A 3x10^9 solar mass black hole in the quasar SDSS J1148+5251 at z=6.41

Details A 3x10^9 solar mass black hole in the quasar SDSS J1148+5251 at z=6.41 A 3x10^9 solar mass black hole in the quasar SDSS J1148+5251 at z=6.41

2003-03-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303062v1

Astrophys.J. 587 (2003) L15-L18

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 1 figure, ApJ Letters, in press

Scientific paper

10.1086/375126

We present near-infrared H and K-band spectra of the z=6.41 quasar SDSS J114816.64+525150.3. The spectrum reveals a broad MgII 2799 emission line with a full-width half-maximium of 6000 km/s. From the peak wavelength of this emission line we obtain a more accurate redshift than is possible from the published optical spectrum and determine a redshift of z=6.41+/-0.01. If the true peak of the Lyman alpha emission is at the same redshift, then a large fraction of the flux blueward of the peak is absorbed. The equivalent width of the MgII emission line is similar to that of lower redshift quasars, suggesting that the UV continuum is not dominated by a beamed component. Making basic assumptions about the line-emitting gas we derive an estimate for the central black hole in this quasar of 3x10^9 solar masses. The very high luminosity of the quasar shows that it is accreting at the maximal allowable rate for a black hole of this mass adopting the Eddington limit criterion.

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