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在C$_{\ m IV}$-H$β$参数空间中为弱发射线类星体提供新见解

Shedding New Light on Weak Emission-Line Quasars in the C$_{\rm IV}$-H$β$ Parameter Space

Trung Ha, Cooper Dix, Brandon M. Matthews, Ohad Shemmer, Michael S. Brotherton, Adam Myers, Gordon T. Richards, Jaya Maithil, Scott F. Anderson, W. N. Brandt, A… 展开作者

Trung Ha, Cooper Dix, Brandon M. Matthews, Ohad Shemmer, Michael S. Brotherton, Adam Myers, Gordon T. Richards, Jaya Maithil, Scott F. Anderson, W. N. Brandt, Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic, Xiaohui Fan, Sarah C. Gallagher, Richard F. Green, Paulina Lira, Bin Luo, Hagai Netzer, Richard Plotkin, Jessie C. Runnoe, Donald P. Schneider, Michael A. Strauss, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Jianfeng Wu

AI总结:

本研究通过校正黑洞质量估计值,发现基于H$β$的爱丁顿光度比与C IV等值宽度及蓝移组合显著相关,表明C IV参数空间可作为1型类星体吸积率的有效指标。

摘要:

弱发射线类星体(WLQs)是1型类星体的一个子集,表现出极弱的Ly$α+$N V $λ$1240和/或C IV $λ$1549发射线。我们研究了230个“普通”1型类星体和18个WLQs样本的发射线性质与吸积率之间的关系,这些类星体位于$z < 0.5$和$1.5 < z < 3.5$范围内,并具有静止系紫外和光学光谱测量数据。我们利用光学Fe II发射的强度,对这些类星体基于H$β$的黑洞质量($M_{\ m BH}$)估计值进行了校正。我们证实了先前的发现,即使用传统的宽发射线区大小-光度关系,WLQs的$M_{\ m BH}$值被高估了高达一个数量级。通过这种$M_{\ m BH}$校正,我们发现基于H$β$的爱丁顿光度比与静止系C IV等值宽度和C IV相对于系统红移的蓝移的组合之间存在显著的相关性。这种相关性在普通类星体和WLQs中均成立,这表明二维C IV参数空间可以作为所有1型类星体在广泛光谱性质范围内的吸积率指标。

英文摘要:

Weak emission-line quasars (WLQs) are a subset of Type 1 quasars that exhibit extremely weak Ly$α+$N V $λ$1240 and/or C IV $λ$1549 emission lines. We investigate the relationship between emission-line properties and accretion rate for a sample of 230 `ordinary' Type 1 quasars and 18 WLQs at $z < 0.5$ and $1.5 < z < 3.5$ that have rest-frame ultraviolet and optical spectral measurements. We apply a correction to the H$β$-based black-hole mass ($M_{\rm BH}$) estimates of these quasars using the strength of the optical Fe II emission. We confirm previous findings that WLQs' $M_{\rm BH}$ values are overestimated by up to an order of magnitude using the traditional broad emission-line region size-luminosity relation. With this $M_{\rm BH}$ correction, we find a significant correlation between H$β$-based Eddington luminosity ratios and a combination of the rest-frame C IV equivalent width and C IV blueshift with respect to the systemic redshift. This correlation holds for both ordinary quasars and WLQs, which suggests that the two-dimensional C IV parameter space can serve as an indicator of accretion rate in all Type 1 quasars across a wide range of spectral properties.

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