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Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XVII. Black Hole Mass Distribution at z 6 Estimated via Spectral Comparison with Low-z Quasars
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We report the distribution of black hole (BH) masses and Eddingont ratios estimated for a sample of 131 low luminosity quasars in the early cosmic epoch (5.6 < z < 7.0). Our work is based on the Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) project, which has constructed a low luminosity quasar sample down to M1450 ∼ − 21 mag, exploiting the survey data of Hyper Suprime-Cam installed on Subaru Telescope. The discovery spectra of these quasars are limited to the rest-frame wavelengths of ∼1200–1400 Å, which contain no emission lines that can be used as BH mass estimators. In order to overcome this problem, we made use of low-z counterpart spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which are spectrally matched to the high-z spectra in overlapping wavelengths. We then combined the C iv emission line widths of the counterparts with the continuum luminosity from the SHELLQs data to estimate BH masses. The resulting BH mass distribution has a range of ∼107–10M⊙, with most of the quasars having BH masses ∼108M⊙ with sub-Eddington accretion. The present study provides not only a new insight into normal quasars in the reionization epoch, but also a new promising way to estimate BH masses of high-z quasars without near-infrared spectroscopy.
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TAKAHASHI, A., et al. Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). XVII. Black Hole Mass Distribution at z 6 Estimated via Spectral Comparison with Low-z Quasars. Astrophysical Journal. 2024. Vol. 960, núm. 112. ISSN 0004-637X. [consulta: 7 de maig de 2026]. Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218258