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| Paper: |
A Metallicity—Accretion-Rate Relation in AGN |
| Volume: |
311, AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
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407 |
| Authors: |
Shemmer, O.; Netzer, H.; Maiolino, R.; Oliva, E.; Croom, S.; Corbett, E. |
| Abstract: |
Our new metallicity measurements for a sample of AGN including, narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, indicate that, at least for low-luminosity AGN, metallicity is strongly related to accretion-rate. Measurements of the Hβ region in a small number of luminous quasars seem to support this scenario and suggest that metallicity may be primarily related to accretion-rate, rather than to luminosity or black-hole mass. We are currently investigating this hypothesis, and the possible role of other properties, such as density, in a larger sample of luminous quasars. |
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