MIR-selected quasar parameters Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Dai Y.S.
  2. Elvis M.
  3. Bergeron J.
  4. Fazio G.G.
  5. Huang J.-S.
  6. Wilkes B.J.,Willmer C.N.A.
  7. Omont A.
  8. Papovich C.
  9. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We provide a catalog of 391 mid-infrared-selected (MIR; 24 {mu}m) broad-emission-line (BEL; type 1) quasars in the 22 deg^2^ SWIRE Lockman Hole field. This quasar sample is selected in the MIR from Spitzer MIPS with S_24_> 400 {mu}Jy, jointly with an optical magnitude limit of r(AB) < 22.5 for broad line identification. The catalog is based on MMT and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopy to select BEL quasars, extending the SDSS coverage to fainter magnitudes and lower redshifts, and recovers a more complete quasar population. The MIR-selected quasar sample peaks at z ~ 1.4 and recovers a significant and constant (20%) fraction of extended objects with SDSS photometry across magnitudes, which were not included in the SDSS quasar survey dominated by point sources. This sample also recovers a significant population of z < 3 quasars at i > 19.1. We then investigate the continuum luminosity and line profiles of these MIR quasars, and estimate their virial black hole masses and the Eddington ratios. The supermassive black hole mass shows evidence of downsizing, although the Eddington ratios remain constant at 1 < z < 4. Compared to point sources in the same redshift range, extended sources at z < 1 show systematically lower Eddington ratios. The catalog and spectra are publicly available online.

Keywords
  1. quasars
  2. seyfert-galaxies
  3. infrared-sources
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. sloan-photometry
  6. redshifted
  7. line-intensities
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2014ApJ...791..113D
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/791/113
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/791/113
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17910113

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History

2017-04-07T15:49:00Z
Resource record created
2017-04-07T15:49:00Z
Created
2017-10-02T12:13:42Z
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