The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping

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dc.creatorDenney, Kelly D.
dc.creatorBentz, Misty C.
dc.creatorPeterson, Bradley M.
dc.creatorPogge, Richard W.
dc.creatorCackett, Edward M.
dc.creatorDietrich, Matthias
dc.creatorFogel, Jeffrey K. J.
dc.creatorGhosh, Himel
dc.creatorHorne, Keith
dc.creatorKuehn, Charles
dc.creatorMinezaki, Takeo
dc.creatorOnken, Christopher A.
dc.creatorPronik, Vladimir I.
dc.creatorRichstone, Douglas O.
dc.creatorSergeev, Sergey G.
dc.creatorVestergaard, Marianne
dc.creatorWalker, Matthew G.
dc.creatorYoshii, Yuzuru
dc.date2006-08-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:39:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:39:49Z
dc.descriptionWe present new observations leading to an improved black hole mass estimate for the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4593 as part of a reverberation-mapping campaign conducted at the MDM Observatory. Cross-correlation analysis of the H_beta emission-line light curve with the optical continuum light curve reveals an emission-line time delay of 3.73 (+-0.75) days. By combining this time delay with the H_beta line width, we derive a central black hole mass of M_BH = 9.8(+-2.1)x10^6 M_sun, an improvement in precision of a factor of several over past results.
dc.description22 pages, 3 tables, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608406
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608406
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.653:152-158,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/508533
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/181161
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping
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