Observational Definition of Future Echo Mapping Experiments

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May 2001

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American Astronomical Society, 198th AAS Meeting, #72.12; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.896

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We present numerical simulations to define the observational requirements for determination of the structure and kinematics of the broad-line region (BLR) in active galactic nuclei through reverberation mapping of emission lines. Our results suggest the BLR can be reverberation-mapped to good precision with spectra of signal-to-noise ratio per pixel of about 30, time resolution of about 0.1 day, and duration of about 60 days. Data sets of this quality require dedicated space-based monitoring platforms, such as the Kronos multiwavelength observatory that will be submitted to NASA for consideration as a Medium Explorer (MIDEX). The authors are grateful to NASA for support of these simulations.

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