Bibcode
Edelson, R.; Crenshaw, D. M.; Peterson, B. M.; Clavel, J.; Alloin, D.; Horne, K.; Korista, K. T.; Kriss, G. A.; Krolik, J. H.; Malkan, M. A.; Netzer, H.; O'Brien, P. T.; Penton, S.; Shull, J. M.; Reichert, G. A.; Rodriguez-Pascual, P. M.; Wansteker, W.; Ulrich, M.-H.; Warwick, R. et al.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, 183rd AAS Meeting, #30.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.1338
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1993
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Description
The rapidly variable Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151 will be the subject of an
intensive monitoring campaign with IUE, Rosat, GRO, ASCA and
ground-based telescopes in December 1993. We will report preliminary
results of 9.3 days of continuous monitoring with IUE, at a sampling
rate of once every ~ 80 min, an order of magnitude faster than that
achieved in previous AGN monitoring campaigns. Observations, data
reduction and analysis will be discussed, focusing especially on
accurate measurement of continuum and line fluxes in ~ 400 spectra. We
will report on the preliminary search for a correlation between
variations in the 1400 Angstroms and 2800 Angstroms continuum bands.
This will provide a critical test of any model which claims that the
ultraviolet is powered by an accretion disk, since such models predict
that the 1400 Angstroms variations should lead those at 2800 Angstroms
by at least 1--2 hr. We will also plan to measure in unprecedented
detail the temporal cross-correlation function of the highest ionization
and most rapidly responding emission lines. This should strongly
constrain the distribution of the innermost broad line gas.