We describe the results of a new reverberation mapping program focused on the nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC 3227. Photometric and spectroscopic monitoring was carried out from 2022 December to 2023 June with the Las Cumbres Observatory network of telescopes. We detected time delays in several optical broad emission lines, with H
We present an improved version of the nested sampling algorithm
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10434850
- Publisher / Repository:
- IOP Publishing
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Machine Learning: Science and Technology
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 2632-2153
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- Article No. 035011
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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