J/ApJS/275/13ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/275/13doi:10.26093/cds/vizier/bb-8k-dCDSWang S.Woo J.-H.2026-08-03T07:25:35Z2025-10-09T08:16:59ZCDS support team

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

cds-question@unistra.fractive-galactic-nucleiquasarsredshiftedastronomical-reference-materialsvisible-astronomyx-ray-sourcesWe revisit the relation between active galactic nucleus (AGN) broad-line region (BLR) size and luminosity by conducting a uniform H{beta} reverberation-mapping analysis for 212 AGNs with archival light curves. Our analysis incorporates three different lag measurement methods, including the interpolated cross-correlation function (ICCF), JAVELIN, and PyROA, alongside a consistently defined lag-searching window and an alias removal procedure. We find that ICCF, albeit with larger uncertainties compared to other methods, is the most reliable method based on our visual inspection of the matches between H{beta} and the shifted continuum light curves. Combining this sample with the 32 AGNs from Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project, we obtain the best-fit relation between the BLR size (RBLR) and the continuum luminosity at 5100{AA} (L5100) with a slope significantly flatter than 0.5. By selecting a subsample of 157 AGNs with the best-quality lag measurements using a set of quantitative criteria and visual inspection, we find a consistent slope and a slightly decreased intrinsic scatter. We further investigate the effect of luminosity tracers, including L5100, H{beta} luminosity (LH{beta}), [OIII] luminosity (L[OIII]), and 2-10keV hard X-ray luminosity L2-10keV. We find that sub-Eddington and super-Eddington AGNs exhibit systematic offsets in both RBLR-L5100 and RBLR-LH{beta} relations, while they show comparable RBLR-L[OIII] and RBLR-L2-10keV relations. We discuss the potential causes for these different deviations when employing different luminosity tracers.2024ApJS..275...13Whttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/275/13CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toJ/ApJ/475/469 : Composite HST Spectrum of Quasars (Zheng+ 1997)J/ApJS/115/185 : 3C 390.3 BVRI and H photometry (Dietrich+, 1998)J/A+A/369/57 : Monitoring Mkn 279 in BVRI and H{beta} (Santos-Lleo+, 2001)J/ApJ/613/682 : AGN central masses & broad-line region sizes (Peterson+, 2004)J/ApJ/702/1353 : H{beta} and V-band light curves of NGC 4051 (Denney+, 2009)J/ApJ/698/895 : Variations in QSOs optical flux (Kelly+, 2009)J/A+A/512/A34 : XMM-COSMOS Type 1 AGNs (Lusso+, 2010)J/ApJS/194/45 : QSO properties from SDSS-DR7 (Shen+, 2011)J/ApJ/755/60 : Reverberation mapping for five Seyfert 1 (Grier+, 2012)J/ApJ/753/125 : NIR spectroscopy follow-up of 60 SDSS-DR7 QSOs (Shen+, 2012)J/ApJS/206/4 : SED and bol. corrections for luminous QSOs (Krawczyk+, 2013)J/ApJ/779/109 : Long-term monitoring of NGC 5548 (Peterson+, 2013)J/ApJ/782/45 : SEAMBHs. 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Reberberation mapping for 15 PG QSOs (Hu+, 2021)J/ApJ/925/52 : LAMP 2016: velocity-resolved Hb lags in Seyfert (U+, 2022)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/275/13https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/275/13http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/275/13https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/275/13https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/275/13http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/275/13GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJS/275/13/tablea1 (Lag measurements and quality parameters for literature parent sample)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true185.85056782.67901360.005555555555555556Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/275/13/tablea2 (Lag measurements and quality parameters for the Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project (SAMP) sample)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea2?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea2?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea2?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true2.629191410.97486220.005555555555555556Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/275/13/tablea3 (Lags and luminosities in the average scheme)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea3?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea3?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/275/13/tablea3?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true68.29623195.35433860.0055555555555555565/2856 6/893 1405 2067 2663 2764 4226 4439 4488 4506 4540 4754 4803 4924 5262 5274 5437 5481 5483 5671 5687-5688 5731 5776 5989 6028 6030 6087 6165 6218 6223 6260 6441 6534 6649 6977 7061 7209 7246 7331 7484 7526-7527 7642 7713 7921 7998 8017 8029 8071 8216 8261 8299 8528 8636 8641 8906 8922 8941 9018 9031 9194 9208 9262 9305 9750 9765 10039 10115 10162 10454 10691 10694 10709 10715 10741 10743 10749 10761 10912 10927 10939 11191 11354 11388 11402 11428 11430 11432-11433 11473 11490 11668 11898 11924 12380 12632 13202 14858 14960 15181 16301 17727 17819 18769 18923 19283 19315 19567 19746 19883 19932 21824 22890 23323 25054 25585 25619 25735 25965 26148 26292 26300 26509 28060 28101 28471 28517 28539 28605 29795 31650 32245 34881 36775 36786 38268 43806 49042https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/ApJS/275/13?format=asciiX-rayOpticaldefaultJ/ApJS/275/13/tablea1Lag measurements and quality parameters for literature parent samplerecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintSeq[0/211] Running sequence number (ID)meta.idintNameObject Name (Object)meta.id;meta.maincharprimaryRefReference paper of the light curve and initial lag measurement (see refs.dat file)meta.bibcharz[0.002/1.1] Redshift of the objectsrc.redshiftdoubleRmax[0.2/1] Maximum correlation coefficient rmaxstat.correlation;stat.maxfloatRmax0[-0.07/0.93] Maximum correlation coefficient rmax after detrending (Rmax_DE)stat.correlation;stat.maxfloatp-value[0/1] p-value from a cross-correlation reliability teststat.fit.goodnessfloattauLit[1.3/307]? Literature reported rest-frame lag measurement (TAU_LIT)dtime.intervalfloatnullablee_tauLit[0.4/91]? Lower uncertainty of tauLitdstat.error;stat.min;time.intervalfloatnullableE_tauLit[0.4/69]? Upper uncertainty of tauLitdstat.error;stat.max;time.intervalfloatnullabletauICCF[-3.3/307] Final rest-frame lag measurement based on ICCF centroids (TAU_ICCF)dtime.intervalfloate_tauICCF[0.5/133] Lower uncertainty of tauICCFdstat.error;stat.min;time.intervalfloatE_tauICCF[0.4/71] Upper uncertainty of tauICCFdstat.error;stat.max;time.intervalfloatFpkICCF[0.3/1] F_peak_ of tauICCF (Fpeak_ICCF)phot.flux.densityfloatDetrICCF[0/1] Flag for detrending (1=detrended; or 0) (Flag_Detrend_ICCF)meta.codeintPostICCF[1/3] Flag on posterior distributions for ICCF centroids (1=good) (Flag_Posterior_ICCF) (1)meta.codeintVisICCF[1/5] Visual quality assessment of the tauICCF (5=best quality) (Visual_Inspection_ICCF) (2)meta.codefloattauJAV[0.5/742] Final rest-frame lag measurement based on JAVELIN (TAU_JAVELIN)dtime.intervalfloate_tauJAV[0.1/193] Lower uncertainty of tauJAVdstat.error;stat.min;time.intervalfloatSimbadNameSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.idcharnullableNEDNED column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlcharLEDAmeta.ref.urlchare_tauPyROA[0.1/91] Lower uncertainty of TAU_PyROAdstat.error;stat.min;time.intervalfloatE_tauJAV[0/264] Upper uncertainty of tauJAVdstat.error;stat.max;time.intervalfloatFpkJAV[0.27/1] F_peak_ of tauJAV (Fpeak_JAVELIN)phot.flux.densityfloatPostJAV[1/3] Flag on posterior distributions for JAVELIN (Flag_Posterior_JAVELIN) (1)meta.codeinttauPyROA[-39.1/219] Final rest-frame lag measurement based on PyROA (TAU_PyROA)dtime.intervalfloatE_tauPyROA[0.1/72] Upper uncertainty of TAU_PyROAdstat.error;stat.max;time.intervalfloatFpkPyROA[0.43/1] Fpeak of TAU_PyROA (Fpeak_PyROA)phot.flux.densityfloatPosPyROA[1/3] Flag on posterior distributions for PyROA (Flag_Posterior_PyROA) (1)meta.codeintBest[0/1] Best quality flag: 1=Selected; 0=Not selected (Flag_Best_Quality)meta.code.qual;meta.modelledintLogL5100[41.47/45.9] Log luminosity at 5100{AA}log(1e-07W)phys.luminosity;em.optfloate_LogL5100[0.01/0.3] Uncertainty in LogL5100log(1e-07W)stat.error;phys.luminosity;em.optfloatFWHM[778/18920]? Collected FWHM from mean spectra (FWHM_mean)km.s**-1spect.line.widthintnullablee_FWHM[1/5983]? Uncertainty of FWHMkm.s**-1stat.error;spect.line.widthintnullablesigma[493/9475]? Collected {sigma}line from rms spectra (Sigma_rms)km.s**-1stat.stdev;phys.velocintnullablee_sigma[5/671]? Uncertainty in sigmakm.s**-1stat.error;stat.stdev;phys.velocintnullableLumDisplay the luminosities for this object (link to Table A3)meta.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/ApJS/275/13/tablea2Lag measurements and quality parameters for the Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project (SAMP) samplez[0.079/0.35] Redshift of the objectsrc.redshiftfloattauICCF[-9/190] Final rest-frame lag measurement based on ICCF centroids (TAU_ICCF)dtime.intervalfloate_tauICCF[4/42] Lower uncertainty of TAU_ICCFdstat.error;stat.min;time.intervalfloatE_tauICCF[4/31] Upper uncertainty of TAU_ICCFdstat.error;stat.max;time.intervalfloatFpkICCF[0.34/1] Fpeak of tauICCF (Fpeak_ICCF)phot.flux.densityfloatSimbadNameSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.idcharnullableNEDNED column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlcharLEDAmeta.ref.urlchare_tauJAV[3/23] Lower uncertainty of TAU_JAVELINdstat.error;stat.min;time.intervalfloatrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintNameObject Name (Object)meta.id;meta.maincharprimarytauJAV[-207/261] Final rest-frame lag measurement based on JAVELIN (TAU_JAVELIN)dtime.intervalfloatE_tauJAV[2.7/52] Upper uncertainty of TAU_JAVELINdstat.error;stat.max;time.intervalfloatFpkJAV[0.4/1] Fpeak of tauJAV (Fpeak_JAVELIN)phot.flux.densityfloattauPyROA[-28/251] Final rest-frame lag measurement based on PyROA (TAU_PyROA)dtime.intervalfloate_tauPyROA[2/49] Lower uncertainty of TAU_PyROAdstat.error;stat.min;time.intervalfloatE_tauPyROA[2/23.1] Upper uncertainty of TAU_PyROAdstat.error;stat.max;time.intervalfloatFpkPyROA[1.0] Fpeak of tauPyROA (Fpeak_PyROA)phot.flux.densityfloatBest[0/1] Flag indicates the final selected best-quality sample based on ICCF (1=best quality; 0=not selected) (Flag_Best_Quality_ICCF)meta.code.qualintLogL5100[44/45.7] Log luminosity at 5100{AA}log(1e-07W)phys.luminosity;em.optfloate_LogL5100[0.01/0.02] Uncertainty in LogL5100log(1e-07W)stat.error;phys.luminosity;em.optfloatLumDisplay the luminosities for this object (link to Table A3)meta.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/ApJS/275/13/tablea3Lags and luminosities in the average schemeNameObject Name (Object)meta.id;meta.maincharLogEdd[-3/0.9] Log Eddington Ratio (LogLambda_Edd)phys.luminosity;arith.ratiofloate_LogEdd[0.08/0.9] Lower uncertainty in LogEddstat.error;stat.min;phys.luminosityfloatE_LogEdd[0.08/0.9] Upper uncertainty in LogEddstat.error;stat.max;phys.luminosityfloatSimbadNameSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.idcharnullableNEDNED column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlcharLEDAmeta.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.mainrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintz[0.002/0.85] Redshift of the objectsrc.redshiftfloatLogRad[0.04/2.37] Log BLR radius, light daysphys.size.radiusfloate_LogRad[0.01/0.41] Lower uncertainty of LogRad (logR)stat.error;stat.min;phys.size.radiusfloatE_LogRad[0.02/0.67] Upper uncertainty of LogRadstat.error;stat.max;phys.size.radiusfloatLogL5100[41.7/46] Log luminosity at 5100{AA}log(1e-07W)phys.luminosity;em.optfloate_LogL5100[0.01/0.3] Uncertainty in LogL5100log(1e-07W)stat.error;phys.luminosity;em.optfloatLogLHbeta[39.79/44.1]? Log Luminosity of Broad H{beta}log(1e-07W)phys.luminosity;spect.line;em.line.Hbetafloatnullablee_LogLHbeta[0.01/0.28]? Uncertainty in LogLHbetalog(1e-07W)stat.errorfloatnullableLogLOIII[39.6/43.54]? Log luminosity of [OIII]log(1e-07W)phys.luminosity;spect.line;em.line.OIIIfloatnullablee_LogLOIII[0.01/0.28]? Uncertainty in LogLOIIIlog(1e-07W)stat.errorfloatnullableLogL2-10keV[42/44.66]? Log Hard X-ray luminosity at 2-10keV from Liu+ 2021ApJ...910..103Llog(1e-07W)phys.luminosity;em.X-ray.mediumfloatnullableJ/ApJS/275/13/refsReferencesrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintRefReference codemeta.notecharBibCodeBibcode of the referencemeta.bib.bibcodecharCommVizieR catalog referencemeta.id;meta.datasetchar