Do reverberation-measured Hβ quasars provide a useful test of cosmology?

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Authors

KHADKA Narayan MARTÍNEZ-ALDAMA Mary Loli ZAJAČEK Michal CZERNY Bożena RATRA Bharat

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Faculty of Science

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Web https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/513/2/1985/6564712?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=true
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac914
Keywords quasars: emission lines; cosmological parameters; cosmology: observations; dark energy
Description We use 118 Hß quasar (QSO) observations in the redshift range 0.0023 ? z ? 0.89 to simultaneously constrain cosmological model parameters and QSO 2-parameter radius-luminosity (R–L) relation parameters in six different cosmological models. We find that the R–L relation parameters for these QSOs are independent of the assumed cosmology so these QSOs seem to be standardizable through the R–L relation (although there is a complication that might render this untrue). Cosmological constraints obtained using these QSOs are weak, more favour currently decelerated cosmological expansion, and typically are in ~2? tension with those obtained from a joint analysis of baryon acoustic oscillation and Hubble parameter measurements. Extending the R–L relation to a 3-parameter one to try to correct for the accretion rate effect does not result in a reduction of the cosmological constraints discrepancy nor does it result in the hoped-for significant reduction of the intrinsic scatter of the R–L relation.
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