Radial-dependent Responsivity of Broad-line Regions in Active Galactic Nuclei: Observational Consequences for Reverberation Mapping and Black Hole Mass Measurements

The reverberation mapping (RM) technique has seen wide applications in probing geometry and kinematics of broad-line regions (BLRs) and measuring masses of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in active galactic nuclei. However, key quantities in RM analysis such as emissivity, responsivity, transfer fu...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors:	Yan-Rong Li, Jian-Min Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Reverberation mapping Supermassive black holes Active galactic nuclei
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9fee