Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-06-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 4 tables, 4 figures, accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13545.x
Using a large sample of 26623 quasars with redshifts in the range $1.5 \le z\le 5.1$ with \civ $\lambda$1549 \AA emission line in Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we investigate the cosmological evolution of the Baldwin Effect, i.e. the relation between the equivalent width (EW) of the \civ emission line and continuum luminosity. We confirm the earlier result that there exists a strong correlation between the \civ EW and the continuum luminosity, and we find that, up to $z\approx 5$, the slope of the Baldwin Effect seems to have no effect of cosmological evolution. A sub-sample of 13960 quasars with broad \civ $\lambda$1549 \AA emission line from SDSS is used to explore the origin of the Baldwin Effect. We find that \civ EW have a strong correlation with the mass of supermassive black hole (SMBH), and a weak correlation with the Eddington ratio, $\lb/\ledd$. This suggests that the SMBH mass is probably the primary drive for the Baldwin Effect.
Bian Wei-Hao
Huang Ke-Liang
Xu Yan
Yuan Qi-Rong
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