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XQR-30: Black Hole Masses and Accretion Rates of 42 z>6 Quasars

C. Mazzucchelli
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M. Bischetti
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V. D'Odorico
altro
Y. Zhu
2023
  • journal article

Periodico
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Abstract
We present bolometric luminosities, black hole masses and Eddington ratios for 42 luminous quasars at z>6 using high signal-to-noise ratio VLT/X-Shooter spectra, acquired in the enlarged ESO Large Programme XQR-30. In particular, we derive bolometric luminosities from the rest-frame 3000 A, luminosities using a bolometric correction from the literature, and the black hole masses by modelling the spectral regions around the CIV 1549A and the MgII 2798A emission lines, with scaling relations calibrated in the local universe. We find that the black hole masses derived from both emission lines are in the same range, and the scatter of the measurements agrees with expectations from the scaling relations. The MgII-derived masses are between ~(0.8-12) x 10^9 Msun, and the derived Eddington ratios are within ~0.13-1.73, with a mean (median) of 0.84 (0.72). By comparing the total sample of quasars at z>5.8, from this work and from the literature, to a bolometric luminosity distribution-matched sample at z~1.5, we find that quasars at high redshift host slightly less massive black holes which accrete slightly more rapidly than at lower-z, with a difference in the mean Eddington ratios of the two samples of ~0.27, in agreement with recent literature work.
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202346317
WOS
WOS:001044644200003
Archivio
https://hdl.handle.net/11368/3053180
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85168723241
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/08/aa46317-23/aa46317-23
Diritti
open access
license:creative commons
license uri:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
FVG url
https://arts.units.it/bitstream/11368/3053180/3/aa46317-23.pdf
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