Central masses and broad-line region sizes of active galactic nuclei. I. Comparing the photoionization and reverberation techniques

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 526, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 579-591

  Wandel, A ^a,b   Peterson, B M ^c   Malkan, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: Seyfert; Quasars: emission lines; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033273886     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308017     Document Type: Article

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