Quasar Black Hole Mass Estimates from High-Ionization Lines: Breaking a Taboo?
Can high ionization lines such as CIV λ 1549 provide useful virial broadening estimators for computing the mass of the supermassive black holes that power the quasar phenomenon? The question has been dismissed by several workers as a rhetorical one because blue-shifted, non-virial emission assoc...
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MDPI AG
2017-09-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/5/3/33 |