STFC grant ST/R000824/1.

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

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