The Search for Binary Black holes in Seyferts with Double Peaked Emission Lines

P. Kharb1*, M. Das1, S. Subramanian1 and Z. Paragi2
1Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala II Block, Bangalore 560034, India
2Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, the Netherlands

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Abstract

We discuss results fromvery long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of two Seyfert galaxies with double peaked emission lines in their SDSS optical spectra. Such AGN are potential candidates for the presence of binary black holes, which can be resolved on parsec-scales with VLBI. Our observations do not detect twin radio cores but rather nuclear outflows in these Seyferts. These outflows could be interacting with the emission line clouds producing the double peaks in the emission lines.



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Keywords : galaxies: nuclei – galaxies: Seyfert – radio continuum: galaxies