Hα reverberation mapping from broad-band photometry of dwarf seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4395

Abstract

NGC 4395 is a dwarf Seyfert 1 galaxy with a possible intermediate-mass black hole of several $\rm {10^4}$ solar masses in its center. As a well-studied object, its broad line region size has been measured via H$\rm {\alpha }$ time lag in numerous spectroscopic reverberation mapping (SRM) and narrow-band photometric reverberation mapping (PRM) campaigns. Here we present its H$\rm {\alpha }$ time lag measurement using broad-band photometric data, with the application of our newly-developed ICCF-Cut method as well as the JAVELIN and χ2 methods. utilizing the minute-cadence multi-band light curves obtained from the $\rm {2}$m FTN and $\rm {10.4}$m GTC telescopes in recent works, we measured its H$\rm {\alpha }$ lag as approximately 40 ∼ 90 minutes from broad-band PRM. With the H$\rm {\alpha }$ emission line velocity dispersion, we calculated its central black hole mass as $\rm M_{\rm BH} = (8\pm 4) \times 10^3\, M_{\rm \odot }$. These results are comparable with previous results obtained by narrow-band PRM and SRM, providing further support to an intermediate-mass black hole in NGC 4395. In addition, our study also validates the ICCF-Cut as an effective method for broad-band PRM, which holds the potential for widespread application in the era of large multi-epoch, high-cadence photometric surveys.