Changing-look active galactic nuclei

C Ricci, B Trakhtenbrot - Nature Astronomy, 2023 - nature.com
Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are known to show flux variability over all observable
timescales and across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Over the past decade, a growing …

Reverberation map** of active galactic nuclei

BM Peterson - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 1993 - iopscience.iop.org
The broad emission lines in the spectra of active galactic nuclei respond to variations in the
luminosity of the central continuum source with a delay due to light-travel time effects within …

The AGN black hole mass database

MC Bentz, S Katz - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The AGN Black Hole Mass Database is a compilation of all published spectroscopic
reverberation-map** studies of active galaxies. We have created a public Web interface …

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

MM Fausnaugh, KD Denney, AJ Barth… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present ground-based optical photometric monitoring data for NGC 5548, part of an
extended multiwavelength reverberation map** campaign. The light curves have nearly …

A systematic search for changing-look quasars in SDSS

CL MacLeod, NP Ross, A Lawrence… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present a systematic search for changing-look quasars based on repeat photometry from
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Pan-STARRS1, along with repeat spectra from SDSS …

Central masses and broad-line region sizes of active galactic nuclei. II. A homogeneous analysis of a large reverberation-map** database

BM Peterson, L Ferrarese, KM Gilbert… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
We present improved black hole masses for 35 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on a
complete and consistent reanalysis of broad emission-line reverberation-map** data …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] The physics and evolution of active galactic nuclei

H Netzer - 2013 - books.google.com
Research into active galactic nuclei (AGN)–the compact, luminous hearts of many galaxies–
is at the forefront of modern astrophysics. Understanding these objects requires extensive …

Determining central black hole masses in distant active galaxies and quasars. II. Improved optical and UV scaling relationships

M Vestergaard, BM Peterson - The Astrophysical Journal, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present four improved empirical relationships useful for estimating the central black hole
mass in nearby AGNs and distant luminous quasars alike using either optical or UV single …

Variability of active galactic nuclei

MH Ulrich, L Maraschi, CM Urry - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract A large collective effort to study the variability of active galactic nuclei (AGN) over
the past decade has led to a number of fundamental results on radio-quiet AGN and blazars …

[HTML][HTML] Spectroscopic constraints on the properties of dust in active galactic nuclei

A Laor, BT Draine - Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004 …, 1993 - adsabs.harvard.edu
The lack of a significant silicate or silicon carbide emission feature in bright active galactic
nuclei (AGNs) is used to constrain models in which the IR continuum is emitted by dust. We …