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Measuring the Virial Factor in SDSS DR5 Quasars with Redshifted Hβ and Fe ii Broad Emission Lines

文献类型:期刊论文

作者Liu HT(刘洪涛)1,2,3; Feng HC(封海成)1,2,3,4; Li SS(李莎莎)1,2,3; Bai JM(白金明)1,2,3
刊名The Astrophysical Journal
出版日期2022-03-01
卷号928期号:1
ISSN号0004-637X
DOI10.3847/1538-4357/ac559b
产权排序第1完成单位
英文摘要

Under the hypothesis of gravitational redshift induced by a central supermassive black hole, and based on line widths and shifts of redward-shifted Hβ and Fe ii broad emission lines for a sample of 1973 z < 0.8 Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR5 quasars, we measured the virial factor in determining supermassive black hole masses, usually estimated by the reverberation mapping method or the relevant secondary methods. The virial factor had been believed to be from the geometric effect of the broad-line region. The measured virial factor of Fe ii is larger than that of Hβ for 98% of these quasars. The virial factor is very different from object to object and for different emission lines. For most of these quasars, the virial factor of Hβ is larger than these averages that were usually used in determining the masses of black holes. There are three positive correlations among the measured virial factor of Hβ, dimensionless accretion rate, and Fe ii/Hβ line ratio. A positive three-dimensional correlation is found among these three quantities, and this correlation indicates that the virial factor is likely dominated by the dimensionless accretion rate and metallicity. A negative correlation is found between the redward shift of Hβ and the scaled size of the broad-line region radius in units of the gravitational radius of the black hole. This negative correlation will be expected naturally if the redward shift of Hβ is mainly from the gravity of the black hole. Radiation pressure from the accretion disk may be a significant contributor to the virial factor.

学科主题天文学 ; 星系与宇宙学
语种英语
出版者The American Astronomical Society
源URL[http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/25035]  
专题星系类星体研究组
云南天文台_中国科学院天体结构与演化重点实验室
通讯作者Liu HT(刘洪涛)
作者单位1.Center for Astronomical Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
2.Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650011, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
3.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 396 Yangfangwang, Guandu District, Kunming, 650216, People's Republic of China
4.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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Liu HT,Feng HC,Li SS,et al. Measuring the Virial Factor in SDSS DR5 Quasars with Redshifted Hβ and Fe ii Broad Emission Lines[J]. The Astrophysical Journal,2022,928(1).
APA Liu HT,Feng HC,Li SS,&Bai JM.(2022).Measuring the Virial Factor in SDSS DR5 Quasars with Redshifted Hβ and Fe ii Broad Emission Lines.The Astrophysical Journal,928(1).
MLA Liu HT,et al."Measuring the Virial Factor in SDSS DR5 Quasars with Redshifted Hβ and Fe ii Broad Emission Lines".The Astrophysical Journal 928.1(2022).

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