2020ApJ...898..105O -
Astrophys. J., 898, 105-105 (2020/August-1)
No redshift evolution in the broad-line-region metallicity up to z = 7.54: deep near-infrared spectroscopy of ULAS J1342+0928.
ONOUE M., BANADOS E., MAZZUCCHELLI C., VENEMANS B.P., SCHINDLER J.-T., WALTER F., HENNAWI J.F., ANDIKA I.T., DAVIES F.B., DECARLI R., FARINA E.P., JAHNKE K., NAGAO T., TOMINAGA N. and WANG F.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present deep (9 hr) Gemini-N/Gemini Near-InfraRed Spectrograph near-infrared spectroscopic observations of ULAS J1342+0928, a luminous quasar at z = 7.54. Various broad emission lines were detected, as well as the underlying continuum and iron forests over the rest-frame wavelength 970-2930 Å. There is a clear trend that higher-ionization emission lines show larger blueshifts with C IV λ1549 exhibiting 5510–110+240 km s–1 blueshift with respect to the systematic redshift from the far-infrared [C II] 158µm emission line. Those high-ionization lines have wide profiles with FWHM more than 10,000 km s–1. A modest blueshift of 340–80+110 km s–1 is also seen in Mg II, the lowest-ionization line identified in the spectrum. The updated Mg II-based black hole mass of MBH=9.1–1.3+1.4×108M☉ and the Eddington ratio of Lbol/LEdd=1.1–0.2+0.2 confirm that ULAS J1342+0928 is powered by a massive and actively accreting black hole. There is no significant difference in the emission-line ratios such as Si IV/C IV and Al III/C IV when compared to lower-redshift quasars in a similar luminosity range, which suggests early metal pollution of the broad-line-region clouds. This trend also holds for the Fe II/Mg II line ratio, known as a cosmic clock that traces the iron enrichment in the early universe. Different iron templates and continuum fitting ranges were used to explore how the Fe II/Mg II measurement changes as a function of spectral modeling. Quasars at even higher redshift or at fainter luminosity range (Lbol≲1046 erg s–1) are needed to probe the sites of early metal enrichment and a corresponding change in the Fe II/Mg II ratio.
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Supermassive black holes - Quasars
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