Speaker
Dr.
Catalina Sobrino Figaredo
(University of Haifa)
Description
Reverberation mapping (RM) is the main tool by which spatially unresolved components of accreting black holes may be probed. To date, the size of the broad-line region in ~100 quasars has been successfully measured using RM. Here we outline the concept of photometric RM, implement the multivariate correlation-function formalism and present new results for a sample of around 40 quasars. We argue that this approach can efficiently compete with the traditional (spectroscopic) approach to RM, and may be easily implemented at a tiny fraction of the cost.
Primary author
Dr.
Catalina Sobrino Figaredo
(University of Haifa)
