5 papers
Mrk 382: A Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy with Recurrent X-ray State Transitions
Yanli Ai, Wenfeng Wen, Liming Dou +10
We report recurrent X-ray state transitions in the nearby narrow-line Seyfert~1 galaxy Mrk~382 using multi-epoch observations from \textit{Swift}, \textit{Chandra}, \textit{XMM-New…
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…
Continuum Reverberation Mapping of Accretion Disks Surrounding Supermassive Black Hole Binaries: Observational Signatures
Yi-Xin Fu, Yan-Rong Li, Jian-Min Wang +9
It has remained challenging to reliably identify sub-parsec supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs), despite them being expected to be ubiquitous. We propose a new method using m…
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…
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…