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arxiv: 1006.5178 · v2 · submitted 2010-06-27 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO

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A Catalog of Quasar Properties from SDSS DR7

Yue Shen , Gordon T. Richards , Michael A. Strauss , Patrick B. Hall , Donald P. Schneider , Stephanie Snedden , Dmitry Bizyaev , Howard Brewington
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Viktor Malanushenko Elena Malanushenko Dan Oravetz Kaike Pan Audrey Simmons
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We present a compilation of properties of the 105,783 quasars in the SDSS Data Release 7 (DR7) quasar catalog. In this value-added product, we compile continuum and emission line measurements around the Halpha, Hbeta, MgII and CIV regions, as well as other quantities such as radio properties, broad absorption line quasar (BALQSO) flags, and disk emitters. We also compile virial black hole mass estimates based on various calibrations. For the fiducial virial mass estimates we use the Vestergaard & Peterson (VP06) calibrations for Hbeta and CIV, and our own calibration for MgII which matches the VP06 Hbeta masses on average. We describe the construction of this catalog, and discuss its limitations. The catalog and its future updates will be made publicly available online.

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