Broad emission features in QSOs and active galactic nuclei. II - New observations and theory of Fe II and H I emission

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Jan 1985

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 288, Jan. 1, 1985, p. 94-116. Sponsorship: U.S.-Israel Binational Science F

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Emission Spectra, Quasars, Balmer Series, H Lines, Iron, Line Spectra, Red Shift

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Seven QSOs of low to intermediate redshift are characterized on the basis of: 320-850-nm spectra obtained with the UVITS spectrograph and image-dissector scanner at the f/9 Cassegrain focus of the 2.7-m reflecting telescope at McDonald Observatory; improved model calculations for the Fe II, Mg II, and Balmer lines and the Balmer continuum; and the theoretical results of Netzer and Wills (1983). The data are presented in tables, spectra, and difference spectra and described in detail. Fe II is found to be the largest contributor to the emission line spectrum, with strong UV Fe II lines in all QSOs (regardless of the strength of the optical Fe II lines) and an abundance ratio suggesting a factor-of-three overabundance of Fe relative to Mg and probably H. A discrepancy between the observed Fe II strength and the predictions of dustless standard photoionization models is noted, and the addition of a high-density component to the models is suggested.

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