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most citedUV/Optical disk reverberation lags despite a faint X-ray corona in the AGN Mrk 335

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36 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

AGN STORM 2. XII. Ground-Based Optical Photometry and Lag Measurements of Mrk 817

John W. Montano, Aaron J. Barth, Keith Horne +40

We present the ground-based imaging campaign and light curves of Markarian 817 as part of the multiwavelength monitoring program AGN STORM\,2. Observations were carried out over 1.…

astro-ph.CO2026★ 1 cited

One H2 molecule per ten million H-atoms reveals sub-pc scale cold overdensities at z~4

P. Noterdaeme, S. Balashev, T. Berg +11

We present the detection and analysis of H2 absorption at z = 4.24 towards the bright quasar J0007-5705, observed with the Very Large Telescope as part of the ESPRESSO QUasar Absor…

astro-ph.GA2025

AGN STORM 2. XI. Spectroscopic reverberation mapping of the hot dust in Mrk 817

Hermine Landt, Benjamin D. Boizelle, Michael S. Brotherton +41

The AGN Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping 2 (STORM 2) campaign targeted Mrk 817 with intensive multi-wavelength monitoring and found its soft X-ray emission to be s…

astro-ph.GA2024

Microlensing analysis of 14.5-year light curves in SDSS J1004+4112: Quasar accretion disk size and intracluster stellar mass fraction

R. Forés-Toribio, J. A. Muñoz, C. Fian +2

Context. The gravitational lens system SDSS J1004+4112 was the first known example of a quasar lensed by a galaxy cluster. The interest in this system has been renewed following th…

astro-ph.GA2024

AGN STORM 2: X. The origin of the interband continuum delays in Mrk 817

Hagai Netzer, Michael R. Goad, Aaron J. Barth +26

The local (z=0.0315) AGN Mrk 817, was monitored over more than 500 days with space-borne and ground-based instruments as part of a large international campaign AGN STORM 2. Here, w…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 20 cited

AGN STORM 2. VII. A Frequency-resolved Map of the Accretion Disk in Mrk 817: Simultaneous X-ray Reverberation and UVOIR Disk Reprocessing Time Lags

Collin Lewin, Erin Kara, Aaron J. Barth +35

X-ray reverberation mapping is a powerful technique for probing the innermost accretion disk, whereas continuum reverberation mapping in the UV, optical, and infrared (UVOIR) revea…

astro-ph.GA2024

First Direct Evidence for Keplerian Rotation in Quasar Inner Broad Line Regions

C. Fian, J. Jiménez-Vicente, E. Mediavilla +4

We introduce a novel method to derive rotation curves with light-day spatial resolution of the inner regions of lensed quasars. We aim to probe the kinematics of the inner part of…

astro-ph.GA2024

Revealing the inner workings of the lensed quasar SDSS J1339+1310: Insights from microlensing analysis

C. Fian, J. A. Muñoz, J. Jiménez-Vicente +4

We aim to unveil the structure of the continuum and broad-emission line (BEL) emitting regions in the gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS J1339+1310 by examining the distinct signat…

astro-ph.GA2024

AGN STORM 2: VIII. Investigating the Narrow Absorption Lines in Mrk 817 Using HST-COS Observations

Maryam Dehghanian, Nahum Arav, Gerard A. Kriss +39

We observed the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk817 during an intensive multi-wavelength reverberation mapping campaign for 16 months. Here, we examine the behavior of narrow UV absorption lin…

astro-ph.HE2024

AGN STORM 2: IX. Studying the Dynamics of the Ionized Obscurer in Mrk 817 with High-resolution X-ray Spectroscopy

Fatima Zaidouni, Erin Kara, Peter Kosec +45

We present the results of the XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations taken as part of the ongoing, intensive multi-wavelength monitoring program of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 by the…

astro-ph.GA2024

Single-epoch and Differential Astrometric Microlensing of Quasars

R. Forés-Toribio, E. Mediavilla, J. A. Muñoz +3

We propose and discuss a new experimental approach to measure the centroid shift induced by gravitational microlensing in the images of lensed quasars (astrometric microlensing). O…

astro-ph.GA2023

Probing the structure of the lensed quasar SDSS J1004+4112 through microlensing analysis of spectroscopic data

C. Fian, J. A. Muñoz, R. Forés-Toribio +5

We aim to reveal the sizes of the continuum and broad emission line (BEL) emitting regions in the gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS J1004+4112 by analyzing the unique signatures o…

astro-ph.HE2023

AGN STORM 2. VI. Mapping Temperature Fluctuations in the Accretion Disk of Mrk 817

Jack M. M. Neustadt, Christopher S. Kochanek, John Montano +49

We fit the UV/optical lightcurves of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 to produce maps of the accretion disk temperature fluctuations resolved in time and radius. The maps are…

astro-ph.GA2023

AGN STORM 2: V. Anomalous Behavior of the CIV Light Curve in Mrk 817

Y. Homayouni, Gerard A. Kriss, Gisella De Rosa +49

An intensive reverberation mapping campaign on the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk817 using the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) revealed significant vari…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 12 cited

Diffuse emission in microlensed quasars and its implications for accretion-disk physics

C. Fian, D. Chelouche, S. Kaspi

We investigate the discrepancy between the predicted size of accretion disks (ADs) in quasars and the observed sizes as deduced from gravitational microlensing studies. Specificall…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 10 cited

Revealing the structure of the lensed quasar Q 0957+561 III. Constraints on the size of the broad-line region

C. Fian, J. A. Muñoz, E. Mediavilla +6

Our aim is to examine the size, kinematics, and geometry of the broad-line region (BLR) in the double-lensed quasar Q 0957+561 by analyzing the impact of microlensing on various re…

astro-ph.HE2023

AGN STORM 2. IV. Swift X-ray and ultraviolet/optical monitoring of Mrk 817

Edward M. Cackett, Jonathan Gelbord, Aaron J. Barth +48

The AGN STORM 2 campaign is a large, multiwavelength reverberation mapping project designed to trace out the structure of Mrk 817 from the inner accretion disk to the broad emissio…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 20 cited

AGN STORM 2. III. A NICER view of the variable X-ray obscurer in Mrk 817

Ethan R. Partington, Edward M. Cackett, Erin Kara +44

The AGN STORM 2 collaboration targeted the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 for a year-long multiwavelength, coordinated reverberation mapping campaign including HST, Swift, XMM-Newton, NI…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 17 cited

AGN STORM 2: II. Ultraviolet Observations of Mrk817 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope

Y. Homayouni, Gisella De Rosa, Rachel Plesha +62

We present reverberation mapping measurements for the prominent ultraviolet broad emission lines of the active galactic nucleus Mrk817 using 165 spectra obtained with the Cosmic Or…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 11 cited

Continuum reverberation mapping of MCG 08-11-011

C. Fian, D. Chelouche, S. Kaspi +3

We report the results from a photometric reverberation mapping campaign carried out with the C18 telescope at the Wise Observatory from 2019 to 2020, targeting the active galactic…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 40 cited

UV/Optical disk reverberation lags despite a faint X-ray corona in the AGN Mrk 335

Erin Kara, Aaron J. Barth, Edward M. Cackett +37

We present the first results from a 100-day Swift, NICER and ground-based X-ray/UV/optical reverberation mapping campaign of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Mrk 335, when it was in an un…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 14 cited

Continuum reverberation mapping of the quasar PG 2130+099

C. Fian, D. Chelouche, S. Kaspi +3

We present the results of an intensive six-month optical continuum reverberation mapping campaign of the Seyfert 1 galaxy PG 2130+099 at redshift z=0.063. The ground-based photomet…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 18 cited

Revealing the structure of the lensed quasar Q 0957+561: I. Accretion disk size

C. Fian, E. Mediavilla, J. Jiménez-Vicente +6

We aim to use signatures of microlensing induced by stars in the foreground lens galaxy to infer the size of the accretion disk in the gravitationally lensed quasar Q 0957+561. The…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 6 cited

Revealing the structure of the lensed quasar Q 0957+561: III. SMBH mass via gravitational redshift

C. Fian, E. Mediavilla, J. Jiménez-Vicente +4

We intend to use the impact of microlensing on the Fe III emission line blend along with a measure of its gravitational redshift to estimate the mass of the quasar's central superm…