A simulation-based quality-control framework for the broad-line region radius-luminosity relation

arXiv:2608.23673 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-24 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-08-24

Updated: 2026-08-26

Comments: Accepted for publication in A&A, Updated the version to match language edited and final submitted version

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202662088

Code: https://github.com/Juri-W-S/pyRMTools

Project page: https://johannesbuchner.github.io/UltraNest

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• AGN — 66× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 38× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Consistency — 7× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• A JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit Survey of Luminous Quasars at z ~ 5-6 (Q-IFU): Rest-frame Optical Nuclear Properties and Extended Nebulae

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