SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper: The Index Diagram as a tool to disentangle the influence of the Host Galaxy in Quasar spectra
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| author | Negrete, C. A. Sandoval-Orozco, R. Ibarra-Medel, H. Tapia, B. Assef, R. J. Dultzin, D. Lacerna, I. Morrison, S. Anderson, S. F. Aydar, P. Rodríguez Hidalgo C. Bauer, F. E. Benitez, E. Bizyaev, D. Brandt, W. N. Brownstein, J. R. Buchner, J. Cruz-González, I. González-Buitrago, D. Hernández-Toledo, H. Jenaro-Ballesteros, N. Koekemoer, A. Krongold, Y. Martínez-Aldama, M. L. Pan, K. Ricci, C. Salvato, M. Sánchez, S. F. Serrano-Félix, D. Schneider, D. P. Sniegowska, M. Trakhtenbrot, B. Wu, Q. Wylezalek, D. Yang, Q. Zermeño, R. J. |
| author_facet | Negrete, C. A. Sandoval-Orozco, R. Ibarra-Medel, H. Tapia, B. Assef, R. J. Dultzin, D. Lacerna, I. Morrison, S. Anderson, S. F. Aydar, P. Rodríguez Hidalgo C. Bauer, F. E. Benitez, E. Bizyaev, D. Brandt, W. N. Brownstein, J. R. Buchner, J. Cruz-González, I. González-Buitrago, D. Hernández-Toledo, H. Jenaro-Ballesteros, N. Koekemoer, A. Krongold, Y. Martínez-Aldama, M. L. Pan, K. Ricci, C. Salvato, M. Sánchez, S. F. Serrano-Félix, D. Schneider, D. P. Sniegowska, M. Trakhtenbrot, B. Wu, Q. Wylezalek, D. Yang, Q. Zermeño, R. J. |
| contents | We revisit the Quasar Main Sequence (QMS) by investigating the impact of the stellar component from the host galaxy (HG) on the emission line spectra of the active galactic nuclei (AGN). We first detect spectra with broad emission lines using a line ratio method for a sample of $\sim$3000 high SNR ($>$20) Black Hole Mapper objects (part of the fifth phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey). We then built the Index diagram, a novel diagnostic tool using the $z$-corrected spectra, model-free, designed to easily identify spectra with significant stellar HG contributions and to classify the AGN spectra into three categories based on AGN-HG dominance: HG-dominated (HGD), Intermediate (INT), and AGN-dominated (AGND) sources. A colour-$z$ diagram was used to refine the AGN-HG classification. We subtract the stellar contributions from the HGD and INT spectra before modeling the AGN spectrum to extract the QMS parameters. Our QMS reveals that HGD galaxies predominantly occupy the Population B region with no \rfe, %FWHM$\gtrsim$4000 \kms, with outliers exhibiting \rfe\ $>$ 1, likely due to HG subtraction residuals and a faint contribution of \hbbc. INT and AGND spectra show similar distributions in the Population A %FWHM(\hbbc)$<$4000 \kms\ region, while in Population B, %For broader lines, a tail of AGND sources becomes apparent. Cross-matching with radio, infrared, and X-ray catalogs, we find that the strongest radio emitters are associated with HGD and INT groups. Strong X-ray emitters are found in INT and AGND sources, also occupying the AGN region in the WISE colour diagram. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper: The Index Diagram as a tool to disentangle the influence of the Host Galaxy in Quasar spectra Negrete, C. A. Sandoval-Orozco, R. Ibarra-Medel, H. Tapia, B. Assef, R. J. Dultzin, D. Lacerna, I. Morrison, S. Anderson, S. F. Aydar, P. Rodríguez Hidalgo C. Bauer, F. E. Benitez, E. Bizyaev, D. Brandt, W. N. Brownstein, J. R. Buchner, J. Cruz-González, I. González-Buitrago, D. Hernández-Toledo, H. Jenaro-Ballesteros, N. Koekemoer, A. Krongold, Y. Martínez-Aldama, M. L. Pan, K. Ricci, C. Salvato, M. Sánchez, S. F. Serrano-Félix, D. Schneider, D. P. Sniegowska, M. Trakhtenbrot, B. Wu, Q. Wylezalek, D. Yang, Q. Zermeño, R. J. Astrophysics of Galaxies We revisit the Quasar Main Sequence (QMS) by investigating the impact of the stellar component from the host galaxy (HG) on the emission line spectra of the active galactic nuclei (AGN). We first detect spectra with broad emission lines using a line ratio method for a sample of $\sim$3000 high SNR ($>$20) Black Hole Mapper objects (part of the fifth phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey). We then built the Index diagram, a novel diagnostic tool using the $z$-corrected spectra, model-free, designed to easily identify spectra with significant stellar HG contributions and to classify the AGN spectra into three categories based on AGN-HG dominance: HG-dominated (HGD), Intermediate (INT), and AGN-dominated (AGND) sources. A colour-$z$ diagram was used to refine the AGN-HG classification. We subtract the stellar contributions from the HGD and INT spectra before modeling the AGN spectrum to extract the QMS parameters. Our QMS reveals that HGD galaxies predominantly occupy the Population B region with no \rfe, %FWHM$\gtrsim$4000 \kms, with outliers exhibiting \rfe\ $>$ 1, likely due to HG subtraction residuals and a faint contribution of \hbbc. INT and AGND spectra show similar distributions in the Population A %FWHM(\hbbc)$<$4000 \kms\ region, while in Population B, %For broader lines, a tail of AGND sources becomes apparent. Cross-matching with radio, infrared, and X-ray catalogs, we find that the strongest radio emitters are associated with HGD and INT groups. Strong X-ray emitters are found in INT and AGND sources, also occupying the AGN region in the WISE colour diagram. |
| title | SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper: The Index Diagram as a tool to disentangle the influence of the Host Galaxy in Quasar spectra |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19575 |