Echoes of Distant Black Holes
Christopher Onken (ANU/Mt. Stromlo)
Dynamical measurements of black hole (BH) masses in broad-line active galactic nuclei (BLAGNs) have proven difficult to obtain, even in the age of HST and adaptive optics. The technique of reverberation mapping (or "echo mapping") has allowed BH mass determinations in roughly 50 BLAGNs, and relationships uncovered by the method have made it possible to estimate the BH masses in tens of thousands of other BLAGNs. I'll discuss these results and describe the future advances that will further inform our understanding of the co-evolution of BHs and galaxies.
contact: J. Kollmeier
Christopher Onken (ANU/Mt. Stromlo)
Dynamical measurements of black hole (BH) masses in broad-line active galactic nuclei (BLAGNs) have proven difficult to obtain, even in the age of HST and adaptive optics. The technique of reverberation mapping (or "echo mapping") has allowed BH mass determinations in roughly 50 BLAGNs, and relationships uncovered by the method have made it possible to estimate the BH masses in tens of thousands of other BLAGNs. I'll discuss these results and describe the future advances that will further inform our understanding of the co-evolution of BHs and galaxies.
contact: J. Kollmeier