scholarly journals The Diversity of Broad Emission-Line Profiles

1997 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
Giovanna M. Stirpe ◽  
Andrew Robinson ◽  
David J. Axon

AbstractWe present preliminary results from a study of broad-line profiles in active galaxies. A simple model in which the emissivity is a broken power-law function of radius, and the BLR clouds emit anisotropically, yields very good fits to almost all the Ha profiles in our data base.

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (7-10) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Bon ◽  
N. Gavrilović ◽  
G. La Mura ◽  
L.Č. Popović

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Kollatschny ◽  
M. Zetzl

AbstractBroad emission line regions in AGN are connected with the outer layers of accretion disks. This has been shown by means of line variability studies of individual AGN as well as line profile studies of AGN samples. We could model the broad-line profiles in AGN in a simple way only through rotational broadening of Lorentzian profiles. To individual emission lines belongs one typical Lorentz profile only with a fixed turbulence velocity: e.g., 500 km/s for Hβ, 3000 km/s for CIV λ1550. The rotation velocities in the broad line regions of the AGN range from 1000 to 7000 km/s.


1997 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 193-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Martin Gaskell ◽  
Stephanie A. Snedden

AbstractWe postulate that all structure in broad lines can be explained by a central component (at the systemic redshift) and the addition of two ‘displaced components’, one blueshifted and the other redshifted. We have been able to successfully classify all Balmer-line profiles on this basis. 3C 390.3-type objects are merely examples where the shifts of the displaced components are unusually large. We believe that the displaced peaks are less prominent in the UV lines because the higher ionization lines are broader.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S290) ◽  
pp. 205-206
Author(s):  
Ilić Dragana ◽  
Luka Č. Popović ◽  
Alla I. Shapovalova ◽  
Alexander N. Burenkov ◽  
Vahram H. Chavushyan ◽  
...  

AbstractFrom 13-years of the spectral optical monitoring of a well-known broad-line radio galaxy 3C 390.3 we concluded that the geometry of the broad emission-line region is complex, while still the main part of the emission is coming from the accretion disk. Here we present part of the analysis of the broad Hα and Hβ emission lines, which are showing highly variable double-peaked profiles during the monitoring period (1995-2007), with the aim to probe the accretion disk properties. The disk-like geometry plays a dominant role, but the variability of Hα and Hβ line profiles and intensities shows a presence of an additional emission-line region, that has a different nature for different periods, e.g. in one period the observed variation can be well modeled if one assumes changes in position and size of the emitting disk along the accretion disk.


2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (7-10) ◽  
pp. 191-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Shapovalova ◽  
L.Č. Popović ◽  
N.G. Bochkarev ◽  
A.N. Burenkov ◽  
V.H. Chavushyan ◽  
...  

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