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Paper: Zero-Point Calibration for AGN Black-Hole Mass Estimates
Volume: 311, AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Page: 75
Authors: Peterson, B.M.; Onken, C.A.
Abstract: We discuss the measurement and associated uncertainties of AGN reverberation-based black-hole masses, since these provide the zero-point calibration for scaling relationships that allow black-hole mass estimates for quasars. We find that reverberation-based mass estimates appear to be accurate to within a factor of about 3.
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