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Tracing Quasar Accretion Rates at Higher Redshifts

R. S. Bachev

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0606620

Abstract

In this work we connect some measurable properties of the CIV1549 emission line with the quasar accretion rates (Eddington ratios). A tight correlation is found for a sample of more than a hundred nearby objects, suggesting a possible method for a relatively accurate estimate of the Eddington ratio of high-redshift quasars, at least for the radio-quiet ones. This paper further confirms the existing notion that the CIV changes (shifts) are mostly driven by the accretion rate.

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