A simulation-based quality-control framework for the broad-line region radius-luminosity relation

Juri Wladimir Seib, Francisco Pozo Nuñez, Sarah Elena Ivana Bosman

The broad-line region (BLR) radius-luminosity (R-L) relation underpins single-epoch black hole mass estimates in active galactic nuclei (AGN). The published Hβsample is heterogeneo…