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1–3-Day Variations of the Broad Emission Lines of Seyfert Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Nikolay G. Bochkarev
Nikolay G. Bochkarev*
Affiliation:
Sternberg State Astronomical Institute Moscow USSR

Abstract

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One of the principal problems of investigation of AGNs is to understand the nature of the central objects and the physical processes which yield their gigantic luminosities. This requires us to consider the innermost parts of AGNs (3–30 gravitational radii, i.e. ≲ 1016 cm: angular size less than 1 milliarcsecond).

1–3d variations of the relative shape of broad emission line profiles of active galactic nuclei (AGN) are perhaps the most informative probe of the innermost parts of AGNs (r = 1015–16 cm from the centre). Optimal objects for these observations are Sy 1.5 with strong variations of the non-thermal continuum (e.g. NGC 4151). The expected amplitude of the variations ranges from a few percent to 10–20%. The optimal spectral resolution is 0.5–5 Å. It is very desirable to complement spectral observations with photometric data. The results of the first set of such observations with the 6-meter telescope are reported.

Type
IV. Variability
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 121: Observational Evidences of Activity of Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 219 - 222
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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