X-ray Variability and Spectral Scaling: a Measure of Blr Sizes in Agn
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We developed a new method of determination of the size of the broad emission-line region (BLR) in active galactic nuclei. This method relates the radius of the broad-line region of AGN to the soft X-ray luminosity and spectral index. Comparing the BLR distances calculated from our model to the BLR distances determined by reverberation mapping shows that our scaling law agrees with the R ∼ L1/2 empirical relation. Here we investigate a complimentary method of estimating the BLR distance based on the Keplerian broadening of the emission lines and the central mass estimated from X-ray variability.
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