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Popović, L. Č.; Mediavilla, E. G.; Bon, E.; Stanić, N.; Kubičela, A.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 599, Issue 1, pp. 185-192.
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2003
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29
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20
Description
We have studied the Lyα, Hβ, Hα, and Mg II λ2798
line profiles of the Seyfert 1 galaxy III Zw 2. The shapes of these
broad emission lines show evidence of a multicomponent origin and also
features that may be identified as the peaks due to a rotating disk. We
have proposed a two-component broad-line region (BLR) model consisting
of an inner Keplerian relativistic disk and an outer structure
surrounding the disk. The results of the fitting of the four broad
emission lines (BELs) considered here are highly consistent in both the
inner and outer component parameters. Adopting a mass of
~2×108Msolar for the central object, we
found that the outer radius of the disk is approximately equal for the
four considered lines (~0.01 pc). However, the inner radius of the disk
is not the same: 0.0018 pc for Lyα, 0.0027 pc for Mg II, and
0.0038 pc for the Balmer lines. This, as well as the relatively broad
component present in the blue wings of the narrow [O III] lines,
indicates stratification in the emission-line region. Using long-term
Hβ observations (1972-1990, 1998) we found a flux variation of the
BELs with respect to the [O III] lines.