A catalog of quasar properties from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7

Yue Shen; Gordon T. Richards; Michael A. Strauss; Patrick B. Hall; Donald P. Schneider; Stephanie Snedden; Dmitry Bizyaev; Howard Brewington; Viktor Malanushenko; Elena Malanushenko; Dan Oravetz; Kaike Pan; Audrey Simmons

doi:10.1088/0067-0049/194/2/45

A catalog of quasar properties from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7

Yue Shen
, Gordon T. Richards
, Michael A. Strauss
, Patrick B. Hall
, Donald P. Schneider
, Stephanie Snedden
, Dmitry Bizyaev
, Howard Brewington
, Viktor Malanushenko
, Elena Malanushenko
, Dan Oravetz
, Kaike Pan
, Audrey Simmons

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Abstract

We present a compilation of properties of the 105,783 quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (DR7) quasar catalog. In this product, we compile continuum and emission line measurements around the Hα, Hβ, Mg II, and C IV regions, as well as other quantities such as radio properties, and flags indicating broad absorption line quasars, disk emitters, etc. We also compile virial black hole mass estimates based on various calibrations. For the fiducial virial mass estimates we use the Vestergaard & Peterson (VP06) calibrations for Hβ and C IV, and our own calibration for Mg II which matches the VP06 Hβ masses on average. We describe the construction of this catalog and discuss its limitations. The catalog and its future updates will be made publicly available online.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	45
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	194
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/194/2/45
State	Published - Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

black hole physics
galaxies: active
quasars: general
surveys

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Shen, Y., Richards, G. T., Strauss, M. A., Hall, P. B., Schneider, D. P., Snedden, S., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Malanushenko, V., Malanushenko, E., Oravetz, D., Pan, K., & Simmons, A. (2011). A catalog of quasar properties from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 194(2), Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/194/2/45

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