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The High Cadence Transient Survey (HITS): Compilation and characterization of light-curve catalogs
Jorge Martínez-Palomera, Francisco Förster, Pavlos Protopapas +12
The High Cadence Transient Survey (HiTS) aims to discover and study transient objects with characteristic timescales between hours and days, such as pulsating, eclipsing and explod…
The QUEST-La Silla AGN variability survey: connection between AGN variability and black hole physical properties
P. Sánchez-Sáez, P. Lira, J. Mejía-Restrepo +5
We present our statistical analysis of the connection between active galactic nuclei (AGN) variability and physical properties of the central supermassive black hole (SMBH). We con…
Reverberation Mapping of Luminous Quasars at High-z
Paulina Lira, Shai Kaspi, Hagai Netzer +6
We present Reverberation Mapping (RM) results for 17 high-redshift, high-luminosity quasars with good quality R-band and emission line light curves. We are able to measure statisti…
Can we improve CIV-based single epoch black hole mass estimations?
J. E. Mejía-Restrepo, B. Trakhtenbrot, P. Lira +1
In large optical survey at high redshifts (), the CIV broad emission line is the most practical alternative to estimate the mass () of active super-massive blac…
Reverberation Mapping of High-z, High-luminosity Quasars
Paulina Lira, Ismael Botti, Shai Kaspi +1
We present Reverberation Mapping results after monitoring a sample of 17 high-z, high-luminosity quasars for more than 10 years using photometric and spectroscopic capabilities. Co…
Fast-growing SMBHs in Fast-growing Galaxies, at High Redshifts: the Role of Major Mergers as Revealed by ALMA
Benny Trakhtenbrot, Paulina Lira, Hagai Netzer +3
We present a long-term, multi-wavelength project to understand the epoch of fastest growth of the most massive black holes by using a sample of 40 luminous quasars at z~4.8. These…