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跨宇宙时间类星体 Fe II/Mg II 通量比中无红移演化

No Redshift Evolution in the Fe II/Mg II Flux Ratios of Quasars across Cosmic Time

Danyang Jiang, Masafusa Onoue, Linhua Jiang, Samuel Lai, Eduardo Banados, George D. Becker, Manuela Bischetti, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Rebecca L. Davies, Valentina … 展开作者

Danyang Jiang, Masafusa Onoue, Linhua Jiang, Samuel Lai, Eduardo Banados, George D. Becker, Manuela Bischetti, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Rebecca L. Davies, Valentina DOdorico, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Martin G. Haehnelt, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Jan-Torge Schindler, Fabian Walter, Yongda Zhu

AI总结:

本文通过统一分析 XQR-30 高红移类星体及文献中低、中红移比较样本的高质量光谱,发现 Fe II/Mg II 通量比在 z=1 至 6.6 间无显著演化,支持高红移黑洞周围快速铁增丰。

摘要:

类星体光谱中的 Fe II/Mg II 发射线通量比可作为类星体宽线区中 Fe 相对于 α 元素丰度的代理指标。由于这两种元素预期具有不同的增丰时间尺度,它们可在早期宇宙中用作宇宙时钟。我们利用主要由 XQR-30 计划通过 VLT XSHOOTER 获取的高质量近红外光谱,对一个亮类星体样本中的 Fe II/Mg II 比开展研究。这些类星体的中位热光度为 log(L_bol[erg s^-1])~47.3,覆盖 z=6.0–6.6 的红移范围。测得的 Fe II/Mg II 比中位值约为 7.9,归一化中位绝对偏差约为 2.2。为了无偏地追踪 Fe II/Mg II 的宇宙演化,我们从文献中选取两个具有相似光度和高质量光谱的类星体比较样本,一个位于中等红移(z=3.5–4.8),另一个位于低红移(z=1.0–2.0)。我们对所有这些类星体执行相同的光谱分析,包括使用相同的铁模板、相同的光谱拟合方法以及相同的波长拟合窗口。我们发现,在从 z=1 到 6.6 的宽红移范围内,Fe II/Mg II 比没有显著的红移演化。该结果与以往研究一致,并支持高红移吸积超大质量黑洞附近发生快速铁增丰的情景。

英文摘要:

The Fe II/Mg II emission line flux ratio in quasar spectra serves as a proxy for the relative Fe to alpha-element abundances in the broad line regions of quasars. Due to the expected different enrichment timescales of the two elements, they can be used as a cosmic clock in the early Universe. We present a study of the Fe II/Mg II ratios in a sample of luminous quasars exploiting high-quality near-IR spectra taken primarily by the XQR-30 program with VLT XSHOOTER. These quasars have a median bolometric luminosity of log(L_bol[erg s^-1])~47.3 and cover a redshift range of z=6.0-6.6. The median value of the measured Fe II/Mg II ratios is ~7.9 with a normalized median absolute deviation of ~2.2. In order to trace the cosmic evolution of Fe II/Mg II in an unbiased manner, we select two comparison samples of quasars with similar luminosities and high-quality spectra from the literature, one at intermediate redshifts (z=3.5-4.8) and the other at low redshifts (z=1.0-2.0). We perform the same spectral analysis for all these quasars, including the usage of the same iron template, the same spectral fitting method, and the same wavelength fitting windows. We find no significant redshift evolution in the Fe II/Mg II ratio over the wide redshift range from z=1 to 6.6. The result is consistent with previous studies and supports the scenario of a rapid iron enrichment in the vicinity of accreting supermassive black holes at high redshift.

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