CIV emission line properties and uncertainties in black hole mass estimates of z ~ 3.5 quasars

Wenwen Zuo, Xue-Bing Wu, Xiaohui Fan +5

Using a high luminosity ($L_{\mathrm{bol}}\sim 10^{47.5}-10^{48.3}$ erg s${}^{-1}$), high redshift ($3.2<z<3.8$) quasar sample of 19 quasars with optical and near-infrared spectros…