Testing thermal reprocessing in AGN accretion discs

Details Testing thermal reprocessing in AGN accretion discs Testing thermal reprocessing in AGN accretion discs

2007-06-11

arxiv.org/abs/0706.1464v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

16 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12098.x

The thermal reprocessing hypothesis in AGN, where EUV/X-ray photons are reprocessed by the accretion disc into optical/UV photons, predicts wavelength-dependent time delays between the optical continuum at different wavelengths. Recent photometric monitoring by Sergeev et al. has shown that the time-delay is observed in 14 AGN, and generally seen to increase with increasing wavelength, as predicted in the reprocessing scenario. We fit the observed time delays and optical spectral energy distribution using a disc reprocessing model. The model delivers estimates for the nuclear reddening, the product of black hole mass times accretion rate, and the distance to each object. However, the distances at face value give H_0 = 44 +/- 5 km/s/Mpc - a factor of 1.6 smaller than generally accepted. We discuss the implications of this on the reprocessing model.

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