On the observed distributions of black hole masses and Eddington ratios from radiation pressure corrected virial indicators

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 698, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Marconi, Alessandro ^a   Axon, David J ^b   Maiolino, Roberto ^c   Nagao, Tohru ^d   Pietrini, Paola ^a   Risaliti, Guido ^e,f   Robinson, Andrew ^b   Torricelli, Guidetta ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: Seyfert; Quasars: emission lines; Radiation mechanisms: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350758273     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/698/2/L103     Document Type: Article

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