Geometry and Kinematics in the Central Broad-Line Region of a Seyfert 1 Galaxy

Abstract

We recorded spectra of the highly variable Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk110 in a variability campaign with the 9.2m Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory in order to study the detailed line profile variations of the broad emission lines. Here we show that only an AGN model predicting the formation of the broad Hb line emission in the wind of an accretion disk matches the observed 2-D variability pattern. Furthermore, we derive an improved mass of the central supermassive black hole of M = 1.0(+1.0,-0.5)E7 M_sun from the Hb velocity-delay map.

4 pages, 10 figures. A&A Letters, in press

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