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Broad-line Region Characterization in Dozens of Active Galactic Nuclei Using Small-aperture Telescopes
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WoS WOS:001400592600001
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85216358143
DOI 10.3847/1538-4365/AD9474
Año 2025
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Abstract



We present the results of a nearly decade-long photometric reverberation mapping (PRM) survey of the H alpha emission line in nearby (0.01 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 0.05) Seyfert galaxies using small (15-40 cm) telescopes. Broadband filters were used to trace the continuum emission, while narrowband filters tracked the H alpha-line signal. We introduce a new PRM formalism to determine the time delay between continuum and line emission using combinations of auto- and cross-correlation functions. We obtain robust delays for 33/80 objects, allowing us to estimate the broad-line region (BLR) size. Additionally, we measure multiepoch delays for six objects whose scatter per source is smaller than the scatter in the BLR size-luminosity relation. Our study enhances the existing H alpha size-luminosity relation by adding high-quality results for 31 objects, whose nuclear luminosities were estimated using the flux-variation gradient method, resulting in a scatter of 0.26 dex within our sample. The scatter reduces to 0.17 dex when the six lowest-luminosity sources are discarded, which is comparable to that found for the H beta line. Single-epoch spectra enable us to estimate black hole masses using the H alpha line and derive mass accretion rates from the iron-blend feature adjacent to H beta. A similar trend, as previously reported for the H beta line, is implied whereby highly accreting objects tend to lie below the size-luminosity relation of the general population. Our work demonstrates the effectiveness of small telescopes in conducting high-fidelity PRM campaigns of prominent emission lines in bright active galactic nuclei.

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1 Figaredo, Catalina Sobrino - Univ Haifa - Israel
University of Haifa - Israel
1 Sobrino Figaredo, Catalina - University of Haifa - Israel
2 Chelouche, D. Hombre Univ Haifa - Israel
University of Haifa - Israel
3 Haas, Martin Hombre Ruhr Univ Bochum - Alemania
Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Alemania
4 Ramolla, Michael Hombre Carl Zeiss Ind Messtech GmbH - Alemania
Carl Zeiss - Alemania
5 Kaspi, Shai - Tel Aviv Univ - Israel
Tel Aviv University - Israel
6 Panda, Swayamtrupta - MCTI - Brasil
Int Gemini Observ - Chile
Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center - Chile
7 Ochmann, Martin W. Hombre Ruhr Univ Bochum - Alemania
UNIV GOTTINGEN - Alemania
Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Alemania
Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen - Alemania
8 Zucker, S. Hombre Tel Aviv Univ - Israel
Tel Aviv University - Israel
9 Chinii, Rolf Hombre Ruhr Univ Bochum - Alemania
Universidad Católica del Norte - Chile
Polish Acad Sci - Polonia
Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Alemania
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences - Polonia
10 Probst, Malte A. - UNIV GOTTINGEN - Alemania
Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen - Alemania
11 Kollatschny, Wolfram - UNIV GOTTINGEN - Alemania
Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen - Alemania
12 Murphy, Miguel - Universidad Católica del Norte - Chile

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National Science Foundation
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
German Research Foundation
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
U.S. National Science Foundation
Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Israel Science Foundation
Israeli Science Foundation
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
Chinese Diabetes Society
University of Haifa
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
Verbundforschung Astronomie und Astrophysik
International Gemini Observatory, a program of NSF NOIRLab

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The observations greatly benefitted from the help of Christian Westhues, Moritz Hackstein, Francisco Pozo Nunez, Zohreh Ghaffari, Bartlomiej Zgirski, Marek Gorski, Piotr Wielgorski, Paulina Karczmarek, Weronika Narloch, Hector Labra, Gerardo Pino, Roberto Munoz, and Francisco Arraya. We thank Victor Oknyanskyi, Saar Katalan, Carina Fian, Sina Chen, and Eliran Daniel for fruitful discussions. This research has made use of the VizieR catalog access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/). The original description of the VizieR service was published in F. Ochsenbein et al. (2000). Some of the observations reported in this paper were obtained with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). This work was partly supported by grants from the German Research Foundation (HA 3555/14-1, HA 3555/14-2, CH 71/34-3, KO 857/35-1) and by grants from the Israeli Science Foundation (2398/19, 1650/23). Computations made use of high-performance computing facilities at the University of Haifa, which are partly supported by a grant from the Israeli Science Foundation (grant 2155/15). S.P. acknowledges the financial support of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) Fellowships 300936/2023-0 and 301628/2024-6. S.P. is supported by the international Gemini Observatory, a program of NSF NOIRLab, which is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. National Science Foundation, on behalf of the Gemini partnership of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Republic of Korea, and the United States of America. M.W.O. gratefully acknowledges the support of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) within the framework of the "Verbundforschung Astronomie und Astrophysik" through grant 50OR2305 with funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).
The observations greatly benefitted from the help of Christian Westhues, Moritz Hackstein, Francisco Pozo Nu\u00F1ez, Zohreh Ghaffari, Bart\u0142omiej Zgirski, Marek G\u00F3rski, Piotr Wielg\u00F3rski, Paulina Karczmarek, Weronika Narloch, Hector Labra, Gerardo Pino, Roberto Mu\u00F1oz, and Francisco Arraya. We thank Victor Oknyanskyi, Saar Katalan, Carina Fian, Sina Chen, and Eliran Daniel for fruitful discussions. This research has made use of the VizieR catalog access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/). The original description of the VizieR service was published in F. Ochsenbein et al. (2000). Some of the observations reported in this paper were obtained with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). This work was partly supported by grants from the German Research Foundation (HA 3555/14-1, HA 3555/14-2, CH 71/34-3, KO 857/35-1) and by grants from the Israeli Science Foundation (2398/19, 1650/23). Computations made use of high-performance computing facilities at the University of Haifa, which are partly supported by a grant from the Israeli Science Foundation (grant 2155/15). S.P. acknowledges the financial support of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient\u00EDfico e Tecnol\u00F3gico (CNPq) Fellowships 300936/2023-0 and 301628/2024-6. S.P. is supported by the international Gemini Observatory, a program of NSF NOIRLab, which is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. National Science Foundation, on behalf of the Gemini partnership of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Republic of Korea, and the United States of America. M.W.O. gratefully acknowledges the support of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) within the framework of the \u201DVerbundforschung Astronomie und Astrophysik\u201D through grant 50OR2305 with funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).

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