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z ~ 5.7的QSO的星系环境

The galaxy environment of a QSO at z ~ 5.7

Eduardo Bañados, Bram Venemans, Fabian Walter, Jaron Kurk, Roderik Overzier, Masami Ouchi

摘要:

高红移的类星体被认为存在于早期宇宙中的大质量晕中,因此应该位于星系过密的区域,这些星系被认为会演化成本地宇宙中的星系团。然而,尽管做了许多努力,星系过密度和z~6类星体之间的关系仍然是模糊的。这可能是由于在z~6类星体附近很难找到具有精确红移的星系。到目前为止,对z~6类星体的高密度研究主要是基于对Lyman break星系(LBG)的研究,LBG探测的红移范围为Δ z ~ 1。这个范围足够大,可以选择可能与类星体没有物理关系的星系。我们使用深窄和宽带成像研究的z=5.72类星体ULAS J 0203 +0012的环境。我们的窄波段选择的莱曼α发射体(LAEs)探测的红移范围是Δ z ~ 0.1,这是显着窄于LBG搜索。这是第一次在z~6类星体附近寻找LAEs,试图为类星体再电离末期的环境提供线索。与空白视野相比,我们发现ULAS J 0203 +0012周围的LAE没有增强。我们探讨了不同的解释和解释,这种未检测到的星系过密度,包括(1)强电离的类星体可能会阻止星系形成在其附近和(2)高红移类星体可能不会居住在最大质量的暗物质晕的中心。

英文摘要:

High-redshift quasars are believed to reside in massive halos in the early universe and should therefore be located in fields with overdensities of galaxies, which are thought to evolve into galaxy clusters seen in the local universe. However, despite many efforts, the relationship between galaxy overdensities and z~6 quasars is ambiguous. This can possibly be attributed to the difficulty of finding galaxies with accurate redshifts in the vicinity of z~6 quasars. So far, overdensity searches around z~6 quasars have been based on studies of Lyman break galaxies (LBGs), which probe a redshift range of Delta z ~ 1. This range is large enough to select galaxies that may not be physically related to the quasar. We use deep narrow- and broadband imaging to study the environment of the z=5.72 quasar ULAS J0203+0012. The redshift range probed by our narrow-band selection of Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs) is Delta z ~ 0.1, which is significantly narrower than the LBG searches. This is the first time that LAEs were searched for near a z~6 quasar, in an effort to provide clues about the environments of quasars at the end of the epoch of reionization. We find no enhancement of LAEs in the surroundings of ULAS J0203+0012 in comparison with blank fields. We explore different explanations and interpretations for this non-detection of a galaxy overdensity, including that (1) the strong ionization from the quasar may prevent galaxy formation in its immediate vicinity and (2) high-redshift quasars may not reside in the center of the most massive dark matter halos.

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