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Program Number	151
Program Name	The Geometry of Broad Emission Line Regions in AGN
Principal Investigator	Hermine Landt [email] [web]
Co-Investigator(s)	Martin Elvis
Abstract	We propose to obtain medium resolution spectra for 32/64 radio-loud quasars with known jet inclination angles. Our goal is to calibrate a recently discovered optical orientation indicator for active galactic nuclei (AGN). This calibration will allow us to determine the geometry and dynamics of broad emission lines regions (BELR) in AGN by looking at the change of emission line properties with disk inclination angle using large samples. Existing physcial results on the BELR geometry are restricted to radio-loud AGN and suffer from small number statistics, since so far definitive inclination measurements required dedicated long-tem radio observations. Our studies will lead to a deeper understanding of AGN and more accurate black hole masses.
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Trimester(s) data taken	2004a-2004b
Papers	none
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