HI Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Optical Data (2009)
West, Andrew A., Garcia-Appadoo, Diego A., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Disney, Mike J., Rockosi, Constance M., Ivezic, Zeljko, ...
We present the optical data for 195 HI-selected galaxies that fall within both the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Parkes Equatorial Survey (ES). The photometric quantities have been...
Walsh, Jonelle L., Minezaki, Takeo, Bentz, Misty C., Barth, Aaron J., Baliber, Nairn, Li, Weidong, ...
The Lick AGN Monitoring Project targeted 13 nearby Seyfert 1 galaxies with the intent of measuring the masses of their central black holes using reverberation mapping. The sample includes 12 galaxies...
Bentz, Misty C., Walsh, Jonelle L., Barth, Aaron J., Baliber, Nairn, Bennert, Nicola, Canalizo, Gabriela, ...
We have recently completed a 64-night spectroscopic monitoring campaign at the Lick Observatory 3-m Shane telescope with the aim of measuring the masses of the black holes in 12 nearby (z < 0.05)...
Bentz, Misty C., Peterson, Bradley M., Netzer, Hagai, Pogge, Richard W., Vestergaard, Marianne
We present high-resolution HST images of all 35 AGNs with optical reverberation-mapping results, which we have modeled to create a nucleus-free image of each AGN host galaxy. From the nucleus-free...
Bentz, Misty C., Peterson, Bradley M., Pogge, Richard W., Vestergaard, Marianne
We investigate the relationship between black hole mass and bulge luminosity for AGNs with reverberation-based black hole mass measurements and bulge luminosities from two-dimensional decompositions...
Systematic Uncertainties in Black Hole Masses Determined from Single Epoch Spectra (2008)
Denney, Kelly D., Peterson, Bradley M., Dietrich, Matthias, Vestergaard, Marianne, Bentz, Misty C.
We explore the nature of systematic errors that can arise in measurement of black hole masses from single-epoch spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) by utilizing the many epochs available for NGC...
First Results from the Lick AGN Monitoring Project: The Mass of the Black Hole in Arp 151 (2008)
Bentz, Misty C., Walsh, Jonelle L., Barth, Aaron J., Baliber, Nairn, Bennert, Nicola, Canalizo, Gabriela, ...
We have recently completed a 64-night spectroscopic monitoring campaign at the Lick Observatory 3-m Shane telescope with the aim of measuring the masses of the black holes in 13 nearby (z < 0.05)...
Watson, Linda C., Martini, Paul, Dasyra, Kalliopi M., Bentz, Misty C., Ferrarese, Laura, Peterson, Bradley M., ...
We present the first use of the Gemini North laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system and an integral field unit (IFU) to measure the stellar velocity dispersion of the host of a luminous...
Watson, Linda C., Martini, Paul, Dasyra, Kalliopi M., Bentz, Misty C., Ferrarese, Laura, Peterson, Bradley M., ...
We present the first use of the Gemini North laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system and an integral field unit (IFU) to measure the stellar velocity dispersion of the host of a luminous...
Bentz, Misty C., Pogge, Richard W., Osmer, Patrick S.
We present deep Hubble Space Telescope ACS and NICMOS images of six bright Lyman-break galaxy candidates that were previously discovered in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We find that five of the...
Watson, Linda C., Martini, Paul, Dasyra, Kalliopi M., Bentz, Misty C., Ferrarese, Laura, Peterson, Bradley M., ...
Onken, Christopher A., Valluri, Monica, Peterson, Bradley M., Pogge, Richard W., Bentz, Misty C., Ferrarese, Laura, ...
We present a stellar dynamical estimate of the black hole (BH) mass in the Seyfert 1 galaxy, NGC 4151. We analyze ground-based spectroscopy as well as imaging data from the ground and space, and we...
The Near-Infrared Broad Emission Line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei -- I. The Observations (2007)
Landt, Hermine, Bentz, Misty C., Ward, Martin J., Elvis, Martin, Peterson, Bradley M., Korista, Kirk T., ...
We present high quality (high signal-to-noise ratio and moderate spectral resolution) near-infrared (near-IR) spectroscopic observations of 23 well-known broad-emission line active galactic nuclei...
NGC 5548 in a Low-Luminosity State: Implications for the Broad-Line Region (2007)
Bentz, Misty C., Denney, Kelly D., Cackett, Edward M., Dietrich, Matthias, Fogel, Jeffrey K. J., Ghosh, Himel, ...
We describe results from a new ground-based monitoring campaign on NGC 5548, the best studied reverberation-mapped AGN. We find that it was in the lowest luminosity state yet recorded during a...
Refining the Radius-Luminosity Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei (2007)
Bentz, Misty C., Denney, Kelly D., Peterson, Bradley M., Pogge, Richard W.
We have measured the host-galaxy starlight contribution to four lower-luminosity AGNs (NGC 3516, NGC 4593, IC 4329A, and NGC 7469). We include these objects with new broad line region measurements...
We investigate the results of reverberation-mapping mass measurements and two-dimensional (2-D) decompositions of high-resolution host galaxy images in the context of black hole scaling...
Quasars with Super Metal Rich Emission Line Regions (2006)
Dhanda, Neelam, Baldwin, Jack A., Bentz, Misty C., Osmer, Patrick S.
We study the degree of chemical enrichment in the Broad Emission Line Regions (BELRs) of two QSOs with unusually strong nitrogen emission lines. The N V 1240/ C IV 1549 intensity ratio is often used...
The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping (2006)
Denney, Kelly D., Bentz, Misty C., Peterson, Bradley M., Pogge, Richard W., Cackett, Edward M., Dietrich, Matthias, ...
We present new observations leading to an improved black hole mass estimate for the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4593 as part of a reverberation-mapping campaign conducted at the MDM Observatory....
A Reverberation-Based Mass for the Central Black Hole in NGC 4151 (2006)
Bentz, Misty C., Denney, Kelly D., Cackett, Edward M., Dietrich, Matthias, Fogel, Jeffrey K. J., Ghosh, Himel, ...
We have undertaken a new ground-based monitoring campaign to improve the estimates of the mass of the central black hole in NGC 4151. We measure the lag time of the broad H beta line response...
Desroches, Louis-Benoit, Filippenko, Alexei V., Kaspi, Shai, Laor, Ari, Maoz, Dan, Ganeshalingam, Mohan, ...
We present optical observations of the low-luminosity Seyfert 1 nucleus of NGC 4395, as part of a multiwavelength reverberation-mapping program. Observations were carried out over two nights in 2004...
Frank, Stephan, Bentz, Misty C., Stanek, Krzysztof Z., Mathur, Smita, Dietrich, Matthias, Peterson, Bradley M., ...
We examine the recent report by Prochter et al. (2006) that gamma-ray burst (GRB) sight lines have a much higher incidence of strong MgII absorption than quasar sight lines. We propose that the...
Bentz, Misty C., Peterson, Bradley M., Pogge, Richard W., Vestergaard, Marianne, Onken, Christopher A.
We have obtained high resolution images of the central regions of 14 reverberation-mapped active galactic nuclei (AGN) using the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys High Resolution...
Peterson, Bradley M., Bentz, Misty C., Desroches, Louis-Benoit, Filippenko, Alexei V., Ho, Luis C., Kaspi, Shai, ...
A reverberation-mapping program on NGC 4395, the least-luminous known Seyfert 1 galaxy, undertaken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope, yields a measurement of...
Nitrogen Enriched Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey First Data Release (2004)
Bentz, Misty C., Hall, Patrick B., Osmer, Patrick S.
The quasar Q0353-383 has long been known to have extremely strong nitrogen intercombination lines at 1486 and 1750 Angstroms, implying an anomalously high nitrogen abundance of ~15 times solar. A...
Bright Lyman Break Galaxy Candidates in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey First Data Release (2003)
Bentz, Misty C., Osmer, Patrick S., Weinberg, David H.
{Abridged} We report the discovery of six compact, starburst galaxy candidates with redshifts 2.3 < z < 2.8 and r-band magnitudes 19.8-20.5 in the Quasar Catalog of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey First...
A Search for Nitrogen Enriched Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release (2003)
Bentz, Misty C., Osmer, Patrick S.
A search for nitrogen-rich quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release (SDSS EDR) catalog has yielded 16 candidates, including five with very prominent emission, but no cases with...
We investigate the results of reverberation-mapping mass measurements and two-dimensional (2-D) decompositions of high-resolution host galaxy images in the context of black hole scaling...