Paper:	Quasar Metal Abundance and FIR Luminosity
Volume:	408, The Starburst−AGN Connection
Page:	173
Authors:	Simon, L.E.; Hamann, F.
Abstract:	We compare the metallicities in high-redshift quasars to the star formation rates (SFR) in their host galaxies using measurements of broad emission lines and far-infrared (FIR) luminosities. The FIR emission indicates the level of ongoing massive starbursts in the galaxy, whereas the abundance of metals in the gas surrounding the quasar indicates the amount of star formation which ocurred before the visible quasar phase began. The results of this study can be used to constrain the late stages of starburst-quasar evolution. We detect high metallicities throughout the sample, up to several times solar, confirming that star formation must have begun before the visible quasar phase. However, we do not detect a trend in metallicity versus current SFR.

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