Nitrogen-Loud Quasars from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. II. Broad-Line Region Metallicity and Relative Nitrogen Enrichment
Whether the unusually strong nitrogen emission in nitrogen-loud (N-loud) quasars reflects high overall metallicity, enhanced nitrogen abundance relative to other elements, or both has long been debated. We analyze the broad-line region (BLR) abundances of 121 N-loud quasars at $2.13 \leq z \leq 3.90$ selected from the...