Candidate super-Eddington quasars spectra

The study presented in this paper investigates a sample of six highly accreting quasars at redshifts (z=2-3) using near-infrared observations from the LUCI spectrograph at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). The aim is obtain a precise measure of the quasar systemic redshift and accretion parameters (black hole mass and Eddington ratio) primarily from the H{beta} line, and on second stance from other intermediate and low ionization lines.

Outflow dynamical parameters (mass rate of outflowing gas, its kinetic power and momentum rate) were estimated from the CIV emission line that is perhaps the most easily accessible tracer of high-ionization winds from the accretion disk, obtained from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In addition, the joint analysis of the rest-frame optical and UV spectra allowed us to estimate the chemical composition of the broad line emitting gas.