Echo Mapping of Two Luminous Quasars with the Hubble Space Telescope

Devin Sinn

A spectroscopic ultraviolet monitoring campaign, using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Hubble Space Telescope, will investigate rapidly rotating gas in two variable quasars. By measuring time lags between continuum and emission-line fluxes, we aim to map the rapidly rotating gas and address discrepancies in the canonical radius-luminosity relationship. Additionally, we seek to examine the impact of Eigenvector 1 on variability, refine black hole mass estimates, and advance our understanding of gas dynamics.

Major: 
Astrophysics, Physics, Mathematics
Exhibition Category: 
Physical Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
William Nielsen Brandt
Poster Number: 
155