Dust Reverberation Mapping of Z229-15

Abstract

We report results of the dust reverberation mapping (DRM) on the Seyfert 1 galaxy Z229-15 at z = 0.0273. Quasi-simultaneous photometric observations for a total of 48 epochs were acquired during the period 2017 July to 2018 December in B, V, J, H and Ks bands. The calculated spectral index (α) between B and V bands for each epoch was used to correct for the accretion disk (AD) component present in the infrared light curves. The observed α ranges between -0.99 and 1.03. Using cross correlation function analysis we found significant time delays between the optical V and the AD corrected J, H and Ks light curves. The lags in the rest frame of the source are 12.52 (+10.00/-9.55) days (between V and J), 15.63 (+5.05/-5.11) days (between V and H) and 20.36 (+5.82/-5.68) days (between V and Ks). Given the large error bars, these lags are consistent with each other. However, considering the lag between V and Ks bands to represent the inner edge of the dust torus, the torus in Z229-15 lies at a distance of 0.017 pc from the central ionizing continuum. This is smaller than that expected from the radius luminosity (R-L) relationship known from DRM. Using a constant α = 0.1 to account for the AD component, as is normally done in DRM, the deduced radius (0.025 pc) lies close to the expected R-L relation. However, usage of constant α in DRM is disfavoured as the α of the ionizing continuum changes with the flux of the source.

arXiv comment12 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables, Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), 08 December 2020

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