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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Reliable Identification of Binary Supermassive Black Holes from Rubin Observatory Time-domain Monitoring.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Davis, M. C; Grace, K. E; Trump, J. R; Runnoe, J. C; Henkel, A.; Blecha, L.; Brandt, W.; Casey-Clyde, J A.; Charisi, M.; and Witt, C. A\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
The Astrophysical Journal, 965(1): 34. 2024.\n
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@article{davis2024reliable,\n title={Reliable Identification of Binary Supermassive Black Holes from Rubin Observatory Time-domain Monitoring},\n author={Davis, Megan C and Grace, Kaylee E and Trump, Jonathan R and Runnoe, Jessie C and Henkel, Amelia and Blecha, Laura and Brandt, WN and Casey-Clyde, J Andrew and Charisi, Maria and Witt, Caitlin A},\n journal={The Astrophysical Journal},\n volume={965},\n number={1},\n pages={34},\n year={2024},\n publisher={IOP Publishing},\n keywords={Article}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Key Results.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Shen; Grier, C. J.; Horne, K.; Stone, Z.; Li, J. I.; Yang, Q.; Homayouni, Y.; Trump, J. R.; Anderson, S. F.; Brandt, W. N.; Hall, P. B.; Ho, L. C.; Jiang, L.; Petitjean, P.; Schneider, D. P.; Tao, C.; Donnan, F. R.; AlSayyad, Y.; Bershady, M. A.; Blanton, M. R.; Bizyaev, D.; Bundy, K.; Chen, Y.; Davis, M. C.; Dawson, K.; Fan, X.; Greene, J. E.; Gröller, H.; Guo, Y.; Ibarra-Medel, H.; Jiang, Y.; Keenan, R. P.; Kollmeier, J. A.; Lejoly, C.; Li, Z.; de la Macorra, A.; Moe, M.; Nie, J.; Rossi, G.; Smith, P. S.; Tee, W. L.; Weijmans, A.; Xu, J.; Yue, M.; Zhou, X.; Zhou, Z.; and Zou, H.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 272(2): 26. may 2024.\n
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@article{Shen_2024,\nyear = {2024},\nmonth = {may},\npublisher = {The American Astronomical Society},\nvolume = {272},\nnumber = {2},\npages = {26},\nauthor = {{Shen} and Catherine J. Grier and Keith Horne and Zachary Stone and Jennifer I. Li and Qian Yang and Yasaman Homayouni and Jonathan R. Trump and Scott F. Anderson and W. N. Brandt and Patrick B. Hall and Luis C. Ho and Linhua Jiang and Patrick Petitjean and Donald P. Schneider and Charling Tao and Fergus. R. Donnan and Yusra AlSayyad and Matthew A. Bershady and Michael R. Blanton and Dmitry Bizyaev and Kevin Bundy and Yuguang Chen and Megan C. Davis and Kyle Dawson and Xiaohui Fan and Jenny E. Greene and Hannes Gröller and Yucheng Guo and Héctor Ibarra-Medel and Yuanzhe Jiang and Ryan P. Keenan and Juna A. Kollmeier and Cassandra Lejoly and Zefeng Li and Axel de la Macorra and Maxwell Moe and Jundan Nie and Graziano Rossi and Paul S. Smith and Wei Leong Tee and Anne-Marie Weijmans and Jiachuan Xu and Minghao Yue and Xu Zhou and Zhimin Zhou and Hu Zou},\ntitle = {The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Key Results},\njournal = {The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series},\nabstract = {We present the final data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Reverberation Mapping (RM) project, a precursor to the SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper RM program. This data set includes 11 yr photometric and 7 yr spectroscopic light curves for 849 broad-line quasars over a redshift range of 0.1 < z < 4.5 and a luminosity range of L bol = 1044−47.5 erg s−1, along with spectral and variability measurements. We report 23, 81, 125, and 110 RM lags (relative to optical continuum variability) for broad Hα, Hβ, Mg ii, and C iv using the SDSS-RM sample, spanning much of the luminosity and redshift ranges of the sample. Using 30 low-redshift RM active galactic nuclei with dynamical-modeling black hole masses, we derive a new estimate of the average virial factor of for the line dispersion measured from the rms spectrum. The intrinsic scatter of individual virial factors is 0.31 ± 0.07 dex, indicating a factor of 2 systematic uncertainty in RM black hole masses. Our lag measurements reveal significant R–L relations for Hβ and Mg ii at high redshift, consistent with the latest measurements based on heterogeneous samples. While we are unable to robustly constrain the slope of the R–L relation for C iv given the limited dynamic range in luminosity, we found substantially larger scatter in C iv lags at fixed L 1350. Using the SDSS-RM lag sample, we derive improved single-epoch (SE) mass recipes for Hβ, Mg ii, and C iv, which are consistent with their respective RM masses as well as between the SE recipes from two different lines, over the luminosity range probed by our sample. The new Hβ and Mg ii recipes are approximately unbiased estimators at given RM masses, but there are systematic biases in the C iv recipe. The intrinsic scatter of SE masses around RM masses is ∼0.45 dex for Hβ and Mg ii, increasing to ∼0.58 dex for C iv.},\n keywords={Article}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n We present the final data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Reverberation Mapping (RM) project, a precursor to the SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper RM program. This data set includes 11 yr photometric and 7 yr spectroscopic light curves for 849 broad-line quasars over a redshift range of 0.1 < z < 4.5 and a luminosity range of L bol = 1044−47.5 erg s−1, along with spectral and variability measurements. We report 23, 81, 125, and 110 RM lags (relative to optical continuum variability) for broad Hα, Hβ, Mg ii, and C iv using the SDSS-RM sample, spanning much of the luminosity and redshift ranges of the sample. Using 30 low-redshift RM active galactic nuclei with dynamical-modeling black hole masses, we derive a new estimate of the average virial factor of for the line dispersion measured from the rms spectrum. The intrinsic scatter of individual virial factors is 0.31 ± 0.07 dex, indicating a factor of 2 systematic uncertainty in RM black hole masses. Our lag measurements reveal significant R–L relations for Hβ and Mg ii at high redshift, consistent with the latest measurements based on heterogeneous samples. While we are unable to robustly constrain the slope of the R–L relation for C iv given the limited dynamic range in luminosity, we found substantially larger scatter in C iv lags at fixed L 1350. Using the SDSS-RM lag sample, we derive improved single-epoch (SE) mass recipes for Hβ, Mg ii, and C iv, which are consistent with their respective RM masses as well as between the SE recipes from two different lines, over the luminosity range probed by our sample. The new Hβ and Mg ii recipes are approximately unbiased estimators at given RM masses, but there are systematic biases in the C iv recipe. The intrinsic scatter of SE masses around RM masses is ∼0.45 dex for Hβ and Mg ii, increasing to ∼0.58 dex for C iv.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: investigation of continuum lag dependence on broad-line contamination and quasar properties.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Sharp; Homayouni, Y; Trump, J. R; Anderson, S. F; Assef, R. J; Brandt, W.; Davis, M. C; Fries, L. B; Grier, C. J; Hall, P. B; and others\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
The Astrophysical Journal, 961(1): 93. 2024.\n
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@article{sharp2024sloan,\n title={The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: investigation of continuum lag dependence on broad-line contamination and quasar properties},\n author={Sharp and Homayouni, Y and Trump, Jonathan R and Anderson, Scott F and Assef, Roberto J and Brandt, WN and Davis, Megan C and Fries, Logan B and Grier, Catherine J and Hall, Patrick B and others},\n journal={The Astrophysical Journal},\n volume={961},\n number={1},\n pages={93},\n year={2024},\n publisher={IOP Publishing},\n keywords={Article}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper Reverberation Mapping Project: A Kinematically Variable Broad-line Region and Consequences for the Masses of Luminous Quasars.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Fries; Trump, J. R; Horne, K.; Davis, M. C; Grier, C. J; Shen, Y.; Anderson, S. F; Dwelly, T.; Homayouni, Y; Morrison, S.; and others\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
The Astrophysical Journal, 975(2): 239. 2024.\n
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@article{fries2024sdss,\n title={The SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper Reverberation Mapping Project: A Kinematically Variable Broad-line Region and Consequences for the Masses of Luminous Quasars},\n author={Fries and Trump, Jonathan R and Horne, Keith and Davis, Megan C and Grier, Catherine J and Shen, Yue and Anderson, Scott F and Dwelly, Tom and Homayouni, Y and Morrison, Sean and others},\n journal={The Astrophysical Journal},\n volume={975},\n number={2},\n pages={239},\n year={2024},\n publisher={The American Astronomical Society},\n keywords={Article}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Exploring Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V: First Year Results.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Zeltyn; Trakhtenbrot, B.; Eracleous, M.; Yang, Q.; Green, P.; Anderson, S. F; LaMassa, S.; Runnoe, J.; Assef, R. J; Bauer, F. E; and others\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
The Astrophysical Journal, 966(1): 85. 2024.\n
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@article{zeltyn2024exploring,\n title={Exploring Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V: First Year Results},\n author={Zeltyn and Trakhtenbrot, Benny and Eracleous, Michael and Yang, Qian and Green, Paul and Anderson, Scott F and LaMassa, Stephanie and Runnoe, Jessie and Assef, Roberto J and Bauer, Franz E and others},\n journal={The Astrophysical Journal},\n volume={966},\n number={1},\n pages={85},\n year={2024},\n publisher={IOP Publishing},\n keywords={Article}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Sample i-band Rubin/LSST Single and Binary Quasar Light Curves.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Davis, M.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Harvard Dataverse dataset,301. 2024.\n
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@article{davis2024sample,\n title={Sample i-band Rubin/LSST Single and Binary Quasar Light Curves},\n author={Davis, Megan},\n journal={Harvard Dataverse dataset},\n pages={301},\n year={2024}, keywords={Software}\n}\n\n\n
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