Testing Radiation Pressure Corrections to Reverberation Mapping Masses

2009/07/24 by Christopher A. Onken, Onken, Christopher A.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Scientific Research and Discoveries

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0907.4192

openalex publication_date 2009/07/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This paper has been withdrawn by the author. The velocity structure of the broad-line region is reflective of the radiation pressure over much longer timescales than are probed by year-to-year changes in reverberation mapping results. Hence, the paper's test of the Marconi et al. model is not valid.

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