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1. Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. IX. Velocity–Delay Maps for Broad Emission Lines in NGC 5548

Author

B. J. Shappee, J. M. Gelbord, Alessandro Siviero, Marianne Vestergaard, M. Spencer, G. A. Borman, Kevin V. Croxall, Michael Fausnaugh, Rick Edelson, M. C. Bottorff, Yair Krongold, Jeremy Jones, A. Skielboe, Nicolas Tejos, T. Hutchison, F. MacInnis, J. E. Brown, Catherine J. Grier, Hyun-Il Sung, M. L. Nguyen, Ryan Norris, Alis J. Deason, Haojing Yan, Susanna Bisogni, D. M. Crenshaw, J. A. Kennea, Alexei V. Filippenko, P. Ochner, S. V. Nazarov, A. A. Breeveld, Keith Horne, I. M. McHardy, Y. Weiss, E. Holmbeck, Wei Zhu, Michael T. Carini, J. A. Nousek, Hagai Netzer, A. Bigley, S. Hicks, Michael D. Joner, Kirk T. Korista, S. A. Klimanov, S. C. Kim, G. De Rosa, Jon C. Mauerhan, E. R. Manne-Nicholas, J. van Saders, Isaac Shivvers, Aaron J. Barth, Christopher S. Kochanek, Vardha N. Bennert, Ying Zu, Sang Chul Kim, Kelly D. Denney, Scott M. Adams, S. G. Sergeev, L. Gonzalez, F. Müller Sánchez, H. Yuk, Steven Villanueva, N. Gehrels, J. J. Jensen, R. McGurk, M. Im, Miao Li, K. Flatland, Garrett Somers, Jamie Tayar, D. Mudd, S. Geier, Enrico Maria Corsini, Phil Uttley, S. Rafter, M. Eracleous, H. W. Rix, Lorenzo Morelli, Douglas C. Leonard, Kelsey I. Clubb, Laura Vican, K. Schnülle, Smita Mathur, C. S. Turner, J. R. Parks, J.-U. Pott, M. Dietrich, Patrick L. Kelly, Jenny E. Greene, Carolin Villforth, P. Arévalo, Calen B. Henderson, Michael S. Brotherton, A. Gupta, M. W. Lau, Julia M. Comerford, Chris Done, Minjin Kim, Ori D. Fox, Gerard A. Kriss, Gary J. Ferland, Daniel Proga, S. Young, N. V. Efimova, Thomas W.-S. Holoien, P. A. Evans, Radosław Poleski, M. R. Goad, Dirk Grupe, B. Scott, Alessandro Pizzella, Zhiyuan Ma, J. S. Schimoia, J. C. Lee, Jong-Hak Woo, P. Lira, Cassandra Lochhaas, Jessie C. Runnoe, M. H. Siegel, Justin Ely, Patrick B. Hall, I. E. Papadakis, C. A. Johnson, Tommaso Treu, Emma Gardner, Todd Boroson, D. A. Starkey, Daniel J. Stevens, Thomas G. Beatty, Andrew J. King, Jelle Kaastra, Edward M. Cackett, Misty C. Bentz, J. S. Brown, Liuyi Pei, D. N. Okhmat, Steve Croft, M. A. Malkan, G. V. Simonian, M. Dehghanian, C. Montuori, Bradley M. Peterson, E. Dalla Bontà, R. W. Pogge, Matthew T. Penny, V. Gorjian, W. N. Brandt, Elinor L. Gates, Shai Kaspi, D. A. Saylor, Ana M. Mosquera, A. Pancoast, WeiKang Zheng, A. de Lorenzo-Cáceres, Gabriela Canalizo, ITA, USA, GBR, Science & Technology Facilities Council, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, and University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science

Subjects
Seyfert [Galaxies], Active galactic nucleus, active [Galaxies], 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, individual (NGC 5548) [Galaxies], Active galaxies, Astrophysical black holes, Supermassive black holes, Active galactic nuclei, Reverberation mapping, astro-ph.GA, T-NDAS, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Atomic, Physical Chemistry, Virial theorem, Reverberation mapping, Particle and Plasma Physics, Spitzer Space Telescope, Supermassive black holes, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, Nuclear, Emission spectrum, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Line (formation), Physics, Active galactic nuclei, Supermassive black hole, Astrophysical black holes, Molecular, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Black hole, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, nuclei [Galaxies], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Active galaxies, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
Abstract

We report velocity-delay maps for prominent broad emission lines, Ly_alpha, CIV, HeII and H_beta, in the spectrum of NGC5548. The emission-line responses inhabit the interior of a virial envelope. The velocity-delay maps reveal stratified ionization structure. The HeII response inside 5-10 light-days has a broad single-peaked velocity profile. The Ly_alpha, CIV, and H_beta responses peak inside 10 light-days, extend outside 20 light-days, and exhibit a velocity profile with two peaks separated by 5000 km/s in the 10 to 20 light-day delay range. The velocity-delay maps show that the M-shaped lag vs velocity structure found in previous cross-correlation analysis is the signature of a Keplerian disk with a well-defined outer edge at R=20 light-days. The outer wings of the M arise from the virial envelope, and the U-shaped interior of the M is the lower half of an ellipse in the velocity-delay plane. The far-side response is weaker than that from the near side, so that we see clearly the lower half, but only faintly the upper half, of the velocity--delay ellipse. The delay tau=(R/c)(1-sin(i))=5 light-days at line center is from the near edge of the inclined ring, giving the inclination i=45 deg. A black hole mass of M=7x10^7 Msun is consistent with the velocity-delay structure. A barber-pole pattern with stripes moving from red to blue across the CIV and possibly Ly_alpha line profiles suggests the presence of azimuthal structure rotating around the far side of the broad-line region and may be the signature of precession or orbital motion of structures in the inner disk. Further HST observations of NGC 5548 over a multi-year timespan but with a cadence of perhaps 10 days rather than 1 day could help to clarify the nature of this new AGN phenomenon., 19 pages, 9 figures, ApJ in press

Published
2021

2. Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. XII: Broad-line Region Modeling of NGC 5548

Author

Christopher S. Kochanek, T. Hutchison, H. W. Rix, Gary J. Ferland, Alessandro Pizzella, E. Holmbeck, E. R. Manne-Nicholas, Ori D. Fox, Radosław Poleski, I. E. Papadakis, Erin Kara, S. Young, Vardha N. Bennert, Kelly D. Denney, Daniel J. Stevens, M. Dietrich, Calen B. Henderson, WeiKang Zheng, Haojing Yan, Aaron J. Barth, P. Lira, M. C. Bottorff, Steve Croft, Jelle Kaastra, Jamie Tayar, Misty C. Bentz, Zhiyuan Ma, Laura Vican, Jenny E. Greene, J. S. Brown, M. W. Lau, F. Müller-Sánchez, Alexei V. Filippenko, Dirk Grupe, Daniel Proga, R. McGurk, Alis J. Deason, I. M. McHardy, K. Flatland, Matthew A. Malkan, Michael D. Joner, Douglas C. Leonard, Kelsey I. Clubb, Missagh Mehdipour, B. J. Shappee, Kevin V. Croxall, J. M. Gelbord, M. H. Siegel, Jon C. Mauerhan, Ying Zu, Patrick L. Kelly, Christian Knigge, Myungshin Im, Peter R. Williams, C. A. Johnson, S. V. Nazarov, J. A. Nousek, Miao Li, C. S. Turner, Andrew J. King, Marianne Vestergaard, S. C. Kim, G. De Rosa, J. R. Parks, M. Spencer, S. G. Sergeev, Steven Villanueva, Matthew T. Penny, Lorenzo Morelli, Jong-Hak Woo, D. Mudd, D. M. Crenshaw, J.-U. Pott, T. W. S. Holoien, A. A. Breeveld, D. N. Okhmat, Scott M. Adams, Carolin Villforth, Sang Chul Kim, V. Gorjian, W. N. Brandt, G. V. Simonian, Elinor L. Gates, Shai Kaspi, M. Dehghanian, D. A. Saylor, Hyun-Il Sung, Simon Vaughan, Isaac Shivvers, F. MacInnis, Minjin Kim, Edward M. Cackett, Liuyi Pei, Alessandro Siviero, Cassandra Lochhaas, Patrick B. Hall, Wei Zhu, Tommaso Treu, Thomas G. Beatty, Tim Waters, B. Scott, J. C. Lee, Jeremy Jones, M. L. Nguyen, Ryan Norris, Susanna Bisogni, Justin Ely, Keith Horne, A. Gupta, L. Gonzalez, J. J. Jensen, P. Arévalo, N. Gehrels, Catherine J. Grier, S. Geier, Enrico Maria Corsini, S. E. Rafter, P. Ochner, Y. Weiss, A. Skielboe, Michael T. Carini, Michael S. Brotherton, H. Yuk, Chris Done, Gerard A. Kriss, C. Montuori, Bradley M. Peterson, E. Dalla Bontà, Emma Gardner, D. A. Starkey, R. W. Pogge, Smita Mathur, J. A. Kennea, P. A. Evans, A. Bigley, Jessie C. Runnoe, S. Hicks, S. A. Klimanov, Todd Boroson, J. van Saders, J. S. Schimoia, Garrett Somers, Phil Uttley, Nahum Arav, G. A. Borman, J. E. Brown, Nicolas Tejos, Julia M. Comerford, A. de Lorenzo-Cáceres, Gabriela Canalizo, Ana M. Mosquera, A. Pancoast, Michael Fausnaugh, Rick Edelson, N. V. Efimova, Brendon J. Brewer, Yair Krongold, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science, ITA, USA, and GBR

Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Active galaxies, Active galactic nuclei, Reverberation mapping, Seyfert galaxies, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Atomic, Particle and Plasma Physics, Reverberation mapping, Spitzer Space Telescope, Emission spectrum, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, Physics, Seyfert galaxies, Balmer series, 3rd-DAS, VARIABILITY, Reverbation mapping, AGN MONITORING PROJECT, symbols, STEPS, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Active galactic nucleus, astro-ph.GA, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Electromagnetic radiation, symbols.namesake, SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLES, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear, MASSES, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Active galactic nuclei, Molecular, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Black hole, CONTINUUM, SIZE, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Active galaxies, EMISSION
Abstract

We present geometric and dynamical modeling of the broad line region for the multi-wavelength reverberation mapping campaign focused on NGC 5548 in 2014. The dataset includes photometric and spectroscopic monitoring in the optical and ultraviolet, covering the H$\beta$, C IV, and Ly$\alpha$ broad emission lines. We find an extended disk-like H$\beta$ BLR with a mixture of near-circular and outflowing gas trajectories, while the C IV and Ly$\alpha$ BLRs are much less extended and resemble shell-like structures. There is clear radial structure in the BLR, with C IV and Ly$\alpha$ emission arising at smaller radii than the H$\beta$ emission. Using the three lines, we make three independent black hole mass measurements, all of which are consistent. Combining these results gives a joint inference of $\log_{10}(M_{\rm BH}/M_\odot) = 7.64^{+0.21}_{-0.18}$. We examine the effect of using the $V$ band instead of the UV continuum light curve on the results and find a size difference that is consistent with the measured UV-optical time lag, but the other structural and kinematic parameters remain unchanged, suggesting that the $V$ band is a suitable proxy for the ionizing continuum when exploring the BLR structure and kinematics. Finally, we compare the H$\beta$ results to similar models of data obtained in 2008 when the AGN was at a lower luminosity state. We find that the size of the emitting region increased during this time period, but the geometry and black hole mass remain unchanged, which confirms that the BLR kinematics suitably gauge the gravitational field of the central black hole., Comment: 26 pages, 19 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJ

Published
2020

3. Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. VIII. Time Variability of Emission and Absorption in NGC 5548 Based on Modeling the Ultraviolet Spectrum

Author

Andrew J. King, K. G. Teems, Gabriele Ponti, J. S. Schimoia, Calen B. Henderson, Michael S. Brotherton, S. Paltani, Nahum Arav, Alessandro Siviero, Radosław Poleski, P. Lira, Sang Chul Kim, Thomas W.-S. Holoien, Wei Zhu, A. de Lorenzo-Cáceres, M. C. Bottorff, Dirk Grupe, Gabriela Canalizo, M. Eracleous, S. G. Sergeev, F. MacInnis, Massimo Cappi, M. Dietrich, Alis J. Deason, Haojing Yan, Giorgio Matt, Ciro Pinto, Michael T. Carini, Minjin Kim, Brandon C. Kelly, I. M. McHardy, Scott M. Adams, L. Gonzalez, J. J. Jensen, Julia M. Comerford, Yair Krongold, Tim Waters, B. Scott, C. S. Turner, G. A. Borman, R. McGurk, Nicolas Tejos, J. R. Parks, K. Flatland, Michael D. Joner, Kirk T. Korista, L. Di Gesu, Emma Gardner, Jon C. Mauerhan, Jessie C. Runnoe, Douglas C. Leonard, Kelsey I. Clubb, M. H. Siegel, C. A. Johnson, D. A. Starkey, H. Yuk, M. A. Malkan, Justin Ely, Ying Zu, Aaron J. Barth, Cassandra Lochhaas, Patrick L. Kelly, E. Holmbeck, Hyun-Il Sung, Patrick B. Hall, C. Montuori, Christopher S. Kochanek, Bradley M. Peterson, Tommaso Treu, Missagh Mehdipour, Marie Wingyee Lau, A. Skielboe, Catherine J. Grier, J. A. Kennea, Thomas G. Beatty, R. W. Pogge, J. van Saders, A. Bigley, S. Hicks, Catia Silva, H. W. Rix, Vardha N. Bennert, D. M. Crenshaw, E. Dalla Bontà, Miao Li, A. A. Breeveld, Dom Walton, D. N. Okhmat, Elisa Costantini, P. Ochner, Y. Weiss, M. L. Nguyen, Ryan Norris, Susanna Bisogni, Ehud Behar, Jacobo Ebrero, Garrett Somers, Phil Uttley, S. Rafter, Kelly D. Denney, K. Schnülle, Carolin Villforth, Keith Horne, Smita Mathur, G. V. Simonian, R. Boissay-Malaquin, Gary J. Ferland, J. S. Brown, Jelle Kaastra, Ana M. Mosquera, Stefano Bianchi, Misty C. Bentz, A. Pancoast, Alessandro Pizzella, WeiKang Zheng, N. Gehrels, Daniel J. Stevens, M. Dehghanian, Kevin V. Croxall, Isaac Shivvers, A. Gupta, Chris Done, J. E. Brown, B. De Marco, Gerard A. Kriss, Steve Croft, S. V. Nazarov, J. A. Nousek, Jae-Ok Lee, P. Arévalo, G. De Rosa, Michael Fausnaugh, Rick Edelson, Phil Evans, Lorenzo Morelli, S. Geier, Enrico Maria Corsini, M. R. Goad, V. Gorjian, W. N. Brandt, Elinor L. Gates, Shai Kaspi, D. A. Saylor, Jong-Hak Woo, Edward M. Cackett, Liuyi Pei, T. Hutchison, Jamie Tayar, E. R. Manne-Nicholas, Laura Vican, Daniel Proga, Steven Villanueva, D. Mudd, J.-U. Pott, F. Müller-Sánchez, Alexei V. Filippenko, Hagai Netzer, S. A. Klimanov, B. J. Shappee, J. M. Gelbord, Marianne Vestergaard, M. Spencer, Zhiyuan Ma, Carl T. Coker, S. Y. Kim, Myungshin Im, Science & Technology Facilities Council, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Kriss, G. A., De Rosa, G., Ely, J., Peterson, B. M., Kaastra, J., Mehdipour, M., Ferland, G. J., Dehghanian, M., Mathur, S., Edelson, R., Korista, K. T., Arav, N., Barth, A. J., Bentz, M. C., Brandt, W. N., Crenshaw, D. M., Bontà, E. Dalla, Denney, K. D., Done, C., Eracleous, M., Fausnaugh, M. M., Gardner, E., Goad, M. R., Grier, C. J., Horne, Keith, Kochanek, C. S., Mchardy, I. M., Netzer, H., Pancoast, A., Pei, L., Pogge, R. W., Proga, D., Silva, C., Tejos, N., Vestergaard, M., Adams, S. M., Anderson, M. D., Arévalo, P., Beatty, T G., Behar, E., Bennert, V. N., Bianchi, S., Bigley, A., Bisogni, S., Boissay-Malaquin, R., Borman, G. A., Bottorff, M. C., Breeveld, A. A., Brotherton, M., Brown, J. E., Brown, J. S., Cackett, E. M., Canalizo, G., Cappi, M., Carini, M. T., Clubb, K. I., Comerford, J. M., Coker, C. T., Corsini, E. M., Costantini, E., Croft, S., Croxall, K. V., Deason, A. J., De Lorenzo-Cáceres, A., De Marco, B., Dietrich, M., Di Gesu, L., Ebrero, J., Evans, P. A., Filippenko, A. V., Flatland, K., Gates, E. L., Gehrels, N., Geier, S., Gelbord, J. M., Gonzalez, L., Gorjian, V., Grupe, D., Gupta, A., Hall, P. B., Henderson, C. B., Hicks, S., Holmbeck, E., Holoien, T. W. -S., Hutchison, T. A., Im, M., Jensen, J. J., Johnson, C. A., Joner, M. D., Kaspi, S., Kelly, B. C., Kelly, P. L., Kennea, J. A., Kim, M., Kim, S. C., Kim, S. Y., King, A., Klimanov, S. A., Krongold, Y., Lau, M. W., Lee, J. C., Leonard, D. C., Li, Miao, Lira, P., Lochhaas, C., Ma, Zhiyuan, Macinnis, F., Malkan, M. A., Manne-Nicholas, E. R., Matt, G., Mauerhan, J. C., Mcgurk, R., Montuori, C., Morelli, L., Mosquera, A., Mudd, D., Müller-Sánchez, F., Nazarov, S. V., Norris, R. P., Nousek, J. A., Nguyen, M. L., Ochner, P., Okhmat, D. N., Paltani, S., Parks, J. R., Pinto, C., Pizzella, A., Poleski, R., Ponti, G., Pott, J. -U., Rafter, S. E., Rix, H. -W., Runnoe, J., Saylor, D. A., Schimoia, J. S., Schnülle, K., Scott, B., Sergeev, S. G., Shappee, B. J., Shivvers, I., Siegel, M., Simonian, G. V., Siviero, A., Skielboe, A., Somers, G., Spencer, M., Starkey, D., Stevens, D. J., Sung, H. -I., Tayar, J., Teems, K. G., Treu, T., Turner, C. S., Uttley, P., Van Saders, J ., Vican, L., Villforth, C., Villanueva Jr., S., Walton, D. J., Waters, T., Weiss, Y., Woo, J. -H., Yan, H., Yuk, H., Zheng, W., Zhu, W., Zu, Y., and USA

Subjects
Seyfert [Galaxies], galaxies: active, galaxies: individual (NGC 5548), galaxies: nuclei, galaxies: Seyfert, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Absorption spectroscopy, active [Galaxies], individual (NGC 5548) [Galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Continuum (design consultancy), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Luminosity, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, Emission spectrum, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, QB, Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, DAS, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), nuclei [Galaxies], Reverberation mapping
Abstract

We model the ultraviolet spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC~5548 obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope during the 6-month reverberation-mapping campaign in 2014. Our model of the emission from NGC 5548 corrects for overlying absorption and deblends the individual emission lines. Using the modeled spectra, we measure the response to continuum variations for the deblended and absorption-corrected individual broad emission lines, the velocity-dependent profiles of Ly$\alpha$ and C IV, and the narrow and broad intrinsic absorption features. We find that the time lags for the corrected emission lines are comparable to those for the original data. The velocity-binned lag profiles of Ly$\alpha$ and C IV have a double-peaked structure indicative of a truncated Keplerian disk. The narrow absorption lines show delayed response to continuum variations corresponding to recombination in gas with a density of $\sim 10^5~\rm cm^{-3}$. The high-ionization narrow absorption lines decorrelate from continuum variations during the same period as the broad emission lines. Analyzing the response of these absorption lines during this period shows that the ionizing flux is diminished in strength relative to the far-ultraviolet continuum. The broad absorption lines associated with the X-ray obscurer decrease in strength during this same time interval. The appearance of X-ray obscuration in $\sim\,2012$ corresponds with an increase in the luminosity of NGC 5548 following an extended low state. We suggest that the obscurer is a disk wind triggered by the brightening of NGC 5548 following the decrease in size of the broad-line region during the preceding low-luminosity state., Comment: 50 pages, 30 figures, uses aastex62.cls. Accepted for publication in ApJ, 07/06/2019. High-level products page in MAST will go live after 7/15/2019. Replaced Figure 4 on 7/12/2019 to be more red/green color-blind friendly

Published
2019

4. Light-curve Modulation of Low-mass Stars in K2. I. Identification of 481 Fast Rotators in the Solar Neighborhood

Author

D. A. Saylor, Erik A. Petigura, Ian J. M. Crossfield, and Sébastien Lépine

Subjects
Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Space (mathematics), Light curve, 01 natural sciences, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, Modulation, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Low Mass, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

The K2 mission is targeting large numbers of nearby (d < 100 pc) GKM dwarfs selected from the SUPERBLINK proper motion survey (μ > 40 mas yr^(−1), V < 20). Additionally, the mission is targeting low-mass, high proper motion stars associated with the local (d < 500 pc) Galactic halo population also selected from SUPERBLINK. K2 campaigns 0 through 8 monitored a total of 26,518 of these cool main-sequence stars. We used the auto-correlation function to search for fast rotators by identifying short-period photometric modulations in the K2 light curves. We identified 481 candidate fast rotators with rotation periods

Published
2018

5. Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. V. Optical Spectroscopic Campaign and Emission-line Analysis for NGC 5548

Author

S. Young, Brandon C. Kelly, J.-U. Pott, T. Hutchison, Scott M. Adams, E. Holmbeck, A. A. Breeveld, Jelle Kaastra, S. E. Rafter, Misty C. Bentz, G. A. Borman, P. Arévalo, D. A. Starkey, Michael T. Carini, I. E. Papadakis, M. Dietrich, Alis J. Deason, I. M. McHardy, Vardha N. Bennert, Kelly D. Denney, Michael D. Joner, Gabriela Canalizo, Justin Ely, A. Pancoast, Catherine J. Grier, D. C. Leonard, P. Ochner, Ying Zu, Zhiyuan Ma, A. Skielboe, J. van Saders, Bryan Scott, D. Horenstein, J. A. Kennea, Carl T. Coker, W. N. Brandt, A. Gupta, H. Yuk, D. Grupe, M. C. Bottorff, Michael Fausnaugh, Myungshin Im, Marianne Vestergaard, Rick Edelson, K. Schnülle, M. Spencer, Sang Chul Kim, C. Montouri, Miao Li, J. J. Jensen, W. Zheng, Nadia L. Zakamska, Gary J. Ferland, Ana M. Mosquera, N. V. Efimova, Steve Croft, Jenny E. Greene, Michael Eracleous, A. de Lorenzo-Cáceres, M. R. Goad, D. A. Saylor, Richard W. Pogge, Calen B. Henderson, Radosław Poleski, Jessie C. Runnoe, Carolin Villforth, G. De Rosa, A. V. Filippenko, Ori D. Fox, M. W. Lau, Thomas W.-S. Holoien, Michael S. Brotherton, H. Yan, Kirk T. Korista, C. Bazhaw, E. M. Cackett, B. Ou-Yang, Hagai Netzer, K. G. Teems, Michael A. Strauss, Aaron J. Barth, Alessandro Pizzella, Jon C. Mauerhan, Steven Villanueva, Christopher S. Kochanek, J. C. Lee, R. McGurk, M. H. Siegel, K. Flatland, F. Muller Sanchez, D. Mudd, Nicolas Tejos, Elinor L. Gates, P. Lira, Kelsey I. Clubb, S. V. Nazarov, Lorenzo Morelli, R. Musso, Cassandra Lochhaas, Patrick B. Hall, H.-I. Sung, Matthew T. Penny, Tommaso Treu, D. M. Crenshaw, H.-W. Rix, Bradley M. Peterson, Daniel J. Stevens, D. N. Okhmat, Patrick L. Kelly, Thomas G. Beatty, M. L. Nguyen, Ryan Norris, S. Mathur, Susanna Bisogni, Isaac Shivvers, S. Geier, Keith Horne, Phil Evans, G. V. Simonian, E. Dalla Bontà, Benjamin J. Shappee, A. L. King, Shai Kaspi, Enrico Maria Corsini, G. A. Kriss, C. S. Turner, J. R. Parks, Y. Weiss, M. Malkan, E. R. Manne-Nicholas, Jonathan Gelbord, Alessandro Siviero, Wei Zhu, S. G. Sergeev, F. MacInnis, Minjin Kim, J. A. Nousek, Cassidy Johnson, J. S. Brown, A. Bigley, S. Hicks, Julia M. Comerford, J. D. Jones, J. S. Schimoia, Jamie Tayar, K. V. Croxall, Laura Vican, Jong-Hak Woo, Garrett Somers, Phil Uttley, Liuyi Pei, N. Gehrels, J. E. Brown, Stacy Y. Kim, S. A. Klimanov, USA, Science & Technology Facilities Council, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science, and High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI)

Subjects
Doubly ionized oxygen, NDAS, nuclei [galaxies], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Expected value, galaxies: active - galaxies: individual (NGC 5548) - galaxies: nuclei - galaxies: Seyfert, medicine.disease_cause, 01 natural sciences, Spitzer Space Telescope, Seyfert [galaxies], 0103 physical sciences, medicine, QB Astronomy, Emission spectrum, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Monitoring program, QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), active [galaxies], individual (NGC 5548) [galaxies], Reverberation mapping, Ultraviolet
Abstract

We present the results of an optical spectroscopic monitoring program targeting NGC 5548 as part of a larger multi-wavelength reverberation mapping campaign. The campaign spanned six months and achieved an almost daily cadence with observations from five ground-based telescopes. The H$\beta$ and He II $\lambda$4686 broad emission-line light curves lag that of the 5100 $\AA$ optical continuum by $4.17^{+0.36}_{-0.36}$ days and $0.79^{+0.35}_{-0.34}$ days, respectively. The H$\beta$ lag relative to the 1158 $\AA$ ultraviolet continuum light curve measured by the Hubble Space Telescope is roughly $\sim$50% longer than that measured against the optical continuum, and the lag difference is consistent with the observed lag between the optical and ultraviolet continua. This suggests that the characteristic radius of the broad-line region is $\sim$50% larger than the value inferred from optical data alone. We also measured velocity-resolved emission-line lags for H$\beta$ and found a complex velocity-lag structure with shorter lags in the line wings, indicative of a broad-line region dominated by Keplerian motion. The responses of both the H$\beta$ and He II $\lambda$4686 emission lines to the driving continuum changed significantly halfway through the campaign, a phenomenon also observed for C IV, Ly $\alpha$, He II(+O III]), and Si IV(+O IV]) during the same monitoring period. Finally, given the optical luminosity of NGC 5548 during our campaign, the measured H$\beta$ lag is a factor of five shorter than the expected value implied by the $R_\mathrm{BLR} - L_\mathrm{AGN}$ relation based on the past behavior of NGC 5548., Comment: 22 pages, 13 figures, accepted to ApJ

Published
2017

6. Space telescope and optical reverberation mapping project. III. Optical continuum emission and broadband time delays in NGC 5548

Author

M. M. Fausnaugh, K. D. Denney, A. J. Barth, M. C. Bentz, M. C. Bottorff, M. T. Carini, K. V. Croxall, G. De Rosa, M. R. Goad, Keith Horne, M. D. Joner, S. Kaspi, M. Kim, S. A. Klimanov, C. S. Kochanek, D. C. Leonard, H. Netzer, B. M. Peterson, K. Schnülle, S. G. Sergeev, M. Vestergaard, W.-K. Zheng, Y. Zu, M. D. Anderson, P. Arévalo, C. Bazhaw, G. A. Borman, T. A. Boroson, W. N. Brandt, A. A. Breeveld, B. J. Brewer, E. M. Cackett, D. M. Crenshaw, E. Dalla Bontà, A. De Lorenzo-Cáceres, M. Dietrich, R. Edelson, N. V. Efimova, J. Ely, P. A. Evans, A. V. Filippenko, K. Flatland, N. Gehrels, S. Geier, J. M. Gelbord, L. Gonzalez, V. Gorjian, C. J. Grier, D. Grupe, P. B. Hall, S. Hicks, D. Horenstein, T. Hutchison, M. Im, J. J. Jensen, J. Jones, J. Kaastra, B. C. Kelly, J. A. Kennea, S. C. Kim, K. T. Korista, G. A. Kriss, J. C. Lee, P. Lira, F. MacInnis, E. R. Manne-Nicholas, S. Mathur, I. M. McHardy, C. Montouri, R. Musso, S. V. Nazarov, R. P. Norris, J. A. Nousek, D. N. Okhmat, A. Pancoast, I. Papadakis, J. R. Parks, L. Pei, R. W. Pogge, J.-U. Pott, S. E. Rafter, H.-W. Rix, D. A. Saylor, J. S. Schimoia, M. Siegel, M. Spencer, D. Starkey, H.-I. Sung, K. G. Teems, T. Treu, C. S. Turner, P. Uttley, C. Villforth, Y. Weiss, J.-H. Woo, H. Yan, S. Young, Science & Technology Facilities Council, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, and High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI)

Subjects
Seyfert Supporting [Galaxies], Seyfert [Galaxies], galaxies: active, galaxies: individual (NGC 5548), galaxies: nuclei, galaxies: Seyfert, active [Galaxies], individual (NGC 5548) [Galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, NDAS, FOS: Physical sciences, machine-readable tables [Material], Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, Spitzer Space Telescope, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Emission spectrum, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, active, galaxies: individual: NGC 5548, galaxies: nuclei, galaxies: Seyfert [galaxies], QB, Galáxia NGC 5548, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Balmer series, Large Binocular Telescope, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxias seyfert, Galáxias ativas, Wavelength, QC Physics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), nuclei [Galaxies], Eddington luminosity, symbols, Reverberation mapping, BDC, Nucleo galatico
Abstract

We present ground-based optical photometric monitoring data for NGC 5548, part of an extended multi-wavelength reverberation mapping campaign. The light curves have nearly daily cadence from 2014 January to July in nine filters (\emph{BVRI} and \emph{ugriz}). Combined with ultraviolet data from the \emph{Hubble Space Telescope} and \emph{Swift}, we confirm significant time delays between the continuum bands as a function of wavelength, extending the wavelength coverage from 1158\,\AA\ to the $z$ band ($\sim\!9160$\,\AA). We find that the lags at wavelengths longer than the {\it V} band are equal to or greater than the lags of high-ionization-state emission lines (such as He\,{\sc ii}\,$\lambda 1640$ and $\lambda 4686$), suggesting that the continuum-emitting source is of a physical size comparable to the inner broad-line region (BLR). The trend of lag with wavelength is broadly consistent with the prediction for continuum reprocessing by an accretion disk with $\tau \propto \lambda^{4/3}$. However, the lags also imply a disk radius that is 3 times larger than the prediction from standard thin-disk theory, assuming that the bolometric luminosity is 10\% of the Eddington luminosity ($L = 0.1L_{\rm Edd}$). Using optical spectra from the Large Binocular Telescope, we estimate the bias of the interband continuum lags due to BLR emission observed in the filters. We find that the bias for filters with high levels of BLR contamination ($\sim\! 20\%$) can be important for the shortest continuum lags, and likely has a significant impact on the {\it u} and {\it U} bands owing to Balmer continuum emission., Comment: 26 pages, 10 figures, accepted to ApJ. For a brief video describing the main results of this paper, please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaYtcDvIoP0&feature=youtu.be

Published
2016

7. A Low-Mass Black Hole in the Nearby Seyfert Galaxy UGC 06728

Author

C. S. Turner, Caroline A. Roberts, Misty C. Bentz, Mitchell Revalski, Wesley Peters, Matthew D. Anderson, Camilo Machuca, D. A. Saylor, Rachel Kuzio de Naray, Merida Batiste, R. Andrew Sevrinsky, Kathryn V. Lester, James Seals, J. Robert Parks, Jeremy Jones, Karen Garcia, and Crystal L. Pope

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Velocity dispersion, Sigma, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy, Luminosity, Black hole, Space and Planetary Science, Bulge, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Reverberation mapping, Low Mass, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract

We present the results of a recent reverberation mapping campaign for UGC 06728, a nearby low-luminosity Seyfert 1 in a late-type galaxy. Nightly monitoring in the spring of 2015 allowed us to determine an H$\beta$ time delay of $\tau = 1.4 \pm 0.8$ days. Combined with the width of the variable H$\beta$ line profile, we determine a black hole mass of $M_{\rm BH} = (7.1 \pm 4.0) \times 10^5$ M$_{\odot}$. We also constrain the bulge stellar velocity dispersion from higher-resolution long slit spectroscopy along the galaxy minor axis and find $\sigma_{\star} = 51.6 \pm 4.9$ km s$^{-1}$. The measurements presented here are in good agreement with both the $R_{\rm BLR} - L$ relationship and the $M_{\rm BH}-\sigma_{\star}$ relationship for AGNs. Combined with a previously published spin measurement, our mass determination for UGC 06728 makes it the lowest-mass black hole that has been fully characterized, and thus an important object to help anchor the low-mass end of black hole evolutionary models., Comment: accepted for publication in ApJ; 10 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables

Published
2016
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8. Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project VI: reverberating Disk Models for NGC 5548

Author

Michael T. Carini, S. Mathur, S. G. Sergeev, H.-I. Sung, D. A. Saylor, Shai Kaspi, D. N. Okhmat, A. V. Filippenko, M. C. Bottorff, Marianne Vestergaard, S. Hicks, F. MacInnis, Minjin Kim, T. Hutchison, J. A. Kennea, I. M. McHardy, Kirk T. Korista, Y. Weiss, Carolin Villforth, Bradley M. Peterson, G. De Rosa, C. Bazhaw, E. Dalla Bontà, M. Spencer, Aaron J. Barth, Michael D. Joner, P. Lira, Richard W. Pogge, J. S. Schimoia, D. Horenstein, Ying Zu, S. Geier, A. A. Breeveld, G. A. Borman, Brandon C. Kelly, Phil Evans, M. Dietrich, K. Schnülle, Kelly D. Denney, J.-U. Pott, P. Arévalo, D. A. Starkey, Todd Boroson, J. A. Nousek, J. D. Jones, S. Young, Patrick B. Hall, Justin Ely, Jelle Kaastra, A. de Lorenzo-Cáceres, S. E. Rafter, Misty C. Bentz, A. Pancoast, L. Gonzalez, C. Montouri, J. J. Jensen, E. M. Cackett, M. H. Siegel, Myungshin Im, W. Zheng, S. V. Nazarov, Varoujan Gorjian, Sang Chul Kim, D. Grupe, Catherine J. Grier, D. C. Leonard, H. Yan, K. G. Teems, E. R. Manne-Nicholas, K. Flatland, W. N. Brandt, G. A. Kriss, Ryan Norris, Keith Horne, Jong-Hak Woo, Liuyi Pei, K. V. Croxall, C. S. Turner, J. R. Parks, D. M. Crenshaw, H.-W. Rix, Michael Fausnaugh, Rick Edelson, N. V. Efimova, M. R. Goad, Jonathan Gelbord, J. C. Lee, R. Musso, S. A. Klimanov, N. Gehrels, Phil Uttley, Christopher S. Kochanek, Science & Technology Facilities Council, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science, and High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI)

Subjects
Accretion, Seyfert [Galaxies], active [Galaxies], Point source, individual (NGC 5548) [Galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies: active, NDAS, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, medicine.disease_cause, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Spitzer Space Telescope, accretion, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Black-body radiation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, accretion, accretion disks, galaxies: individual (NGC 5548), galaxies: nuclei, galaxies: Seyfert, QC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, accretion disks, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, active, galaxies: individual: NGC 5548, galaxies: nuclei, galaxies: Seyfert [accretion, accretion disks, galaxies], QC Physics, Space and Planetary Science, nuclei [Galaxies], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Accretion disks, Reverberation mapping, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Ultraviolet
Abstract

We conduct a multiwavelength continuum variability study of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 to investigate the temperature structure of its accretion disk. The 19 overlapping continuum light curves (1158 to 9157 angstroms) combine simultaneous HST , Swift , and ground-based observations over a 180 day period from 2014 January to July. Light-curve variability is interpreted as the reverberation response of the accretion disk to irradiation by a central time-varying point source. Our model yields the disk inclination, i, temperature T1 at 1 light day from the black hole, and a temperature-radius slope, alpha. We also infer the driving light curve and find that it correlates poorly with both the hard and soft X-ray light curves, suggesting that the X-rays alone may not drive the ultraviolet and optical variability over the observing period. We also decompose the light curves into bright, faint, and mean accretion-disk spectra. These spectra lie below that expected for a standard blackbody accretion disk accreting at L/LEdd = 0.1, Comment: V2: Oops wrong title! V1: Accepted for publication in ApJ, 20 Pages, 11 Figures

Published
2016
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9. The Mass of the Central Black Hole in the Nearby Seyfert Galaxy NGC5273

Author

K. G. Teems, C. Bazhaw, Matthew D. Anderson, Jeremy Jones, C. S. Turner, Ryan Norris, D. Horenstein, D. A. Saylor, Misty C. Bentz, E. R. Manne-Nicholas, J. Robert Parks, and B. Ou-Yang

Subjects
Physics, Time delays, Active galactic nucleus, Dynamical modeling, Sphere of influence (black hole), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Continuum flux, 01 natural sciences, Monitoring program, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Black hole, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

We present the results of a reverberation-mapping program targeting NGC5273, a nearby early-type galaxy with a broad-lined active galactic nucleus. Over the course of the monitoring program, NGC5273 showed strong variability that allowed us to measure time delays in the responses of the broad optical recombination lines to changes in the continuum flux. A weighted average of these measurements results in a black hole mass determination of $M_{\rm BH} = (4.7 \pm 1.6) \times 10^6$ M$_{\odot}$. An estimate of the size of the black hole sphere of influence in NGC5273 puts it just at the limit of the resolution achievable with current ground-based large aperture telescopes. NGC5273 is therefore an important future target for a black hole mass determination from stellar dynamical modeling, especially because it is the only nearby early-type galaxy hosting an AGN with a reverberation-based mass, allowing the best comparison for the masses determined from these two techniques., 10 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

Published
2014

11. He3magnetic form factor

Author

P. C. Dunn, F.N. Rad, D. P. Saylor, C. P. Sargent, W. Turchinetz, R. Goloskie, and S. Kowalski

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Meson, Charge radius, Helium-3, Magnetic form factor, Form factor (quantum field theory), Charge (physics), Atomic physics, Isotopes of helium
Abstract

The $^{3}\mathrm{He}$ magnetic form factor has been measured for momentum transfers between 0.7 and 11 ${\mathrm{fm}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$ with improved precision over previous measurements. The charge form factor has been measured for momentum transfers less than 1 ${\mathrm{fm}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$. The charge radius was determined to be 1.935\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.03 fm, and the magnetic radius 1.935\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.04 fm. Comparisons are made with calculations which include meson exchange corrections and reasonable agreement is found.NUCLEAR REACTIONS $d(e, {e}^{\ensuremath{'}})d$, ${q}^{2}=0.7 \mathrm{to} 11$ ${\mathrm{fm}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$, $\ensuremath{\theta}=160\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}$, measured magnetic form factor; ${q}^{2}l1$ ${\mathrm{fm}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$, $\ensuremath{\theta}=60\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}$, measured charge radius.

Published
1983

12. Measurement of the Tensor Polarization in Electron-Deuteron Elastic Scattering

Author

D. Beck, J. R. Specht, D. P. Saylor, Martin Schulze, R. Goloskie, E. J. Stephenson, W. Turchinetz, J. D. Moses, M. J. Leitch, Shalev Gilad, Kenneth E. Stephenson, R. P. Redwine, B. Zeidman, M. Farkhondeh, R. M. Laszewski, R. J. Holt, and S. Kowalski

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Elastic scattering, Nuclear reaction, Recoil, Scattering, Momentum transfer, General Physics and Astronomy, Polarimeter, Electron, Nuclear Experiment, Polarization (waves)
Abstract

This paper reports the first measurement of the tensor polarization t/sub 20/ in e-d elastic scattering. The polarization of the recoil deuterons was measured for two values of momentum transfer, q = 1.74 and 2.03 fm/sup -1/, with a high-efficiency polarimeter. The results are in good agreement with reasonable models for the deuteron.

Published
1984

14. Boundary Condition Model for Proton-Proton Scattering

Author

D. P. Saylor, Robert E. Marshak, and R. A. Bryan

Subjects
Momentum, Physics, Angular momentum, Total angular momentum quantum number, Scattering, Quantum electrodynamics, Momentum transfer, Angular momentum of light, Angular momentum coupling, General Physics and Astronomy, Boundary value problem, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A boundary condition model for proton-proton scattering, which features potential tails, was found to yield a good description of the p-p data up to 310 Mev. The boundary conditions were applied at the same radius for all states of a given spin angular momentum. Preliminary values of the boundary conditions were obtained by inward stepwise calculations of the wave functions for each state. The boundar condition method was also tried with the one-pion exchange potential in the outer region. (M.C.G.)

Published
1960

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