Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-08-27
Astrophys.J. 614 (2004) 69-74
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ (10 October 2004, v614)
Scientific paper
10.1086/423610
Near-infrared spectra of four QSOs located at $z>6$ are obtained with the OH-airglow suppressor mounted on the Subaru telescope. The FeII/MgII emission-line ratios of these QSOs are examined by the same fitting algorithm as in our previous study of $z<5.3$ QSOs. The fitting results show that two out of the four $z>6$ QSOs have significant FeII emission in their rest-UV spectra, while the other two have almost no FeII features. We also applied our fitting algorithm to more than 10,000 SDSS QSOs and found two trends in the distribution of FeII/MgII against redshift: (1) the upper envelope of the FeII/MgII distribution at $z>3$ shows a probable declination toward high redshift, and (2) the median distribution settles into lower ratios at $z\sim 1.5$ with small scatter compared to the other redshift. We discuss an Fe/Mg abundance evolution of QSOs with a substantial contribution from the diverse nature of the broad-line regions in high-redshift QSOs.
Doi Makoto
Eto Shigeru
Iwamuro Fumihide
Kimura Masahiro
Maihara Toshinori
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