The GNIRS-Distant Quasar Survey (GNIRS-DQS) Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Matthews B.M.
  2. Shemmer O.
  3. Dix C.
  4. Brotherton M.S.
  5. Myers A.D.,Andruchow I.
  6. Brandt W.N.
  7. Ferrero G.A.
  8. Gallagher S.C.
  9. Green R.
  10. Lira P.,Plotkin R.M.
  11. Richards G.T.
  12. Runnoe J.C.
  13. Schneider D.P.
  14. Shen Y.,Strauss M.A.
  15. Wills B.J.
  16. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

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_<~19.0mag, H<~16.5mag) of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasars at 1.5<~z<~3.5 with a monochromatic luminosity ({lambda}L_{lambda}_) at 5100{AA} in the range of 10^44^-10^46^erg/s. A combination of the GNIRS and SDSS spectra covers principal quasar diagnostic features, chiefly the CIV{lambda}1549, MgII{lambda}{lambda}2798,2803, H{beta}{lambda}4861, and [OIII]{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.

Keywords
  1. quasars
  2. infrared-astronomy
  3. spectroscopy
  4. surveys
  5. line-intensities
  6. redshifted
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021ApJS..252...15M
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/252/15
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/252/15
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22520015

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History

2021-05-26T11:49:46Z
Resource record created
2021-05-26T11:49:46Z
Created
2025-09-04T20:06:48Z
Updated

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