Placing High-redshift Quasars in Perspective: A Catalog of Spectroscopic Properties from the Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph-Distant Quasar Survey

被引:13
作者
Matthews, Brandon M. [1 ]
Shemmer, Ohad [1 ]
Dix, Cooper [1 ]
Brotherton, Michael S. [2 ]
Myers, Adam D. [2 ]
Andruchow, I. [3 ,4 ]
Brandt, W. N. [5 ,6 ,7 ]
Ferrero, Gabriel A. [3 ,4 ]
Gallagher, S. C. [8 ]
Green, Richard [9 ]
Lira, Paulina [10 ]
Plotkin, Richard M. [11 ]
Richards, Gordon T. [12 ]
Runnoe, Jessie C. [13 ]
Schneider, Donald P. [5 ,6 ]
Shen, Yue [14 ,15 ]
Strauss, Michael A. [16 ]
Wills, Beverley J. [17 ]
机构
[1] Univ North Texas, Dept Phys, Denton, TX 76203 USA
[2] Univ Wyoming, Dept Phys & Astron, Laramie, WY 82071 USA
[3] Univ Nacl La Plata, Fac Ciencias Astron & Geofiis, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina
[4] CONICET UNLP, CCT La Plata, Inst Astrofis La Plata, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina
[5] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[6] Penn State Univ, Inst Gravitat & Cosmos, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[7] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, Davey Lab 104, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[8] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Phys & Astron, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON N6C 1T7, Canada
[9] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, 933 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[10] Univ Chile, Dept Astron, Casilla 36D, Santiago, Chile
[11] Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USA
[12] Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, 32 S 32nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[13] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 6301 Stevenson Ctr Ln, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
[14] Univ Illinois, Dept Astron, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[15] Univ Illinois, Natl Ctr Supercomp Applicat, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[16] Princeton Univ, Dept Astrophys Sci, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[17] Univ Texas Austin, Univ Texas Astron Dept, C1400,1 Univ Stn, Austin, TX 78712 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
Catalogs; Quasars; Active galactic nuclei; Surveys; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLES; DIGITAL-SKY-SURVEY; LINE REGIONS; EMISSION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; COEVOLUTION; GALAXIES; FEEDBACK;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4365/abc705
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present spectroscopic measurements for 226 sources from the Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph-Distant Quasar Survey (GNIRS-DQS). Being the largest uniform, homogeneous survey of its kind, it represents a flux-limited sample (m(i) less than or similar to 19.0 mag, H less than or similar to 16.5 mag) of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasars at 1.5 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 3.5 with a monochromatic luminosity (lambda L-lambda) at 5100 angstrom in the range of 10(44)-10(46) erg s(-1). A combination of the GNIRS and SDSS spectra covers principal quasar diagnostic features, chiefly the C iv lambda 1549, Mg ii lambda lambda 2798, 2803, H beta lambda 4861, and [O iii] lambda lambda 4959, 5007 emission lines, in each source. The spectral inventory will be utilized primarily to develop prescriptions for obtaining more accurate and precise redshifts, black hole masses, and accretion rates for all quasars. Additionally, the measurements will facilitate an understanding of the dependence of rest-frame ultraviolet-optical spectral properties of quasars on redshift, luminosity, and Eddington ratio, and test whether the physical properties of the quasar central engine evolve over cosmic time.
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