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修正Baldwin效应下的弱发射线类星体

Weak Emission Line Quasars in the Context of a Modified Baldwin Effect

Ohad Shemmer, Sara Lieber

摘要:

我们研究了C IV \lambda 1549宽发射线的静止帧等效宽度(EW),静止帧5100 A处的单色亮度,以及在尽可能宽的红移范围内的99个普通类星体样本中基于H β的爱丁顿比(0 < z < 3.5)和热光度(10^{44} <~ L <~ 10^{48} erg s^{-1})。我们发现EW(C IV)主要与爱丁顿比反相关,我们将这种关系称为修正的鲍德温效应(MBE),这是以前在z < 0.5的类星体中获得的结果的扩展。基于分子束外延,弱发射线类星体(WLQ),通常显示EW(C IV)<~ 10 A,预计具有极高的爱丁顿比。通过选择所有的WLQs与档案Hbeta和C IV光谱数据,共9个来源,我们发现,他们的Hbeta为基础的爱丁顿比是典型的普通类星体具有相似的红移和光度。这些WLQ中的四个可以被分子束外延所容纳,但是其他五个在>~3 σ水平上显著偏离这种关系,表现出比从它们的基于Hbeta的爱丁顿比预测的弱得多的C IV线。假设所有类星体中的超大质量黑洞质量都可以用单历元H β方法可靠地确定,我们的结果表明EW(C IV)不能仅仅依赖于爱丁顿比.我们简要地讨论了进一步调查的基本物理性质在控制类星体中的宽发射线的相对强度的作用的策略。

英文摘要:

We investigate the relationship between the rest-frame equivalent width (EW) of the C IV \lambda1549 broad-emission line, monochromatic luminosity at rest-frame 5100 A, and the Hbeta-based Eddington ratio in a sample of 99 ordinary quasars across the widest possible ranges of redshift (0 < z < 3.5) and bolometric luminosity (10^{44} <~ L <~ 10^{48} erg s^{-1}). We find that EW(C IV) is primarily anti-correlated with the Eddington ratio, a relation we refer to as a modified Baldwin effect (MBE), an extension of the result previously obtained for quasars at z < 0.5. Based on the MBE, weak emission line quasars (WLQs), typically showing EW(C IV) <~ 10 A, are expected to have extremely high Eddington ratios. By selecting all WLQs with archival Hbeta and C IV spectroscopic data, nine sources in total, we find that their Hbeta-based Eddington ratios are typical of ordinary quasars with similar redshifts and luminosities. Four of these WLQs can be accommodated by the MBE, but the other five deviate significantly from this relation, at the >~3 σ level, by exhibiting C IV lines much weaker than predicted from their Hbeta-based Eddington ratios. Assuming the supermassive black-hole masses in all quasars can be determined reliably using the single-epoch Hbeta-method, our results indicate that EW(C IV) cannot depend solely on the Eddington ratio. We briefly discuss a strategy for further investigation into the roles that basic physical properties play in controlling the relative strengths of broad-emission lines in quasars.

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