Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-05-14
Astron.Astrophys. 423 (2004) 121-132
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 13 figures, accepted by A&A; added references and minor corrections
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20035912
We present high S/N spectra of the H-beta region in 17 intermediate redshift (0.85 le z le 2.5) quasars. The spectra represent first results of our campaign to test the redshift/luminosity robustness of the so-called Eigenvector 1 (E1) parameter space as developed for low redshift AGN in Sulentic et al. (2000). The new quasars span the luminosity range -26 ge M_B ge -29 while most of our low redshift sample (n=215) involve sources in the range -19 ge M_B ge -26. The high redshift sources show E1 parameter values and domain occupation that are similar to our low redshift sample supporting earlier findings that E1 parameters are uncorrelated with source luminosity. Elementary accretion theory can account for a systematic increase of the minimum observed H-beta profile width with source luminosity. Narrow line Seyfert 1 sources with M_B = -28 show FWHM(H-beta) as much as 2000 km/s broader than those with M_B = -22. A possible change in the higher redshift/luminosity sources involves systematically weaker [OIII]4959,5007 narrow line emission.
Braito Valentina
Calvani Massimo
Marziani Paola
Stirpe Giovanna M.
Sulentic Jack W.
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