The correlations between optical/UV broad lines and X-ray emission for a large sample of quasars

Abstract

We present Chandra observations of 2106 radio-quiet quasars in the redshift range 1.7<z<2.7 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), through data release fourteen (DR14), that do not contain broad absorption lines (BAL) in their rest-frame UV spectra. This sample adds over a decade worth of SDSS and Chandra observations to our previously published sample of 139 quasars from SDSS DR5 which is still used to correlate X-ray and optical/UV emission in typical quasars. We fit the SDSS spectra for 753 of the quasars in our sample that have high-quality (exposure time $⪆$10 ks and off-axis observation angle <10 arcmin) X-ray observations, and analyze their X-ray-to-optical SED properties (${\alpha }_{ox}$ and $\Delta {\alpha }_{ox}$) with respect to the measured CIV and MgII emission-line rest-frame equivalent width (EW) and the CIV emission-line blueshift. We find significant correlations (at the >99.99% level) between ${\alpha }_{ox}$ and these emission-line parameters, as well as between $\Delta {\alpha }_{ox}$ and CIV EW. Slight correlations are found between $\Delta {\alpha }_{ox}$ and CIV blueshift, MgII EW, and the CIV EW to MgII EW ratio. The best-fit trend in each parameter space is used to compare the X-ray weakness ($\Delta {\alpha }_{ox}$) and optical/UV emission properties of typical quasars and weak-line quasars (WLQs). The WLQs typically exhibit weaker X-ray emission than predicted by the typical quasar relationships. The best-fit relationships for our typical quasars are consistent with predictions from the disk-wind quasar model. The behavior of the WLQs compared to our typical quasars can be explained by an X-ray "shielding" model.

24 pages, 16 Figures

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