The GNIRS-Distant Quasar Survey (GNIRS-DQS)

DOI

We present spectroscopic measurements for 226 sources from the Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph-Distant Quasar Survey (GNIRS-DQS). Being the largest uniform, homogeneous survey of its kind, it represents a flux-limited sample (m_i_<~19.0mag, H<~16.5mag) of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasars at 1.5<~z<~3.5 with a monochromatic luminosity ({lambda}L_{lambda}_) at 5100{AA} in the range of 10^44^-10^46^erg/s. A combination of the GNIRS and SDSS spectra covers principal quasar diagnostic features, chiefly the CIV{lambda}1549, MgII{lambda}{lambda}2798,2803, H{beta}{lambda}4861, and [OIII]{lambda}{lambda}4959,5007 emission lines, in each source. The spectral inventory will be utilized primarily to develop prescriptions for obtaining more accurate and precise redshifts, black hole masses, and accretion rates for all quasars. Additionally, the measurements will facilitate an understanding of the dependence of rest-frame ultraviolet-optical spectral properties of quasars on redshift, luminosity, and Eddington ratio, and test whether the physical properties of the quasar central engine evolve over cosmic time.

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Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.22520015
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/252/15
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/252/15
Related Identifier https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/252/15
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/252/15
Provenance
Creator Matthews B.M.; Shemmer O.; Dix C.; Brotherton M.S.; Myers A.D.,Andruchow I.; Brandt W.N.; Ferrero G.A.; Gallagher S.C.; Green R.; Lira P.,Plotkin R.M.; Richards G.T.; Runnoe J.C.; Schneider D.P.; Shen Y.,Strauss M.A.; Wills B.J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2021
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; High Energy Astrophysics; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy