SDSS DR5 virial black hole masses : J/ApJ/680/169


Authors : Shen Y. orcid , Greene J.E., Strauss M.A. (hide) , Greene J.E., Strauss M.A. et..al

Bibcode : 2008ApJ...680..169S (ADS) (Simbad) (Objects) (hide)
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CDS Keywords : Surveys; QSOs; Stars, masses
UAT : Surveys, Quasars, Stellar masses

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Biases in virial black hole masses an SDSS perspective. (2008)

Keywords : black hole physics - galaxies active - galaxies: fundamental parameters - galaxies: high-redshift - quasars: general - surveys

Abstract:We compile black hole (BH) masses for ~60000 quasars in the redshift range 0.1~<z~<4.5 included in the Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Schneider et al. 2007, Cat. VII/252), using virial BH mass estimators based on the H{beta}, MgII, and CIV emission lines. ...(more)
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  • VII/252 : SDSS-DR5 quasar catalog (Schneider+, 2007)
  • II/276 : SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 5 (Adelman-McCarthy+, 2007)
  • http://www.sdss.org : SDSS Home Page

                
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