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类星体光度函数在z~4处的暗端

The Faint End of the Quasar Luminosity Function at z~4

Eilat Glikman, Milan Bogosavljevic, S. G. Djorgovski, Daniel Stern, Arjun Dey, Buell T. Jannuzi, Ashish Mahabal

摘要:

我们进行了一次光谱巡天,寻找红移z=3.8-5.2的微弱类星体(-26.0 < M_{1450} < -22.0),以测量这些早期类星体光度函数的微弱端。利用NOAO深宽视场巡天和深透镜巡天的部分光学成像数据,我们在总面积为3.76 deg^2的区域内获得了颜色选择类星体候选者。30名候选人有R <= 23个弹匣。我们对28个候选天体进行了光谱跟踪,发现了23个类星体,其中21个是首次报道,红移范围为3.74 < z <5.06。我们通过详细的蒙特卡罗模拟估计我们的调查的完整性,并得出第一次测量的类星体的密度在这个星等和红移的间隔。我们发现,分箱光度函数是有点影响K-校正用于计算在1450 A的静止帧绝对星等。仅考虑我们的R <= 23样本,最佳拟合单次幂律(Φ \propto L^beta)给出了弱端斜率beta = -1.6+/-0.2。如果我们考虑我们的更大,但高度不完整的样本变暗一个星等,我们测量到一个更陡的暗端斜率-2 < beta <-2.5。在所有情况下,我们始终发现模糊端斜率比基于z ~ 3处的测量的预期更陡。我们结合我们的样本与明亮的类星体从斯隆数字巡天获得参数的双幂律光度函数。我们的最佳拟合找到了亮端斜率,alpha = -2.4+/-0.2,和暗端斜率,beta = -2.3+/-0.2,没有良好约束的中断光度。这实际上是一个单一的幂律,beta = -2.7+/-0.1。我们使用这些结果来限制类星体产生的紫外辐射量,并发现类星体能够在这些红移下吸收星系际介质。

英文摘要:

We have conducted a spectroscopic survey to find faint quasars (-26.0 < M_{1450} < -22.0) at redshifts z=3.8-5.2 in order to measure the faint end of the quasar luminosity function at these early times. Using available optical imaging data from portions of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey and the Deep Lens Survey, we have color-selected quasar candidates in a total area of 3.76 deg^2. Thirty candidates have R <= 23 mags. We conducted spectroscopic followup for 28 of our candidates and found 23 QSOs, 21 of which are reported here for the first time, in the 3.74 < z <5.06 redshift range. We estimate our survey completeness through detailed Monte Carlo simulations and derive the first measurement of the density of quasars in this magnitude and redshift interval. We find that the binned luminosity function is somewhat affected by the K-correction used to compute the rest-frame absolute magnitude at 1450A. Considering only our R <= 23 sample, the best-fit single power-law (Phi \propto L^beta) gives a faint-end slope beta = -1.6+/-0.2. If we consider our larger, but highly incomplete sample going one magnitude fainter, we measure a steeper faint-end slope -2 < beta < -2.5. In all cases, we consistently find faint-end slopes that are steeper than expected based on measurements at z ~ 3. We combine our sample with bright quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to derive parameters for a double-power-law luminosity function. Our best fit finds a bright-end slope, alpha = -2.4+/-0.2, and faint-end slope, beta = -2.3+/-0.2, without a well-constrained break luminosity. This is effectively a single power-law, with beta = -2.7+/-0.1. We use these results to place limits on the amount of ultraviolet radiation produced by quasars and find that quasars are able to ionize the intergalactic medium at these redshifts.

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