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FeII emission in NLS1s -- originating from denser regions with higher abundances?

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2021-09-15 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

The interpretation of the main sequence of quasars has become a frontier subject in the last years. The consider the effect of a highly flattened, axially symmetric geometry for the broad-line region (BLR) on the parameters related to the distribution of quasars along their Main Sequence. We utilize the photoionization code CLOUDY to model the BLR, assuming `un-constant' virial factor with a strong dependence on the viewing angle. We show the preliminary results of the analysis to highlight the co-dependence of the Eigenvector 1 parameter, RFeII_{\mathrm{FeII}} on the broad Hβ\beta FWHM (i.e. the line dispersion) and the inclination angle (θ\theta), assuming fixed values for the Eddington ratio (Lbol/LEdd\mathrm{L_{bol}}/\mathrm{L_{Edd}}), black hole mass (MBH\mathrm{M_{BH}}) and spectral energy distribution (SED) shape. We consider four cases with changing cloud density (nH\rm{_{H}}) and composition. Understanding the FeII emitting region is crucial as this knowledge can be extended to the use of quasars as distance indicators for Cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.1912.03119,
  title  = {FeII emission in NLS1s -- originating from denser regions with higher abundances?},
  author = {Swayamtrupta Panda and Paola Marziani and Bożena Czerny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.03119},
  year   = {2021}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of the IAU356: Nuclear Activity in Galaxies across Cosmic Time, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (7-11 October, 2019)