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most citedMonitoring AGNs with H Asymmetry. III. Long-term Reverberation Mapping Results of 15 Palomar-Green Quasars

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14 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

The Population of Type~1 Active Galactic Nuclei in Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. I. Profile-dependent Measurements of the Low-redshift Sample

Zhu-Heng Yao, Wei-Jian Guo, Shuo Zhai +8

We present a spectral analysis of a large sample of low-redshift type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from the first data release of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrume…

astro-ph.HE2026

Fast Optical Variability of the TeV Blazar PKS 1725+123 Observed by SVOM-VT and Insights from Multi-wavelength Follow-up Observations

Shuo-Yu Liu, Yu-Wei Yu, Ji-Shun Lian +29

PKS 1725+123 is a flat-spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) with a redshift of . The detection of this object in the TeV band was reported by the MAGIC telescopes and H.E.S.S. in…

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.GA2025

Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XV. Reverberation Mapping of Mg II Emission Lines

Hua-Rui Bai, Pu Du, Chen Hu +25

As the 15th paper in a series reporting on a large reverberation mapping (RM) campaign of super-Eddington accreting massive black holes (SEAMBHs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs),…

astro-ph.GA2025

Detection of unexpected leading delays in broad Hβ line reverberations in the quasar PHL 1092

Jian-Min Wang, Chen Hu, Yong-Jie Chen +12

Delayed reverberations of broad emission lines in response to optical continuum variations have been widely observed in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). They serve as a powerful tool…

astro-ph.GA2025

Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-Duration High-Cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars

Chen Hu, Zhu-Heng Yao, Yong-Jie Chen +20

We report the results of a long-duration high-cadence reverberation mapping campaign of a second batch of 11 PG quasars using the 2.2m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory. This…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

Spectroastrometry and Reverberation Mapping of Active Galactic Nuclei. II. Measuring Geometric Distances and Black Hole Masses of Four Nearby Quasars

Yan-Rong Li, Jinyi Shangguan, Jian-Min Wang +35

The geometric distances of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are challenging to measure because of their exceptionally compact structure yet vast cosmic distances. A combination of spe…

astro-ph.GA2024

Broad-line Region of the Quasar PG 2130+099. II. Doubling the Size Over Four Years?

Zhu-Heng Yao, Sen Yang, Wei-Jian Guo +16

Over the past three decades, multiple reverberation mapping (RM) campaigns conducted for the quasar PG 2130+099 have exhibited inconsistent findings with time delays ranging from $…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Spectroastrometry and Reverberation Mapping (SARM) of Active Galactic Nuclei. I. The H Broad-line Region Structure and Black Hole Mass of Five Quasars

Yan-Rong Li, Chen Hu, Zhu-Heng Yao +18

We conduct a reverberation mapping (RM) campaign to spectroscopically monitor a sample of selected bright active galactic nuclei with large anticipated broad-line region (BLR) size…

astro-ph.GA2024

Monitoring AGNs with H Asymmetry. IV. First Reverberation Mapping Results of 14 AGNs

T. E. Zastrocky, Michael S. Brotherton, Pu Du +41

We report first-time reverberation mapping results for 14 AGNs from the ongoing Monitoring AGNs with H Asymmetry campaign (MAHA). These results utilize optical spectra obtained…

astro-ph.HE2023

Gleeok's Fire-breathing: Triple Flares of AT 2021aeuk within Five Years from the Active Galaxy SDSS J161259.83+421940.3

Dong-Wei Bao, Wei-Jian Guo, Zhi-Xiang Zhang +12

We present a noteworthy transient AT 2021aeuk exhibiting three distinct optical flares between 2018 and 2023. It is hosted in a radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxy, wit…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 21 cited

Testing Super-Eddington Accretion onto a Supermassive Black Hole: Reverberation Mapping of PG 1119+120

Fergus R. Donnan, Juan V. Hernández Santisteban, Keith Horne +11

We measure the black hole mass and investigate the accretion flow around the local () quasar PG 1119+120. Spectroscopic monitoring with Calar Alto provides H lags and…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 33 cited

Broad-line region in NGC 4151 monitored by two decades of reverberation mapping campaigns. I. Evolution of structure and kinematics

Yong-Jie Chen, Dong-Wei Bao, Shuo Zhai +33

We report the results of long-term reverberation mapping (RM) campaigns of the nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN) NGC 4151, spanning from 1994 to 2022, based on archived observati…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 45 cited

Monitoring AGNs with H Asymmetry. III. Long-term Reverberation Mapping Results of 15 Palomar-Green Quasars

Dong-Wei Bao, Michael S. Brotherton, Pu Du +42

In this third paper of the series reporting on the reverberation mapping (RM) campaign of active galactic nuclei with asymmetric H emission-line profiles, we present results for…