High-redshift Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies: A Candidate Sample

초록

The study of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) is now mostly limited to low redshift (z < 0.8) because their definition requires the presence of the H beta emission line, which is redshifted out of the spectral coverage of major ground-based spectroscopic surveys at z > 0.8. We studied the correlation between the properties of H beta and Mg ii lines of a large sample of SDSS DR14 quasars to find high-z NLS1 candidates. Based on the strong correlation of FWHM(Mg II) = (0.880 0.005) x FWHM(H beta) + (0.438 0.018), we present a sample of high-z NLS1 candidates having FWHM of Mg ii < 2000 km s(-1). The high-z sample contains 2684 NLS1s with redshift z = 0.8-2.5 with a median logarithmic bolometric luminosity of 46.16 0.42 erg s(-1), logarithmic black hole mass of 8.01 0.35 M, and logarithmic Eddington ratio of 0.02 0.27. The fraction of radio-detected high-z NLS1s is similar to that of the low-z NLS1s and SDSS DR14 quasars at a similar redshift range, and their radio luminosity is found to be strongly correlated with their black hole mass.

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