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reverberation mapping: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

method that measures the size of an active nucleus's broad-line region from the time lag between continuum variations and the echoing emission-line response.

In astrophysics, reverberation mapping refers to method that measures the size of an active nucleus's broad-line region from the time lag between continuum variations and the echoing emission-line response. This meaning comes from Blandford (1982) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Blandford, R. D., & McKee, C. F. (1982). Reverberation mapping of the emission line regions of Seyfert galaxies and quasars. The Astrophysical Journal, 255, 419. https://doi.org/10.1086/159843

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