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两个光谱上特殊的z~4低光度类星体的发现

Discovery of Two Spectroscopically Peculiar, Low-Luminosity Quasars at z~4

Eilat Glikman, S. G. Djorgovski, Daniel Stern, Milan Bogosavljevic, Ashish Mahabal

摘要:

本文报道了两个z~4低光度类星体的发现,它们都具有显著的N [IV] 1486 A辐射。这条线在任何红移的类星体光谱中都是极其罕见的;在23个物体的样本中有两个检测到它(即,大约9%的样本)是有趣的,可能是由于我们正在研究的低光度,高红移类星体样本。这仍然是一个探索不足的制度,其中相关的贡献,早期恒星爆发可能是显着的。对这条线的一种解释是由非常大质量的年轻恒星造成的光电离。因此,在高红移类星体中观测到的N IV] 1486 A辐射,可以从星系和它们的超大质量黑洞的共同形成和早期共同演化的背景下来理解。或者,我们可能会看到与类星体宽发射线区域早期演化相关的现象。在其中一个类星体的光谱中没有检测到N V 1240 A线(甚至可能是广泛的吸收)可能支持这种解释。这两个物体可能是一个新的微弱类星体群体或早期活动星系核演化阶段的信号。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of two low-luminosity quasars at z~4, both of which show prominent N IV] 1486A emission. This line is extremely rare in quasar spectra at any redshift; detecting it in two out of a sample of 23 objects (i.e., ~ 9% of the sample) is intriguing and is likely due to the low-luminosity, high-redshift quasar sample we are studying. This is still a poorly explored regime, where contributions from associated, early starbursts may be significant. One interpretation of this line posits photoionization by very massive young stars. Seeing N IV] 1486A emission in a high-redshift quasar may thus be understood in the context of co-formation and early co-evolution of galaxies and their supermassive black holes. Alternatively, we may be seeing a phenomenon related to the early evolution of quasar broad emission line regions. The non-detection (and possibly even broad absorption) of N V 1240A line in the spectrum of one of these quasars may support that interpretation. These two objects may signal a new faint quasar population or an early AGN evolutionary stage at high redshifts.

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