%0 Journal Article
%T A Tentative Size-Luminosity Relation for the Iron Emission-Line Region in Quasars
%A Doron Chelouche
%A Stephen E. Rafter
%A Gabriel I. Cotlier
%A Shai Kaspi
%A Aaron J. Barth
%J Physics
%D 2014
%I arXiv
%R 10.1088/2041-8205/783/2/L34
%X New reverberation mapping measurements of the size of the optical iron emission-line region in quasars are provided, and a tentative size-luminosity relation for this component is reported. Combined with lag measurements in low-luminosity sources, the results imply an emission-region size that is comparable to and at most twice that of the H$\beta$ line, and is characterized by a similar luminosity dependence. This suggests that the physics underlying the formation of the optical iron blends in quasars may be similar to that of other broad emission lines.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.6142v1