Browsing by Author "Zakamska, NL"

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    Double-peaked low-ionization emission lines in active galactic nuclei
    (2003) Strateva, IV; Strauss, MA; Hao, L; Schlegel, DJ; Hall, PB; Gunn, JE; Li, LX; Ivezic, Z; Richards, GT; Zakamska, NL; Voges, W; Anderson, SF; Lupton, RH; Schneider, DP; Brinkmann, J; Nichol, RC
    We present a new sample of 116 double-peaked Balmer line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Double-peaked emission lines are believed to originate in the accretion disks of AGNs, a few hundred gravitational radii (R-G) from the supermassive black hole. We investigate the properties of the candidate disk emitters with respect to the full sample of AGNs over the same redshifts, focusing on optical, radio, and X-ray flux, broad-line shapes and narrow-line equivalent widths, and line flux ratios. We find that the disk emitters have medium luminosities (similar to10(44) ergs s(-1)) and FWHM on average 6 times broader than the AGNs in the parent sample. The double-peaked AGNs are 1.6 times more likely to be radio sources and are predominantly (76%) radio-quiet, with about 12% of the objects classified as LINERs. Statistical comparison of the observed double-peaked line profiles with those produced by axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric accretion disk models allows us to impose constraints on accretion disk parameters. The observed Halpha line profiles are consistent with accretion disks with inclinations smaller than 50degrees, surface emissivity slopes of 1.0-2.5, outer radii larger than similar to2000R(G), inner radii of (200-800) R-G, and local turbulent broadening of 780-1800 km s(-1). The comparison suggests that 60% of accretion disks require some form of asymmetry ( e. g., elliptical disks, warps, spiral shocks, or hot spots).
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    The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    (2003) Abazajian, K; Adelman-McCarthy, JK; Agüeros, MA; Allam, SS; Anderson, SF; Annis, J; Bahcall, NA; Baldry, IK; Bastian, S; Berlind, A; Bernardi, M; Blanton, MR; Blythe, N; Bochanski, JJ; Boroski, WN; Brewington, H; Briggs, JW; Brinkmann, J; Brunner, RJ; Budavári, T; Carey, LN; Carr, MA; Castander, FJ; Chiu, K; Collinge, MJ; Connolly, AJ; Covey, KR; Csabai, I; Dalcanton, JJ; Dodelson, S; Doi, M; Dong, F; Eisenstein, DJ; Evans, ML; Fan, XH; Feldman, PD; Finkbeiner, DP; Friedman, SD; Frieman, JA; Fukugita, M; Gal, RR; Gillespie, B; Glazebrook, K; Gonzalez, CF; Gray, J; Grebel, EK; Grodnicki, L; Gunn, JE; Gurbani, VK; Hall, PB; Hao, L; Harbeck, D; Harris, FH; Harris, HC; Harvanek, M; Hawley, SL; Heckman, TM; Helmboldt, JF; Hendry, JS; Hennessy, GS; Hindsley, RB; Hogg, DW; Holmgren, DJ; Holtzman, JA; Homer, L; Hui, L; Ichikawa, SI; Ichikawa, T; Inkmann, JP; Ivezic, Z; Jester, S; Johnston, DE; Jordan, B; Jordan, WP; Jorgensen, AM; Juric, M; Kauffmann, G; Kent, SM; Kleinman, SJ; Knapp, GR; Kniazev, AY; Kron, RG; Krzesinski, J; Kunszt, PZ; Kuropatkin, N; Lamb, DQ; Lampeitl, H; Laubscher, BE; Lee, BC; Leger, RF; Li, N; Lidz, A; Lin, H; Loh, YS; Long, DC; Loveday, J; Lupton, RH; Malik, T; Margon, B; McGehee, PM; McKay, TA; Meiksin, A; Miknaitis, GA; Moorthy, BK; Munn, JA; Murphy, T; Nakajima, R; Narayanan, VK; Nash, T; Neilsen, EH; Newberg, HJ; Newman, PR; Nichol, RC; Nicinski, T; Nieto-Santisteban, M; Nitta, A; Odenkirchen, M; Okamura, S; Ostriker, JP; Owen, R; Padmanabhan, N; Peoples, J; Pier, JR; Pindor, B; Pope, AC; Quinn, TR; Rafikov, RR; Raymond, SN; Richards, GT; Richmond, MW; Rix, HW; Rockosi, CM; Schaye, J; Schlegel, DJ; Schneider, DP; Schroeder, J; Scranton, R; Sekiguchi, M; Seljak, U; Sergey, G; Sesar, B; Sheldon, E; Shimasaku, K; Siegmund, WA; Silvestri, NM; Sinisgalli, AJ; Sirko, E; Smith, JA; Smolcic, V; Snedden, SA; Stebbins, A; Steinhardt, C; Stinson, G; Stoughton, C; Strateva, IV; Strauss, MA; Subbarao, M; Szalay, AS; Szapudi, I; Szkody, P; Tasca, L; Tegmark, M; Thakar, AR; Tremonti, C; Tucker, DL; Uomoto, A; Vanden Berk, DE; Vandenberg, J; Vogeley, MS; Voges, W; Vogt, NP; Walkowicz, LM; Weinberg, DH; West, AA; White, SDM; Wilhite, BC; Willman, B; Xu, YZ; Yanny, B; Yarger, J; Yasuda, N; Yip, CW; Yocum, DR; York, DG; Zakamska, NL; Zehavi, I; Zheng, W; Zibetti, S; Zucker, DB
    The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg(2) of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of galaxies, quasars, stars and calibrating blank sky patches selected over 1360 deg(2) of this area, and tables of measured parameters from these data. The imaging data go to a depth of r approximate to 22.6 and are photometrically and astrometrically calibrated to 2% rms and 100 mas rms per coordinate, respectively. The spectra cover the range 3800-9200 Angstrom, with a resolution of 1800-2100. This paper describes the characteristics of the data with emphasis on improvements since the release of commissioning data (the SDSS Early Data Release) and serves as a pointer to extensive published and on-line documentation of the survey.