Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Estimation of the size and structure of the broad line region using Bayesian approach Subject The topic of the resource galaxies: active; galaxies: nuclei; galaxies: photometry; galaxies: Seyfert Description An account of the resource Understanding the geometry and kinematics of the broad line region (BLR) of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is important to estimate black hole masses in AGN and study the accretion process. The technique of reverberation mapping (RM) has provided estimates of BLR size for more than 100 AGN now; however, the structure of the BLR has been studied for only a handful number of objects. Towards this, we investigated the geometry of the BLR for a large sample of 57 AGN using archival RM data. We performed systematic modelling of the continuum and emission line light curves using a Markov chain Monte Carlo method based on Bayesian statistics implemented in PBMAP (Parallel Bayesian code for reverberation-MAPping data) code to constrain BLR geometrical parameters and recover velocity integrated transfer function. We found that the recovered transfer functions have various shapes such as single-peaked, double-peaked, and top-hat suggesting that AGN have very different BLR geometries. Our model lags are in general consistent with that estimated using the conventional cross-correlation methods. The BLR sizes obtained from our modelling approach is related to the luminosity with a slope of 0.583 0.026 and 0.471 0.084 based on H ? and H ? lines, respectively. We found a non-linear response of emission line fluxes to the ionizing optical continuum for 93 per cent objects. The estimated virial factors for the AGN studied in this work range from 0.79 to 4.94 having a mean at 1.78 1.77 consistent with the values found in the literature. 2021 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mandal A.K.; Rakshit S.; Stalin C.S.; Petrov R.G.; Mathew B.; Sagar R. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol-502, No. 2, pp. 2140-2157. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oxford University Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab012" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab012</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85108011440&amp;doi=10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstab012&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=f6952b6e1c68162ab45a90ec0112010c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85108011440&amp;doi=10.1093%2fmnras%2fstab012&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=f6952b6e1c68162ab45a90ec0112010c</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Green Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 358711; CODEN: MNRAA Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Mandal A.K., Department of Physics, Christ (Deemed to Be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560 029, India, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Block Ii, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560 034, India; Rakshit S., Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Manora Peak, Nainital, 263002, India, Finnish Centre for Astronomy with Eso (FINCA), University of Turku, Quantum, Vesilinnantie 5, University of Turku, 20014, Finland; Stalin C.S., Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Block Ii, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560 034, India; Petrov R.G., Observatoire de la Ce d'Azur, Cnrs, Laboratoire Lagrange, UniversitCe d'Azur, Parc Valrose, B. H. Fizeau, Nice, F-06108, France; Mathew B., Department of Physics, Christ (Deemed to Be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560 029, India; Sagar R., Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Block Ii, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560 034, India