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Table 3.

Results from the investigation of possible dependencies of the SF on MBH (top section), λE (middle section), and Lbol (bottom section) for our four samples of AGN (listed in the top row) selected via different properties and used for this part of the analysis.

Main sample MIR Opt. var. Spec. Type I

MBH dependence
log(MBH) range (MBH[M]) 4.95 to 9.65 6.68 to 9.47 4.95 to 9.65 7.02 to 9.65

1st quartile 7.73 7.89 7.89 8.07
Median () 8.19 8.38 8.35 8.44
3rd quartile 8.54 8.70 8.69 8.72

slope 0.34 ± 0.01 0.31 ± 0.01 0.32 ± 0.01 0.31 ± 0.01
of this subset 0.801 1.061 1.122 1.298

slope 0.33 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.01 0.34 ± 0.01 0.34 ± 0.01
of this subset 1.450 1.560 1.531 1.597

λE dependence

λE range −2.85 to 0.09 −2.21 to −0.09 −2.40 to −0.14 −2.40 to −0.14

1st quartile −1.55 −1.18 −1.35 −1.32
Median () −1.17 −0.93 −1.05 −1.05
3rd quartile −0.85 −0.70 −0.81 −0.79

slope 0.30 ± 0.02 0.38 ± 0.01 0.32 ± 0.02 0.34 ± 0.02
of this subset 0.938 1.195 1.306 1.345

slope 0.32 ± 0.02 0.22 ± 0.01 0.34 ± 0.01 0.34 ± 0.01
of this subset 1.258 1.531 1.444 1.550

Lbol dependence

range Lbol in erg s−1 40.276 to 46.676 45.299 to 46.676 42.865 to 46.676 44.023 to 46.676

1st quartile 44.634 45.149 44.995 45.149
Median () 45.096 45.488 45.328 45.413
3rd quartile 45.513 45.815 45.665 45.76s

slope 0.31 ± 0.01 0.40 ± 0.01 0.41 ± 0.01 0.31 ± 0.01
of this subset 0.762 0.970 1.033 1.279

slope 0.32 ± 0.01 0.25 ± 0.01 0.31 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.01
of this subset 1.527 1.729 1.646 1.681

Notes. For each physical quantity we report the (logarithm of the) corresponding range boundaries, as well as the 1st quartile, median, and 3rd quartile values. Each sample is divided in two subsets on the basis of the (logarithm of the) median value of the physical property of interest in that sample. Each section reports, for each subset, the median redshift value and the estimated slope value for the best-fit line approximating the corresponding set of points in the linear region of the SF, with its error. We show the linear plots for each of the investigated samples of sources in Fig. 9, comparing results for each of the performed tests.

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