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明亮高红移类星体的宿主星系:亮度和颜色

Host galaxies of bright high redshift quasars: Luminosities and colours

M. Schramm, L. Wisotzki, K. Jahnke

摘要:

本文介绍了利用ESO-VLT对高红移(z~3)类星体进行近红外成像研究的结果。我们选择的目标是在已知的最高光度(绝对星等M_B <~-28。我们通过将类星体图像与位于同一区域的恒星进行比较,寻找亮点源核的分辨结构。两个类星体(HE 2348 -1444,z=2.904和HE 2355 -5457,z=2.933)在K_S中清晰地分辨出来,在H中也有较低的意义;一个天体只在K_S中分辨出来。在这些红移处,H和K_S几乎精确地分别对应于静止坐标系B和V,几乎没有K修正。我们还简要报告了一些额外的类星体的未检测。被探测到的宿主星系非常明亮,M_V ~-25。然而,在织女星系统中,它们的静止坐标系B-V色接近于零,表明年轻恒星的贡献很大,恒星的质光比低于1(太阳单位)。将M_V和B-V转换为恒星质量的粗略估计,我们得到了M_星的值在几个10^11 M_太阳的范围内,将它们置于最近高红移星系巡天的高质量范围内。我们给出了光谱,并使用CIV线宽测量来预测维里黑洞质量,得到了典型的M_bh ~ 5 × 10^9 M_sun。对于已知的宿主星系光度L_V(host)和M_bh之间的相关性,我们的测量得到了比以前更高的光度和红移,但与以前的研究结果完全一致。通过与局域(z~0)M_bh-M_bulge关系的比较,并考虑到低的恒星质光比,我们找到了在z~3处M_bh/M_bulge质量比过剩的初步证据。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a near-infrared imaging study of high redshift (z~3) quasars using the ESO-VLT. Our targets were selected to have luminosities among the highest known (absolute magnitude M_B <~ -28. We searched for resolved structures underlying the bright point-source nuclei by comparing the QSO images with stars located in the same fields. Two QSOs (HE2348-1444 at z=2.904 and HE2355-5457 at z=2.933) are clearly resolved in K_S, and with somewhat lower significance also in H; one object is resolved only in K_S. At these redshifts, H and K_S correspond almost exactlly to rest-frame B and V, respectively, with virtually no K-correction. We also report briefly the non-detection of some additional QSOs. The detected host galaxies are extremely luminous with M_V ~ -25. Their rest-frame B-V colours, however, are close to zero in the Vega system, indicating substantial contributions from young stars and a stellar mass-to-light ratio below 1 (in solar units). Tentatively converting M_V and B-V into rough estimates of stellar masses, we obtain values of M_star in the range of several 10^11 M_sun, placing them within the high-mass range of recent high-redshift galaxy surveys. We present optical spectra and use CIV line width measurements to predict virial black hole masses, obtaining typical values of M_bh ~ 5x10^9 M_sun. With respect to the known correlation between host galaxy luminosity L_V(host) and M_bh, our measurements reach to higher luminosities and redshifts than previous studies, but are completely consistent with them. Comparing our objects with the local (z~0) M_bh - M_bulge relation and taking also the low stellar mass-to-light ratios into account, we find tentative evidence for an excess in the M_bh/M_bulge mass ratio at z~3.

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