Eddington ratio governs the equivalent width of Mg II emission line in active galactic nuclei

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 703, Issue 1 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Dong, Xiao Bo ^a   Wang, Ting Gui ^a   Wang, Jian Guo ^a,b,c   Fan, Xiaohui ^d,e   Wang, Huiyuan ^a   Zhou, Hongyan ^a   Yuan, Weimin ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Line: formation; Quasars: emission lines; Quasars: general; Radiation mechanisms: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849108592     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/L1     Document Type: Article

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