Mrk 926 spectra Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kollatschny W.
  2. Ochmann M.W.
  3. Kaspi S.
  4. Schumacher C.
  5. Behar E.,Chelouche D.
  6. Horne K.
  7. Mueller B.
  8. Rafter S.E.
  9. Chini R.
  10. Haas M.,Probst M.A.
  11. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Mrk926 is known to be a highly-variable AGN. Furthermore, it is known to show very broad-line profiles. We intended to study the continuum and line profile variations of this object with high temporal resolution in order to determine its broad-line region (BLR) structure, and to derive its black hole (BH) mass. We carried out a high-cadence spectroscopic variability campaign of Mrk926 with the 10m HET telescope, aided by photometric V-band data taken with the C18 telescope at the Wise Observatory, over a period of about five months. We extracted spectroscopic continuum and line light curves, and computed cross-correlation functions (CCFs) as well as velocity-resolved CCFs with respect to the combined spectroscopic and photometric V-band light curve. The continuum luminosity of Mrk926 showed a drastic decrease during our campaign. The luminosity dropped to less than 50% of its original luminosity within 2.5 months only. Furthermore, the spectra of Mrk926 show complex and very broad Balmer line profiles including outer Balmer satellites ranging from +/-5000 to +/-13000km/s. The integrated H{alpha}, H{beta} and HeI_5876_ line light curves are delayed relative to the continuum light curve. The Ha and Hb lines show two velocity-delay structures in the central part of their line profile (within +/-5000km/s) at ~10 and ~57 light-days, and at ~5 and ~48 light-days, respectively. These structures might be interpreted as the upper and lower half of an ellipse in the velocity-delay plane, that might be the signature of a line-emitting ring, inclined by ~50{deg} to the line of sight, orbiting the black hole at radii R of 33.5 and 26.5 light-days. We determined continuum luminosities log({lambda}*L_({lambda})_/erg/s) of 43.68 to 44.13 which are in good agreement with the established R_(BLR)-L_(AGN) relation. Adopting delays of 33.5 and 26.5 days for Ha and Hb, respectively, we derive a black hole mass of 1.1+/-0.2*10^8^M_{sun}_ which indicates a low Eddington ratio decreasing from 8 to 3 percent during our campaign. The Balmer satellite components show a higher correlation coefficient with respect to the continuum than the central line profile, and their response to the continuum variations is of the order of only 3-5 days. We attribute this to the central line segment and the Balmer satellites having different, spatially distinct regions of origin.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. spectroscopy
  3. spectrophotometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2022A&A...657A.122K
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/657/A122
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36570122

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History

2022-01-21T09:43:30Z
Resource record created
2022-01-21T09:43:30Z
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2022-05-18T14:36:15Z
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