A Tentative Size-Luminosity Relation for the Iron Emission-Line Region in Quasars

Autor:	Chelouche, Doron, Rafter, Stephen E., Cotlier, Gabriel I., Kaspi, Shai, Barth, Aaron J.
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Zdroj:	2014, ApJ, 783L, 34C
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1088/2041-8205/783/2/L34
Popis:	New reverberation mapping measurements of the size of the optical iron emission-line region in quasars are provided, and a tentative size-luminosity relation for this component is reported. Combined with lag measurements in low-luminosity sources, the results imply an emission-region size that is comparable to and at most twice that of the H$\beta$ line, and is characterized by a similar luminosity dependence. This suggests that the physics underlying the formation of the optical iron blends in quasars may be similar to that of other broad emission lines. Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, ApJL published
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.6142 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv