First results from the lick AGN monitoring project: The mass of the black hole in ARP 151

Misty C. Bentz; Jonelle L. Walsh; Aaron J. Barth; Nairn Baliber; Nicola Bennert; Gabriela Canalizo; Alexei V. Filippenko; Mohan Ganeshalingam; Elinor L. Gates; Jenny E. Greene; Marton G. Hidas; Kyle D. Hiner; Nicholas Lee; Weidong Li; Matthew A. Malkan; Takeo Minezaki; Frank J.D. Serduke; Joshua H. Shiode; Jeffrey M. Silverman; Thea N. Steele; Daniel Stern; Rachel A. Street; Carol E. Thornton; Tommaso Treu; Xiaofeng Wang; Jong Hak Woo; Yuzuru Yoshiill

doi:10.1086/595719

First results from the lick AGN monitoring project: The mass of the black hole in ARP 151

Misty C. Bentz, Jonelle L. Walsh, Aaron J. Barth, Nairn Baliber, Nicola Bennert, Gabriela Canalizo, Alexei V. Filippenko, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Elinor L. Gates, Jenny E. Greene, Marton G. Hidas, Kyle D. Hiner, Nicholas Lee, Weidong Li, Matthew A. Malkan, Takeo Minezaki, Frank J.D. Serduke, Joshua H. Shiode, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Thea N. SteeleDaniel Stern, Rachel A. Street, Carol E. Thornton, Tommaso Treu, Xiaofeng Wang, Jong Hak Woo, Yuzuru Yoshiill

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We have recently completed a 64 night spectroscopic monitoring campaign at the Lick Observatory 3 m Shane telescope with the aim of measuring the masses of the black holes in 13 nearby (z<0.05) Seyfert 1 galaxies with expected masses in the range-10⁶-10⁷ M⊙. We present here the first results from this project-the mass of the central black hole in Arp 151. Strong variability throughout the campaign led to an exceptionally clean Hβ lag measurement in this object of 4.25^+0.68_-0.66 days in the observed frame. Coupled with the width of the Hβ emission line in the variable spectrum, we determine a black hole mass of (7.1 ± 1.2) × 10⁶ M⊙, assuming the Onken et al. normalization for reverberation-based virial masses. We also find velocity-resolved lag information within the Hβ emission line which clearly shows infalling gas in the Hβ-emitting region. Further detailed analysis may lead to a full model of the geometry and kinematics of broad line region gas around the central black hole in Arp 151.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	L21-L24
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	689
Issue number	1 PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/595719
State	Published - 2008

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Galaxies: Individual (Arp 151)
Galaxies: Nuclei
Galaxies: Seyfert
Galaxies: active

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Bentz, M. C., Walsh, J. L., Barth, A. J., Baliber, N., Bennert, N., Canalizo, G., Filippenko, A. V., Ganeshalingam, M., Gates, E. L., Greene, J. E., Hidas, M. G., Hiner, K. D., Lee, N., Li, W., Malkan, M. A., Minezaki, T., Serduke, F. J. D., Shiode, J. H., Silverman, J. M., ... Yoshiill, Y. (2008). First results from the lick AGN monitoring project: The mass of the black hole in ARP 151. Astrophysical Journal, 689(1 PART 2), L21-L24. https://doi.org/10.1086/595719

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Bentz, MC, Walsh, JL, Barth, AJ, Baliber, N, Bennert, N, Canalizo, G, Filippenko, AV, Ganeshalingam, M, Gates, EL, Greene, JE, Hidas, MG, Hiner, KD, Lee, N, Li, W, Malkan, MA, Minezaki, T, Serduke, FJD, Shiode, JH, Silverman, JM, Steele, TN, Stern, D, Street, RA, Thornton, CE, Treu, T, Wang, X, Woo, JH & Yoshiill, Y 2008, 'First results from the lick AGN monitoring project: The mass of the black hole in ARP 151', Astrophysical Journal, vol. 689, no. 1 PART 2, pp. L21-L24. https://doi.org/10.1086/595719

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