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Query: Quasar Spectrum Classification with PCA - II: Introduction of Five
  Classes, Artificial Quasar Spectrum, the Mean Flux Correction Factor dF,and
  the Identification of Emission Lines in the Ly alpha Forest   We investigate the variety in quasar UV spectra (1020-1600A) with emphasis on
the weak emission lines in the Ly alpha forest region using principal component
analysis (PCA). This paper is a continuation of Suzuki et al. (2005, Paper I),
but with a different approach. We use 50 smooth continuum fitted quasar spectra
(0.14 < z < 1.04) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Faint Object
Spectrograph. Three weak emission lines in the Ly alpha forest are identified
as FeII 1070.95A, FeII+FeIII 1123.17A, and CIII* 1175.88A. Using first two
standardized PCS coefficients, we introduce five classifications: Class Zero
and Class I-IV. These classifications will guide us in finding the continuum
level in the Ly alpha forest, and we discuss the characteristics of each class.
We show weak emission lines in the Ly alpha forest become eminent for Class III
and IV. By actively using PCS, we can generate artificial quasar spectra which
are useful to test the detection of quasars, DLAs, and the continuum
calibration. We provide 10,000 artificially generated spectra. We show that the
power-law extrapolated continuum is inadequate to perform precise measurements
of the mean flux in the Ly alpha forest because of the weak emission lines and
the extended tails of Ly alpha and Ly beta/OVI emission lines. We introduce a
correction factor dF such that the true mean flux <F> can be related to
<F_{Power-Law}> that is measured by using power-law continuum extrapolation:
<F> = <F_{Power-Law}> dF. The correction factor dF ranges from 0.84 to 1.05
with a mean of 0.947 and a standard deviation of 0.031 for our 50 quasars. This
result means that we miss 5.3% of flux on average and we show that there are
cases where we would miss 16% of flux using a power-law extrapolation.

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