論文紹介


The SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper Reverberation Mapping Project: Unusual Broad-Line Variability in a Luminous Quasar

L.B.Fries, J.R.Trump, M.C.Davis, C.J.Grier, Y.Shen, S.F.Anderson, T.Dwelly, M.Eracleous, Y.Homayouni, K.Horne, S.Morrison, J.C.Runnoe, B.Trakhtenbrot, R.J.Assef, W.N.Brandt, J.Brownstein, C.Dabbieri, A.Fix, G.F.Alvarez, S.Frederick, P.B.Hall, A.M.Koekemoer, J.I.Li, X.Liu, M.L.Martinez-Aldama, C.Ricci, D.P.Schneider, H.W.Sharp, M.J.Temple, Q.Yang, G.Zeltyn, and D.Bizyaev

arXiv:2301.10252

Introduction

Observations and Parent Sample

Data

Parent Sample

Identifying Unusual Line Profile Changes in SDSS-RM / BHM-RM Quasars

The Source of Interest: RM160

Quantifying the Emission-Line Profiles

Fitting the Continuum

Fitting the Narrow Emission Lines

Second-Order Calibrations Based on Narrow Emission Lines

Quantifying the Broad Emission-Line Profile Variability

Results and Discussion

Broad Emission-Line Profile Variability

Line Breathing

The Binary Supermassive Black Hole Hypothesis

BLR Kinematics and Geometry


Alternative Fitting Procedures

Single Gaussian Fits

PyQSOFit

Comparison of the Three Fitting Methods