Mid-IR QSO spectral templates

Mid-infrared (MIR) quasar spectra exhibit a suite of emission features including high ionization coronal lines from the narrow-line region illuminated by the ionizing continuum, broad dust bumps from silicates and graphites, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) features from star formation in the host galaxy. However, in Spitzer Infared Spectrograph (IRS) data, few features are detected in most individual spectra because of typically low signal-to-noise ratios (S/N). By generating spectral composites from over 180 IRS observations of Sloan Digital Sky Survey broad-line quasars, we boost the S/N and reveal features in the complex spectra that are otherwise lost in the noise. In addition to an overall composite, we generate composites in three different luminosity bins that span the range of 5.6{mu}m luminosities of 10^40^-10^46^ (erg/s). We detect the high-ionization, forbidden emission lines of [SIV], [OIV] and [NeV] {lambda}14um in all templates and PAH features in all but the most luminous template.

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/438/2317/table1 (*All objects used in generating the mid-IR and optical composites)

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/438/2317
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/438/2317
Related Identifier http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/438/2317
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/438/2317
Provenance
Creator Hill A.R.; Gallagher S.C.; Deo R.P.; Peeters E.; Richards G.T.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2015
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; High Energy Astrophysics; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy