Black Hole Masses and Eddington Ratios at 0.3 <<i>z</i>< 4

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Juna A. Kollmeier · The Ohio State University

Christopher A. Onken · Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

C. S. Kochanek · The Ohio State University

Andrew Gould · The Ohio State University

David H. Weinberg · The Ohio State University

M. Dietrich · The Ohio State University

Richard J. Cool

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We study the distribution of Eddington luminosity ratios, L boj/L Edd, of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) discovered in the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey (AGES). We combine Hβ, Mg II, and C IV line widths with continuum luminosities to estimate black hol

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Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

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Published in: The Astrophysical Journal

Volume 648, Issue 1, pp. 128-139

DOI: 10.1086/505646

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Black Hole Masses and Eddington Ratios at 0.3 <<i>z</i>< 4