Table 6.
Comparison between the outflow properties of different samples of QSO2s.
| Properties | 6 QSO2s EMIR | 6 QSO2s SDSS | 48 QSO2s SDSS | 18 z ∼ 0.3–0.4 QSO2s | 4 z ∼ 2–3.5 QSO2s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| range | median | range | median | range | median | range | median | range | median | |
| log MHion [M⊙] | 4.90–7.30 | 5.81 | 4.51–5.59 | 4.91 | 3.75–5.88 | 5.04 | 4.44–6.43 | 5.35 | 5.85–7.88 | 7.30 |
| ṀHion [M⊙ yr−1] | 0.03–6.2 | 0.6 | 0.1–1.5 | 0.35 | 0.04–1.90 | 0.30 | 0.02–0.72 | 0.14 | 0.2–27 | 6.2 |
| log ĖHion [erg s−1] | 37.8–40.8 | 40.2 | 40.2–41.8 | 41.1 | 39.3–41.8 | 40.6 | 37.2–41.0 | 39.2 | 38.7–41.7 | 40.3 |
| ξHion [%] | (0.05–20) × 10−4 | 4 × 10−4 | (1–8) × 10−3 | 3 × 10−3 | (0.1–10) × 10−3 | 2 × 10−3 | (0.01–100) × 10−4 | 0.8 × 10−4 | (0.02–3) × 10−3 | 10−3 |
| ηHion | 0.002–0.482 | 0.022 | 0.008–0.106 | 0.013 | 0.001–1.408 | 0.019 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Notes. Columns 2–3 are the range and median outflow properties measured here from the near-infrared hydrogen recombination lines (Hion). Columns 4–7 are the values reported by Bessiere et al. (2024) for the same six QSO2s and for the whole sample of 48 QSO2s. The authors used [OIII] measurements from SDSS data, adopted a non-parametric approach and TR-based electron densities, and assumed an outflow extent of rout = 0.62 kpc. Columns 8–9 are the values reported for 18 QSO2s at z = 0.3–0.41 by Hervella Seoane et al. (2023), using [OIII] from Gemini/GMOS-S data, adopting a parametric approach, and assuming rout = 1 kpc. Since they assumed
, here we recalculated their outflow properties using the median TR-based electron density of the QSOFEED sample (
; Bessiere et al. 2024). Columns 10–11 are the values reported for four QSO2s at z = 2.0–3.5 from Bertola et al. (2025) and Perna et al. (2025), observed with JWST NIRSpec. In Bertola et al. (2025) the Hα outflow properties were derived from parametric fits, using an outflow extent of rout ∼ 1 kpc, vout = max(v10, v90), and assuming ne = 1000 cm−3. In Perna et al. (2025) they used a parametric fit of the Hβ line, assumed rout ∼ 3 kpc,
, and
. Here we recomputed their outflow properties assuming
(Bessiere et al. 2024) and vout = vs. Bertola et al. (2025) defined the outflow velocity as vout = max(v10, v90), with vmax ∼ 1.2 × max(v10, v90). To infer vs, we assumed that vs ∼ 0.1 × vmax (Hervella Seoane et al. 2023).
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