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most citedSupermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. IV. H Time Lags and Implications for Super-Eddington Accretion

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19 papers

astro-ph.GA2022★ 35 cited

Supermassive Black Hole and Broad-line Region in NGC~5548: Results from Five-season Reverberation Mapping

Kai-Xing Lu, Jin-Ming Bai, Jian-Min Wang +9

NGC 5548 is one of the active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected for our long-term spectroscopic monitoring with the Lijiang 2.4~m telescope, aiming at investigating the origin and evo…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 38 cited

Velocity-resolved Reverberation Mapping of Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus NGC~4151 During Outburst Stage: Evidence for Kinematics Evolution of Broad-line Region

Sha-Sha Li, Hai-Cheng Feng, H. T. Liu +6

Changing-look active galactic nucleus NGC~4151, which has attracted a lot of attention, is undergoing the second dramatic outburst stage in its evolutionary history. To investigate…

astro-ph.HE2021

Application of the space-based optical interferometer towards measuring cosmological distances of quasars

Ying-Ke Huang, Yue-Dong Fang, Kai-Xing Lu +6

Measuring the quasar distance through joint analysis of spectroastrometry (SA) and reverberation mapping (RM) observations is a new method for driving the development of cosmology.…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 40 cited

Reverberation Mapping Measurements of Black Hole Masses and Broad-Line Region Kinematics in Mrk 817 and NGC 7469

Kai-Xing Lu, Jian-Guo Wang, Zhi-Xiang Zhang +7

We present the results from a spectroscopic monitoring campaign to obtain reverberation-mapping measurements and investigate the broad-line region kinematics for active galactic nu…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 9 cited

A correction method for the telluric absorptions and application to Lijiang Observatory

Kai-Xing Lu, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Ying-Ke Huang +7

Observing a telluric standard star for correcting the telluric absorption lines of spectrum will take a significant amount of precious telescope time, especially in the long-term s…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 30 cited

Broad-line Region of the Quasar PG 2130+099 from a Two-Year Reverberation Mapping Campaign with High Cadence

Chen Hu, Yan-Rong Li, Pu Du +12

As one of the most interesting Seyfert 1 galaxies, PG 2130+099 has been the target of several reverberation mapping (RM) campaigns over the years. However, its measured broad H…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 38 cited

Supermassive black holes with high accretion rates in active galactic nuclei: X. Optical variability characteristics

Kai-Xing Lu, Ying-Ke Huang, Zhi-Xiang Zhang +10

We compiled a sample of 73 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with reverberation mapping (RM) observations from RM campaigns including our ongoing campaign of monitoring super-Eddington…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 39 cited

Reverberation mapping of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy I Zwicky 1: black hole mass

Ying-Ke Huang, Chen Hu, Yu-Lin Zhao +11

We report results of the first reverberation mapping campaign of I Zwicky 1 during -, which showed unambiguous reverberations of the broad H line emission to the var…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 92 cited

Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. VIII. Structure of the Broad-Line Region and Mass of the Central Black Hole in Mrk 142

Yan-Rong Li, Yu-Yang Songsheng, Jie Qiu +9

This is the eighth in a series of papers reporting on a large reverberation mapping campaign to measure black hole (BH) mass in high accretion rate active galactic nuclei (AGNs). W…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 104 cited

Kinematics of the Broad-line Region of 3C 273 from a Ten-year Reverberation Mapping Campaign

Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Pu Du, Paul S. Smith +9

Despite many decades of study, the kinematics of the broad-line region of 3C~273 are still poorly understood. We report a new, high signal-to-noise, reverberation mapping campaign…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 32 cited

A High-Quality velocity-delay map of the broad-line region in NGC 5548

Ming Xiao, Pu Du, Kai-Xing Lu +10

NGC 5548 has been well spectroscopically monitored for reverberation mapping of the central kinematics by 19 campaigns. Using the maximum entropy method in this Letter, we build up…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 25 cited

Supermassive black holes with high accretion rates in active galactic nuclei. VII. Reconstruction of velocity-delay maps by maximum entropy method

Ming Xiao, Pu Du, Keith D. Horne +11

As one of the series of papers reporting on a large reverberation mapping campaign, we apply the maximum entropy method (MEM) to 9 narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies with super-Eddingt…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 204 cited

Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. IX 10 New Observations of Reverberation Mapping and Shortened H Lags

Pu Du, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Kai Wang +10

As one of the series of papers reporting on a large reverberation mapping campaign of super-Eddington accreting massive black holes (SEAMBHs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs), we p…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 51 cited

A Possible ~20 yr Periodicity in Long-term Optical Photometric and Spectral Variations of the Nearby Radio-Quiet Active Galactic Nucleus Ark 120

Yan-Rong Li, Jian-Min Wang, Zhi-Xiang Zhang +15

We study the long-term variability in the optical monitoring database of Ark~120, a nearby radio-quiet active galactic nucleus (AGN) at a distance of 143 Mpc (z=0.03271). We compil…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 73 cited

Reverberation Mapping of the Broad-line Region in NGC 5548: Evidence for Radiation Pressure?

Kai-Xing Lu, Pu Du, Chen Hu +8

NGC 5548 is the best-observed reverberation-mapped active galactic nucleus with long-term, intensive monitoring. Here we report results from a new observational campaign between Ja…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 172 cited

Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. V. A New Size-Luminosity Scaling Relation for the Broad-Line Region

Pu Du, Kai-Xing Lu, Zhi-Xiang Zhang +12

This paper reports results of the third-year campaign of monitoring super-Eddington accreting massive black holes (SEAMBHs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) between 2014-2015. Ten…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 114 cited

Spectroscopic Indication for a Centi-parsec Supermassive Black Hole Binary in the Galactic Center of NGC 5548

Yan-Rong Li, Jian-Min Wang, Luis C. Ho +8

As a natural consequence of cosmological hierarchical structure formation, sub-parsec supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) should be common in galaxies but thus far have elude…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 115 cited

Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. VI. Velocity-resolved Reverberation Mapping of H Line

Pu Du, Kai-Xing Lu, Chen Hu +9

In the sixth of the series of papers reporting on a large reverberation mapping (RM) campaign of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with high accretion rates, we present velocity-resolv…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 226 cited

Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. IV. H Time Lags and Implications for Super-Eddington Accretion

Pu Du, Chen Hu, Kai-Xing Lu +13

We have completed two years of photometric and spectroscopic monitoring of a large number of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with very high accretion rates. In this paper, we report…