[ascl:1403.011]
RMHB: Hierarchical Reverberation Mapping
RMHB is a hierarchical Bayesian code for reverberation mapping (RM) that combines results of a sparsely sampled broad line region (BLR) light curve and a large sample of active galactic nuclei (AGN) to infer properties of the sample of the AGN. The key idea of RM is to measure the time lag τ between variations in the continuum emission from the accretion disc and subsequent response of the broad line region (BLR). The measurement of τ is typically used to estimate the physical size of the BLR and is combined with other measurements to estimate the black hole mass MBH. A major difficulty with RM campaigns is the large amount of data needed to measure τ. RMHB allows a clear interpretation of a posterior distribution for hyperparameters describing the sample of AGN.
- Code site:
-
https://github.com/eggplantbren/RMHB
- Described in:
-
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.439L..31B
- Bibcode:
- 2014ascl.soft03011B