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Quasar Properties from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. III. The Quasars Obtained by the SDSS-IV

Journal Article · · The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series

This paper provides the compilations of properties of the quasars newly obtained by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) during the fourth stage (SDSS-IV). The catalog is available on the journal's website. We have measured the main properties of emission lines around C $$\tiny{IV}$$ Mg $$\tiny{II}$$, Hβ, and Hα spectral regions. We estimate the quasar redshifts from our fits of narrow [O $$\tiny{III}$$], broad Mg $$\tiny{II}$$, and broad C $$\tiny{IV}$$ emission lines and find that the best redshifts included in DR16Q are robust with respect to our measurements. Based on the broad C $$\tiny{IV}$$, Mg $$\tiny{II}$$, Hβ, and/or Hα emission lines, we calculate the virial black hole mass with empirical relationships provided by previous works. Systematic biases are found among the different line-based mass estimators.

Research Organization:
US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Science, Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Guangxi Natural Science Foundation
OSTI ID:
2425265
Journal Information:
The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series, Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 264; ISSN 0067-0049
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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