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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 679, 期 2, 页码 962-966出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/587868
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galaxies : active; quasars : emission lines; quasars : general
We report on 293 quasars with strong NIV] lambda 1486 or N III] lambda 1750 emission lines (rest-frame equivalent width > 3 angstrom) at 1.7 < z < 4.0 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Fifth Data Release. These nitrogen-rich (N-rich) objects comprise similar to 1.1% of the SDSS quasars. The comparison between the N-rich quasars and other quasars shows that the two quasar subsets share many common properties. We also confirm previous results that N-rich quasars have much stronger Ly alpha and N v lambda 1240 emission lines. Strong nitrogen emission in all ionization states indicates high overall nitrogen abundances in these objects. We find evidence that the nitrogen abundance is closely related to quasar radio properties. The radio-loud fraction in the N III] -rich quasars is 26% and in the N IV]-rich quasars is 69%, significantly higher than similar to 8% measured in other quasars with similar redshift and luminosity. Therefore, the high nitrogen abundance in N-rich quasars could be an indicator of a special quasar evolution stage, in which the radio activity is also strong.
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