scholarly journals Dynamics of Broad Emission‐Line Region in NGC 5548: Hydromagnetic Wind Model versus Observations

1997 ◽  
Vol 479 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Bottorff ◽  
Kirk T. Korista ◽  
Isaac Shlosman ◽  
Roger D. Blandford
1996 ◽  
Vol 463 ◽  
pp. 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Done ◽  
Julian H. Krolik

1982 ◽  
Vol 262 ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Weymann ◽  
J. S. Scott ◽  
A. V. R. Schiano ◽  
W. A. Christiansen

Author(s):  
Suk Yee Yong ◽  
Rachel L. Webster ◽  
Anthea L. King ◽  
Nicholas F. Bate ◽  
Matthew J. O’Dowd ◽  
...  

AbstractThe structure and kinematics of the broad line region in quasars are still unknown. One popular model is the disk-wind model that offers a geometric unification of a quasar based on the viewing angle. We construct a simple kinematical disk-wind model with a narrow outflowing wind angle. The model is combined with radiative transfer in the Sobolev, or high velocity, limit. We examine how angle of viewing affects the observed characteristics of the emission line. The line profiles were found to exhibit distinct properties depending on the orientation, wind opening angle, and region of the wind where the emission arises.At low inclination angle (close to face-on), we find that the shape of the emission line is asymmetric, narrow, and significantly blueshifted. As the inclination angle increases (close to edge-on), the line profile becomes more symmetric, broader, and less blueshifted. Additionally, lines that arise close to the base of the disk wind, near the accretion disk, tend to be broad and symmetric. Single-peaked line profiles are recovered for the intermediate and equatorial wind. The model is also able to reproduce a faster response in either the red or blue sides of the line profile, consistent with reverberation mapping studies.


2012 ◽  
Vol 372 ◽  
pp. 012069
Author(s):  
Andrea J Ruff ◽  
David J E Floyd ◽  
Kirk T Korista ◽  
Rachel L Webster ◽  
Ryan L Porter ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 175-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Espey

AbstractWe present a brief review of emission-line velocity differences, and describe an ongoing project to determine the driving mechanisms responsible. We conclude with a brief outline of the use of velocity differences as probes of the conditions in the nuclear region of AGNs.


2019 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
pp. A43 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hutsemékers ◽  
L. Braibant ◽  
D. Sluse ◽  
R. Goosmann

The quadruply lensed quasar HE0435−1223 shows a clear microlensing effect that affects differently the blue and red wings of the Hα line profile in its image D. To interpret these observations, and constrain the broad emission line region (BLR) properties, the effect of gravitational microlensing on quasar broad emission line profiles and their underlying continuum has been simulated considering representative BLR models and microlensing magnification maps. The amplification and distortion of the Hα line profile, characterized by a set of four indices, can be reproduced by the simulations. Although the constraints on the BLR models set by the observed single-epoch microlensing signal are not very robust, we found that flattened geometries (Keplerian disk and equatorial wind) can more easily reproduce the observed line profile deformations than a biconical polar wind. With an additional independent constraint on the size of the continuum source, the Keplerian disk model of the Hα BLR is slightly favored.


2015 ◽  
Vol 812 (2) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenzhen Li ◽  
Hongyan Zhou ◽  
Lei Hao ◽  
Huiyuan Wang ◽  
Tuo Ji ◽  
...  

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