Demographics of z similar to 6 quasars in the black hole mass-luminosity plane
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Demographics of z similar to 6 quasars in the black hole mass-luminosity plane. / Wu, Jin; Shen, Yue; Jiang, Linhua; Banados, Eduardo; Fan, Xiaohui; Ho, Luis C.; Vestergaard, Marianne; Wang, Feige; Wang, Shu; Wu, Xue-Bing; Yang, Jinyi.
I: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Bind 517, Nr. 2, 18.10.2022, s. 2659-2676.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Demographics of z similar to 6 quasars in the black hole mass-luminosity plane
AU - Wu, Jin
AU - Shen, Yue
AU - Jiang, Linhua
AU - Banados, Eduardo
AU - Fan, Xiaohui
AU - Ho, Luis C.
AU - Vestergaard, Marianne
AU - Wang, Feige
AU - Wang, Shu
AU - Wu, Xue-Bing
AU - Yang, Jinyi
PY - 2022/10/18
Y1 - 2022/10/18
N2 - We study the demographics of z similar to 6 broad-line quasars in the black hole (BH) mass-luminosity plane using a sample of more than 100 quasars at 5.7 < z < 6.5. These quasars have well-quantified selection functions and nearly one-third of them also have virial BH masses estimated from near-IR spectroscopy. We use forward modelling of parametrized intrinsic distributions of BH masses and Eddington ratios, and account for the sample flux limits and measurement uncertainties of the BH masses and luminosities. We find significant differences between the intrinsic and observed distributions of the quantities due to measurement uncertainties and sample flux limits. There is also marginal evidence that the virial BH masses are susceptible to a positive luminosity-dependent bias (BH mass is overestimated when luminosity is above the average), and that the mean Eddington ratio increases with BH mass. Our models provide reliable constraints on the z similar to 6 BH mass function at M-BH > 10(8.5) M-circle dot, with a median 1 sigma uncertainty of similar to 0.5 dex in abundance. The intrinsic Eddington ratio distribution of M-BH > 10(8.5) M-circle dot quasars can be approximated by a mass-dependent Schechter model, with a broad peak around log (L-bol/L-Edd)similar to -0.9. We also find that, at 4.5 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 6, the number densities of more massive BHs tend to decline more rapidly with increasing redshift, contrary to the trend at 2.5 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 4.5 reported previously.
AB - We study the demographics of z similar to 6 broad-line quasars in the black hole (BH) mass-luminosity plane using a sample of more than 100 quasars at 5.7 < z < 6.5. These quasars have well-quantified selection functions and nearly one-third of them also have virial BH masses estimated from near-IR spectroscopy. We use forward modelling of parametrized intrinsic distributions of BH masses and Eddington ratios, and account for the sample flux limits and measurement uncertainties of the BH masses and luminosities. We find significant differences between the intrinsic and observed distributions of the quantities due to measurement uncertainties and sample flux limits. There is also marginal evidence that the virial BH masses are susceptible to a positive luminosity-dependent bias (BH mass is overestimated when luminosity is above the average), and that the mean Eddington ratio increases with BH mass. Our models provide reliable constraints on the z similar to 6 BH mass function at M-BH > 10(8.5) M-circle dot, with a median 1 sigma uncertainty of similar to 0.5 dex in abundance. The intrinsic Eddington ratio distribution of M-BH > 10(8.5) M-circle dot quasars can be approximated by a mass-dependent Schechter model, with a broad peak around log (L-bol/L-Edd)similar to -0.9. We also find that, at 4.5 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 6, the number densities of more massive BHs tend to decline more rapidly with increasing redshift, contrary to the trend at 2.5 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 4.5 reported previously.
KW - methods: statistical
KW - galaxies: active
KW - quasars: supermassive black holes
KW - DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
KW - REVERBERATION MAPPING PROJECT
KW - NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
KW - ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
KW - QSO REDSHIFT SURVEY
KW - HIGH-Z EXPLORATION
KW - DISTANT QUASARS
KW - LINE WIDTHS
KW - EVOLUTION
KW - GALAXIES
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stac2833
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stac2833
M3 - Journal article
VL - 517
SP - 2659
EP - 2676
JO - Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices
JF - Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices
SN - 0035-8711
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 323974138