Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars

We report the results of a long-duration high-cadence reverberation mapping campaign of a second batch of 11 PG quasars using the 2.2 m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory. This follows a similar earlier study of another sample of 15 objects reported by C. Hu et al. (2021). Among the 11 PG quasa...

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Main Authors: Chen Hu, Zhu-Heng Yao, Yong-Jie Chen, Yu-Yang Songsheng, Yi-Lin Wang, Sen Yang, Hao Zhang, Wei-Jian Guo, Pu Du, Yan-Rong Li, Ming Xiao, Jun-Rong Liu, Hua-Rui Bai, Feng-Na Fang, Yi-Xin Fu, Yue-Chang Peng, Shuo Zhai, Jin-Ming Bai, Luis C. Ho, Michael S. Brotherton, Jesús Aceituno, Hartmut Winkler, Jian-Min Wang, (SEAMBH collaboration)
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Zhu-Heng Yao
Yong-Jie Chen
Yu-Yang Songsheng
Yi-Lin Wang
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Yan-Rong Li
Ming Xiao
Jun-Rong Liu
Hua-Rui Bai
Feng-Na Fang
Yi-Xin Fu
Yue-Chang Peng
Shuo Zhai
Jin-Ming Bai
Luis C. Ho
Michael S. Brotherton
Jesús Aceituno
Hartmut Winkler
Jian-Min Wang
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Yong-Jie Chen
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Feng-Na Fang
Yi-Xin Fu
Yue-Chang Peng
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Jin-Ming Bai
Luis C. Ho
Michael S. Brotherton
Jesús Aceituno
Hartmut Winkler
Jian-Min Wang
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description We report the results of a long-duration high-cadence reverberation mapping campaign of a second batch of 11 PG quasars using the 2.2 m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory. This follows a similar earlier study of another sample of 15 objects reported by C. Hu et al. (2021). Among the 11 PG quasars, eight objects have the H β time lags measured for the first time, while the other three objects were observed in previous campaigns but only had highly uncertain H β -lag measurements. Long-term light curves are presented of photometric V -band, spectroscopic 5100 Å continuum, and the H β emission line, lasting for ∼3–6 yr with a cadence of ∼6–14 days. Accurate H β time lags ranging from ∼20 to 150 days in the rest frame are obtained. The estimated virial masses of the central supermassive black holes range from ∼(3–300) × 10 ^7 M _⊙ . Combining these results with those reported in C. Hu et al. (2021), we now have 26 PG quasars, with representative properties, having reliable H β time-lag measurements from our long-duration high-cadence campaign. A tentative fit to the relation between the H β time lag and the continuum luminosity for these 26 objects gives a slope of 0.53.
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spelling doaj-art-4d4e11df62024752a2843beb65e90b6e2025-08-20T03:25:29ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series0067-00492025-01-0127826110.3847/1538-4365/add40bSupermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG QuasarsChen Hu0Zhu-Heng Yao1https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1228-2373Yong-Jie Chen2Yu-Yang Songsheng3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4042-7191Yi-Lin Wang4Sen Yang5Hao Zhang6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5595-0447Wei-Jian Guo7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9457-0589Pu Du8Yan-Rong Li9https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-9179Ming Xiao10https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5981-6440Jun-Rong Liu11https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3086-7804Hua-Rui Bai12Feng-Na Fang13https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9945-673XYi-Xin Fu14Yue-Chang Peng15https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2592-7699Shuo Zhai16Jin-Ming Bai17Luis C. Ho18https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6947-5846Michael S. Brotherton19https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1207-0909Jesús Aceituno20https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0487-1105Hartmut Winkler21https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2662-0526Jian-Min Wang22(SEAMBH collaboration)Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; Dongguan Neutron Science Center , 1 Zhongziyuan Road, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Astronomical Observatories of China, The Chinese Academy of Sciences , 20A Datun Road, Beijing 100020, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Astronomical Observatories of China, The Chinese Academy of Sciences , 20A Datun Road, Beijing 100020, People’s Republic of ChinaYunnan Observatories, The Chinese Academy of Sciences , Kunming 650011, People’s Republic of ChinaKavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China; Department of Astronomy, School of Physics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming , Laramie, WY 82071, USACentro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía , Sierra de los filabres sn, E-04550 Gergal, Almería, Spain; Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC) , Glorieta de laastronomía sn, E-18008 Granada, SpainDepartment of Physics, University of Johannesburg , P.O. Box 524, 2006 Auckland Park, South AfricaKey Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China; National Astronomical Observatories of China, The Chinese Academy of Sciences , 20A Datun Road, Beijing 100020, People’s Republic of China; School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of ChinaWe report the results of a long-duration high-cadence reverberation mapping campaign of a second batch of 11 PG quasars using the 2.2 m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory. This follows a similar earlier study of another sample of 15 objects reported by C. Hu et al. (2021). Among the 11 PG quasars, eight objects have the H β time lags measured for the first time, while the other three objects were observed in previous campaigns but only had highly uncertain H β -lag measurements. Long-term light curves are presented of photometric V -band, spectroscopic 5100 Å continuum, and the H β emission line, lasting for ∼3–6 yr with a cadence of ∼6–14 days. Accurate H β time lags ranging from ∼20 to 150 days in the rest frame are obtained. The estimated virial masses of the central supermassive black holes range from ∼(3–300) × 10 ^7 M _⊙ . Combining these results with those reported in C. Hu et al. (2021), we now have 26 PG quasars, with representative properties, having reliable H β time-lag measurements from our long-duration high-cadence campaign. A tentative fit to the relation between the H β time lag and the continuum luminosity for these 26 objects gives a slope of 0.53.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/add40bSupermassive black holesSeyfert galaxiesActive galactic nucleiQuasarsReverberation mappingTime domain astronomy
spellingShingle Chen Hu
Zhu-Heng Yao
Yong-Jie Chen
Yu-Yang Songsheng
Yi-Lin Wang
Sen Yang
Hao Zhang
Wei-Jian Guo
Pu Du
Yan-Rong Li
Ming Xiao
Jun-Rong Liu
Hua-Rui Bai
Feng-Na Fang
Yi-Xin Fu
Yue-Chang Peng
Shuo Zhai
Jin-Ming Bai
Luis C. Ho
Michael S. Brotherton
Jesús Aceituno
Hartmut Winkler
Jian-Min Wang
(SEAMBH collaboration)
Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Supermassive black holes
Seyfert galaxies
Active galactic nuclei
Quasars
Reverberation mapping
Time domain astronomy
title Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars
title_full Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars
title_fullStr Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars
title_full_unstemmed Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars
title_short Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars
title_sort supermassive black holes with high accretion rates in active galactic nuclei xiv long duration high cadence reverberation mapping results for 11 pg quasars
topic Supermassive black holes
Seyfert galaxies
Active galactic nuclei
Quasars
Reverberation mapping
Time domain astronomy
url https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/add40b
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