J/ApJ/818/L14ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/818/L14doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18189014CDSDu P.Wang J.-M.Hu C.Ho L.C.Li Y.-R.Bai J.-M.2017-12-12T14:44:26Z2016-06-01T08:02:36ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.fractive-galactic-nucleiaccretionspectroscopyBroad emission lines in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) mainly arise from gas photoionized by continuum radiation from an accretion disk around a central black hole. The shape of the broad-line profile, described by D_H{beta}_=FWHM/{sigma}_H{beta}_, the ratio of full width at half maximum to the dispersion of broad H{beta}, reflects the dynamics of the broad-line region (BLR) and correlates with the dimensionless accretion rate (dM/dt) or Eddington ratio (L_bot_/L_Edd_). At the same time, dM/dt and (L_bot_/L_Edd_ correlate with R_Fe_, the ratio of optical Fe ii to H{beta} line flux emission. Assembling all AGNs with reverberation mapping measurements of broad H{beta}, both from the literature and from new observations reported here, we find a strong bivariate correlation of the form log((dM/dt.L_bot_/L_Edd_)={alpha}+{beta}D_H{beta}_+{gamma}R_Fe_ where {alpha}=(2.47,0.31), {beta}=-(1.59,0.82), and {gamma}=(1.34,0.80). We refer to this as the fundamental plane of the BLR. We apply the plane to a sample of z<0.8 quasars to demonstrate the prevalence of super-Eddington accreting AGNs are quite common at low redshifts.2016ApJ...818L..14Dhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/818/L14CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toJ/ApJ/806/129 : Space telescope RM project. II. Swift data (Edelson+, 2015)J/ApJ/806/22 : SEAMBHs IV. H{beta} time lags (Du+, 2015)J/ApJ/782/45 : SEAMBHs. I. Mrk 142, Mrk 335, and IRAS F12397+3333 (Du+, 2014)J/ApJ/755/60 : Reverberation mapping for 5 Seyfert 1 galaxies (Grier+, 2012)J/ApJ/753/L2 : Reverberation mapping of AGNs (Assef+, 2012)J/ApJ/736/86 : FeII emission in SDSS type 1 AGNs (Dong+, 2011)J/ApJ/687/78 : FeII emission in quasars (Hu+, 2008)J/ApJ/613/682 : AGN central masses & broad-line region sizes (Peterson+, 2004)J/A+A/309/81 : X-ray properties of AGN (Wang+, 1996)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/818/L14https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/818/L14http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/818/L14https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/818/L14https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/818/L14http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/818/L14GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJ/818/L14/table1 (The sample of reverberation-mapped AGNs)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/818/L14/table1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/818/L14/table1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/818/L14/table1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true1.581591720.20293890.0055555555555555566/4439 4754 4803 4924 5091 5671 5731 5989 6028 6030 6087 6223 6260 6441 6534 6977 7209 7246 7331 7642 8071 8261 8528 8922 9750 10039 10454 10691 10761 10912 10927 11191 11354 11388 11490 11668 11898 12380 15147 16301 17727 19283 19746 19883 19932 22890 23323 23418 25054 25585 25965 26148 26292 26509 27862 28060 28517 28605 29795 34881 36775 38268 49042https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/ApJ/818/L14?format=asciidefaultJ/ApJ/818/L14/table1The sample of reverberation-mapped AGNsSimbadNameSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.idcharf_RFe[e] Flag on RFe (5)meta.codecharrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. 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Shape of broad-line H{beta} profile (3)spect.line.intensity;arith.ratiofloatnullablee_DHb[0.01/0.7]? Uncertainty in DHbstat.errorfloatnullableRFe[0.04/2]? Relative strength of broad optical Fe II emission (4)phot.flux;arith.ratiofloatnullableRefReference(s); see refs.dat filemeta.ref;pos.framecharf_RefFlag on Ref (6)meta.codecharSCatDisplay data from SEAMBH papers I and IV (Du+, 2014, J/ApJ/782/45 and 2015, J/ApJ/806/22 within 3"meta.ref.urlintnullableSloanDisplay the online SDSS data for the nearest objectmeta.ref.urlcharNEDSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlchar_RARight Ascension (J2000) from SIMBAD (not part of the original data)degpos.eq.ra;meta.main_DEDeclination (J2000) from SIMBAD (not part of the original data)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainJ/ApJ/818/L14/refsReferencesCommCommentmeta.notecharrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. 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