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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project : sample characterization
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dc.contributor.author | Shen, Yue | |
dc.contributor.author | Hall, Patrick B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Horne, Keith | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhu, Guangtun | |
dc.contributor.author | McGreer, Ian | |
dc.contributor.author | Simm, Torben | |
dc.contributor.author | Trump, Jonathan R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kinemuchi, Karen | |
dc.contributor.author | Brandt, W. N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Green, Paul J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Grier, C. J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Guo, Hengxiao | |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, Luis C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Homayouni, Yasaman | |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, Linhua | |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Jennifer I-Hsiu | |
dc.contributor.author | Morganson, Eric | |
dc.contributor.author | Petitjean, Patrick | |
dc.contributor.author | Richards, Gordon T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schneider, Donald P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Starkey, D. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Shu | |
dc.contributor.author | Chambers, Ken | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaiser, Nick | |
dc.contributor.author | Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Magnier, Eugene | |
dc.contributor.author | Waters, Christopher | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-29T13:30:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-29T13:30:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04-15 | |
dc.identifier | 258789369 | |
dc.identifier | dbadf2ae-12cb-4f7e-b62f-fd1535a61b52 | |
dc.identifier | 85062028940 | |
dc.identifier | 000464712500002 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Shen , Y , Hall , P B , Horne , K , Zhu , G , McGreer , I , Simm , T , Trump , J R , Kinemuchi , K , Brandt , W N , Green , P J , Grier , C J , Guo , H , Ho , L C , Homayouni , Y , Jiang , L , Li , J I-H , Morganson , E , Petitjean , P , Richards , G T , Schneider , D P , Starkey , D A , Wang , S , Chambers , K , Kaiser , N , Kudritzki , R-P , Magnier , E & Waters , C 2019 , ' The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project : sample characterization ' , Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series , vol. 241 , no. 2 , 34 . https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab074f | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1538-4365 | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:AD635DF8192DDC1E35FACAAEBA96CC74 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/17606 | |
dc.description | Y.S. acknowledges support from an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and NSF grant AST-1715579. P.H. acknowledges support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), funding reference number 2017-05983. W.N.B. acknowledges support from NSF grant AST-1516784. C.J.G., W.N.B., and D.P.S. acknowledge support from NSF grant AST-1517113. Funding for SDSS-III has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. | en |
dc.description.abstract | We present a detailed characterization of the 849 broad-line quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping (SDSS-RM) project. Our quasar sample covers a redshift range of 0.1 < z < 4.5 and is flux-limited to i PSF < 21.7 without any other cuts on quasar properties. The main sample characterization includes: (1) spectral measurements of the continuum and broad emission lines for individual objects from the coadded first-season spectroscopy in 2014, (2) identification of broad and narrow absorption lines in the spectra, and (3) optical variability properties for continuum and broad lines from multi-epoch spectroscopy. We provide improved systemic redshift estimates for all quasars and demonstrate the effects of the signal-to-noise ratio on the spectral measurements. We compile measured properties for all 849 quasars along with supplemental multi-wavelength data for subsets of our sample from other surveys. The SDSS-RM sample probes a diverse range in quasar properties and shows well-detected continuum and broad-line variability for many objects from first-season monitoring data. The compiled properties serve as the benchmark for follow-up work based on SDSS-RM data. The spectral fitting tools are made public along with this work. | |
dc.format.extent | 16 | |
dc.format.extent | 3816271 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | en |
dc.subject | Black hole physics | en |
dc.subject | Galaxies: active | en |
dc.subject | Line: profiles | en |
dc.subject | Quasars: general | en |
dc.subject | Surveys | en |
dc.subject | QB Astronomy | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QB | en |
dc.title | The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project : sample characterization | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3847/1538-4365/ab074f | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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