Correcting Black Hole Masses Biased by Size Inertia in Broad Line Regions
Abstract
Estimating supermassive black hole masses in AGN mostly relies on the virial method, which uses the radius-luminosity (R-L) relation to determine the radius of the broad line region (BLR). The R-L relation heavily depends on the assumption that the BLR is virialised. High-cadence monitoring of NGC 5548 and a volume-complete two-epoch Southern Sky AGN sample at z
Fields of Study & Subjects
Galaxies: Formation
Evolution
Phenomena
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Stellar
planetary
and galactic studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 27 February 2026
- Language
- EN