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981. UVES Spectrum of APM BR J0307-4945
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/370/426
Title:
UVES Spectrum of APM BR J0307-4945
Short Name:
J/A+A/370/426
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the first high-resolution (6.2 to 7.7km/s FWHM) spectra of the APM BR J0307-4945 quasar at z_em_=4.73 obtained with UVES on the 8.2m VLT Kueyen telescope. We focus our analysis on a damped Lyman-{alpha} system at z_abs_=4.466, the most distant DLA system known to the present date, observed when the age of the universe was only 1.3Gyr. The following table lists the wavelengths and equivalent widths for all absorption-line features (except the telluric lines) redwards of the quasar Ly-{alpha} emission detected at 4{sigma} in equivalent width. The transition names and approximate redshifts are specified for the features we successfully identified. About 80% of the absorption lines redwards of the quasar Ly-{alpha} emission have been identified, corresponding to 13 metal-line systems.
982. UV-excess quasar candidates
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/111/169
Title:
UV-excess quasar candidates
Short Name:
J/A+AS/111/169
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have developed a procedure (so called PAPA) for measurement of magnitudes (about 0.1mag accurate) and positions (with accuracy better than 0.5arcsec) of all the objects present on photographic plates digitised with the MAMA machine. This homogeneous procedure was applied to four Schmidt plates - in U, B and twice V - covering the Palomar-Sky-Survey field PS +30deg 13h00m, a 40-square-degree zone at the North Galactic Pole. A general-interest exhaustive tricolour catalogue of 19542 star-like objects down to V=20.0 has been produced and we selected 1681 quasar candidates on the basis of ultraviolet excess and, when possible, absence of any measurable proper motion. The astrometric and photometric catalogue of the candidates is given in electronic form.
983. UV-excess quasar candidates around NGC 450
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/123/529
Title:
UV-excess quasar candidates around NGC 450
Short Name:
J/A+AS/123/529
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We describe the results of a survey for moderately bright quasars performed in a 20.6-square-degree field around the galaxy NGC 450. The quasar candidates we re-selected on the basis of their ultraviolet excess: by comparative visual inspection of the double image of each single object on a U/B dual-exposure Schmidt photographic plate, 95 primary and 45 secondary quasar candidates were selected on the basis of their U image being too bright. The spectroscopic identification of the primary candidates led to the discovery of 59 bona fide quasars (out of which 6 were previously known). The Palomar Schmidt plate was digitised using the MAMA measuring machine and the outcoming data reduced using ad hoc procedures. A photometric calibration allowed us to derive values for the limiting magnitudes and for the U-B index selection threshold of the survey. A catalogue containing 60 quasars is presented with accurate positions, magnitudes and additional information such as redshifts. We studied the spatial distribution of the objects and detected, for the quasars of our sample, a significant deviation from randomness in the form of a propensity to cluster in pairs on the celestial sphere with a typical scale of about 10arcmin. We also formally detected a tendency towards a 3-D clustering, but this result is induced by a single pair of quasars. A forthcoming paper will deal with a similar work performed in a field around NGC 520; the latter field is located directly to the North of the present one and slightly overlaps it.
984. UV-FIR SED results of SDSS QSOs and their hosts
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/824/70
Title:
UV-FIR SED results of SDSS QSOs and their hosts
Short Name:
J/ApJ/824/70
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
In this work, we present a study of 207 quasars selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalogs and the Herschel Stripe 82 survey. Quasars within this sample are high-luminosity quasars with a mean bolometric luminosity of 10^46.4^erg/s. The redshift range of this sample is within z Herschel-SPIRE bands, the quasar sample is complete yet highly biased. Based on the multi-wavelength photometric observation data, we conducted a spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting through UV to FIR. Parameters such as active galactic nucleus (AGN) luminosity, far-IR (FIR) luminosity, stellar mass, as well as many other AGN and galaxy properties are deduced from the SED fitting results. The mean star formation rate (SFR) of the sample is 419M_{sun}_/yr and the mean gas mass is ~10^11.3^M_{sun}_. All of these results point to an IR luminous quasar system. Compared with star formation main sequence (MS) galaxies, at least 80 out of 207 quasars are hosted by starburst galaxies. This supports the statement that luminous AGNs are more likely to be associated with major mergers. The SFR increases with the redshift up to z=2. It is correlated with the AGN bolometric luminosity, where L_FIR_{propto}L_Bol_^0.46+/-0.03^. The AGN bolometric luminosity is also correlated with the host galaxy mass and gas mass. Yet the correlation between L_FIR_ and L_Bol_ has higher significant level, implies that the link between AGN accretion and the SFR is more primal. The M_BH_/M_*_ ratio of our sample is 0.02, higher than the value 0.005 in the local universe. It might indicate an evolutionary trend of the M_BH_/M_*_ scaling relation.
985. UV photometry of GALEX QSO candidates
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/664/53
Title:
UV photometry of GALEX QSO candidates
Short Name:
J/ApJ/664/53
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalog of 36120 QSO candidates from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Release Two (GR2) UV catalog and the USNO-A2.0 optical catalog. The selection criteria are established using known quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The SDSS sample is then used to assign individual probabilities to our GALEX USNO candidates. The mean probability is ~50% and would rise to ~65% if better morphological information than that from USNO were available to eliminate galaxies. The sample is ~40% complete for i<=19.1. Candidates are cross identified in 2MASS, FIRST, SDSS, and the XMM-Newton Slewing Survey (XMMSL1), whenever such counterparts exist. The present catalog covers the 8000deg^2^ of GR2 lying above |b|=25{deg}, but can be extended to all 24000deg^2^ that satisfy this criterion as new GALEX data become available.
986. UV properties of absorbed quasars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/599/116
Title:
UV properties of absorbed quasars
Short Name:
J/ApJ/599/116
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A statistical study is presented of (1) the frequency of narrow C IV {lambda}1549 absorption lines in 1.5<=z<~3.6 radio-quiet and radio-loud quasars and (2) the UV and radio properties of the absorbed quasars. The quasar sample is unbiased with respect to absorption properties, and the radio-quiet and radio-loud subsamples are well matched in redshift and luminosity.
987. UV to NIR spectra of the QSO 2MASS J15165323+1900482
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/900/47
Title:
UV to NIR spectra of the QSO 2MASS J15165323+1900482
Short Name:
J/ApJ/900/47
Date:
21 Mar 2022 09:27:00
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present detailed studies of the partially obscured quasar 2MASSJ151653.23+190048.2 with continuous broadband spectrophotometry from near-infrared (NIR) through optical to ultraviolet (UV). The NIR and optical spectra show strong broad emission lines, while the UV spectrum is dominated by a set of rich intermediate-width emission lines (IELs). These IELs, unshifted with respect to the quasar systemic velocity measured by narrow emission lines, share a common profile of about 1900km/s in FWHM, in contrast to the Balmer and Paschen broad emission lines of FWHM ~6300km/s observed in the optical and NIR. The intermediate width of these lines indicates that the emitting gas may come from the dusty torus region. However, the observed peculiar IEL intensity ratios, such as NV{lambda}1240/Ly{alpha}, indicate that the emitting gas has a very high density, up to ~10^13^cm^-3^. Such a high density is unusual for gas around the dusty torus region, except that we consider mechanisms such as shocks that can produce local ultradense gas. We speculate that these emission lines could originate from the shock region, possibly induced by the quasar outflow colliding with the inner wall of the dusty torus. If true, this may give us an opportunity to peep at the quasar outflows at the scale of the dusty torus that have so far been elusive due to the limited resolving powers of existing facilities.
988. UV variability of quasars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/560/A104
Title:
UV variability of quasars
Short Name:
J/A+A/560/A104
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Although the variability in the ultraviolet and optical domain is one of the major characteristics of quasars, the dominant underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. There is a broad consensus on the relationship between the strength of the variability and such quantities as time-lag, wavelength, luminosity, and redshift. However, evidence on a dependence on the fundamental parameters of the accretion process is still inconclusive. This paper is focused on the correlation between the ultraviolet quasar long-term variability and the accretion rate.
989. V and R lightcurves of BL Lac object PKS 0537-441
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/449/2750
Title:
V and R lightcurves of BL Lac object PKS 0537-441
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/449/2750
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the colour indices V-R of BL Lacertae object PKS 0537-441 on the basis of the photometric data monitored by the Rapid Eye Mounting (REM) telescope located at the ESO Cerro La Silla observatory (Chile). Nearly 700 quasi-simultaneous data groups were collected during the period from 2004 to 2010. Our colour analysis shows the existence of at least two variability mechanisms: one is the long-term chromatic mechanism in which the variation traces a 0.04+/-0.01 slope in the V-R versus V plot, the other is the chromatic mechanism implying the spectral changes during the flares and on intraday time-scales. A general bluer-when-brighter trend is confirmed in both ascent and descent states during the flares and in the 2010 February flare interval, while a much stronger bluer-when-brighter chromatism is observed in both faint and bright states on intraday time-scales. The discrete correlation function analysis reveals the existence of a time-lag of 13^+5.8^_-1.2_ d between colour indices and magnitudes during the period MJD 54404-54453, whereas no measurable time-lag during other periods is found. Our results suggest that geometric effects may be responsible for the long-term achromatic mechanism, while the intrinsic shock-in-jet mechanism may produce the chromatic variability during the flares and on intraday time-scales.
990. Variability indexes of QSOs in SDSS Stripe 82
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/525/A37
Title:
Variability indexes of QSOs in SDSS Stripe 82
Short Name:
J/A+A/525/A37
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We identified 8744 quasars in the Light-Motion Curve Catalogue (LMCC; Bramich et al., 2008MNRAS.386..887B, http://das.sdss.org/value_added/stripe_82_variability/SDSS_82_public/) for the stripe 82 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The light curves were used, after correction for photometric outliers, to compute individual noise-corrected first-order structure functions (variance as a function of time-lag) binned into rest frame time-lag intervals. The mean value of the corrected structure function at rest frame time-lags from 300 to 600 days is found to be a useful variability index for the statistical investigation of quasar samples with redshifts up to ~3. For each quasar, the variability indexes for the five SDSS bands are given along with the equatorial coordinates, redshift, mean g band magnitude, absolute i band magnitude, and a remark on spectral peculiarities.