Near-infrared hydrogen & helium QSO emission lines

The targets were selected with redshifts of (0.58~<z~<0.63) to ensure the spectral wavelength range included specifically identified hydrogen and helium broad emission lines. We present measurements of their FWHM, equivalent widths, and flux ratios relative to H{alpha}.

The quasars are all within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe 82 region which, then also provides multi-epoch rest-frame UV and optical spectroscopic observations of our targets. In future work, these data and those from Galaxy Evolution Explorer and NUV spectra will be utilized to constrain photoionization models to determine physical conditions within the broad emission line regions, such as the incident ionizing photon flux and gas density.