Abstract
We investigate the relationship between emission-line strength and continuum luminosity in the best-studied nearby Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC5548. Our analysis of 13 years of ground-based optical monitoring data reveals significant year-to-year variations in the observed H-beta emission-line response in this source. More specifically, we confirm the result of Gilbert and Peterson (2003) of a non-linear relationship between the continuum and H-beta emission-line fluxes. Furthermore, we show that the slope of this relation is not constant, but rather decreases as the continuum flux increases. Both effects are consistent with photoionisation model predictions of a luminosity-dependent response in this line.
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