H$\alpha$ Reverberation Mapping from Broad-band Photometry of Dwarf Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4395

Abstract

NGC 4395 is a dwarf Seyfert 1 galaxy with a possible intermediate-mass black hole of several $10^4$ solar masses in its center. As a well-studied object, its broad line region size has been measured via H$\alpha$ time lag in numerous spectroscopic reverberation mapping (SRM) and narrow-band photometric reverberation mapping (PRM) campaigns. Here we present its H$\alpha$ time lag measurement using broad-band photometric data, with the application of our newly-developed ICCF-Cut method as well as the JAVELIN and ${\chi }^2$ methods. utilizing the minute-cadence multi-band light curves obtained from the $2$m FTN and $10.4$m GTC telescopes in recent works, we measured its H$\alpha$ lag as approximately $40\sim 90$ minutes from broad-band PRM. With the H$\alpha$ emission line velocity dispersion, we calculated its central black hole mass as ${\mathrm{M}}_{\mathrm{BH}}=(8\pm 4)\times 10^3{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$. These results are comparable with previous results obtained by narrow-band PRM and SRM, providing further support to an intermediate-mass black hole in NGC 4395. In addition, our study also validates the ICCF-Cut as an effective method for broad-band PRM, which holds the potential for widespread application in the era of large multi-epoch, high-cadence photometric surveys.

11 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS