期刊
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
卷 183, 期 1-4, 页码 253-275出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-013-9987-4
关键词
Active galactic nuclei; Black hole; Reverberation mapping
资金
- US National Science Foundation [AST-1008882]
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1008882] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Supermassive black holes reside at the centers of most, if not all, massive galaxies: the difference between active and quiescent galaxies is due to differences in mass accretion rate and radiative efficiency rather than whether or not they have nuclear black holes. In this contribution, methods for measuring the masses of supermassive black holes are discussed, with emphasis on reverberation mapping which is most generally applicable to accreting supermassive black holes and, in particular, to distant quasars where time resolution can be used as a surrogate for angular resolution. Indirect methods based on scaling relationships from reverberation mapping studies are also discussed, along with their current limitations.
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