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Pan-STARRS1中Z-丢失的识别:三个6.5

The identification of z-dropouts in Pan-STARRS1: three quasars at 6.5<z<6.7

B. P. Venemans, E. Bañados, R. Decarli, E. P. Farina, F. Walter, K. C. Chambers, X. Fan, H-W. Rix, E. Schlafly, R. G. McMahon, R. Simcoe, D. Stern, W. S. Burget… 展开作者

B. P. Venemans, E. Bañados, R. Decarli, E. P. Farina, F. Walter, K. C. Chambers, X. Fan, H-W. Rix, E. Schlafly, R. G. McMahon, R. Simcoe, D. Stern, W. S. Burgett, P. W. Draper, H. Flewelling, K. W. Hodapp, N. Kaiser, E. A. Magnier, N. Metcalfe, J. S. Morgan, P. A. Price, J. L. Tonry, C. Waters, Y. AlSayyad, M. Banerji, S. S. Chen, E. A. González-Solares, J. Greiner, C. Mazzucchelli, I. McGreer, D. R. Miller, S. Reed, P. W. Sullivan

摘要:

明亮的遥远类星体是研究高红移星系际介质(IGM)和早期宇宙中大质量星系和黑洞生长的独特探测器。由于IGM中中性氢的吸收,使得红移超过z~6.5的类星体在光学$z$波段非常微弱,因此定位更高红移的类星体需要灵敏度超过1微米的大型巡天。我们报告发现了三个新的z>6.5的类星体,对应于宇宙年龄<8.5亿年,在Pan-STARRS 1调查中被选为z波段的退出者。这使得已知z>6.5的类星体数量从4个增加到7个。这些类星体的红移分别为z=6.50、6.52和6.66,其中包括迄今为止报道的最亮的z-dropout类星体PSO J036.5078+03.0498,M_1450=-27.4。我们获得了类星体的近红外光谱,根据Mg II谱线,我们估计中心黑洞的质量在5 × 10^8到4 × 10^9太阳质量之间,并且正在接近爱丁顿极限(L_Bol/L_Edd=0.13-1.2)的地方吸积。我们研究了类星体周围的电离区,发现近区半径R_NZ=1.5- 5.2Mpc,证实了在5.7<z<6.4的类星体中,近区半径随红移的增加而减小的趋势。将PS1类星体的R_NZ与文献中的5.7<z<7.1类星体的R_NZ相结合,得到了R_NZ的光度修正红移演化,修正后的R_NZ =(7.2+/-0.2)-(6.1+/-0.7)×(z-6)Mpc。然而,在新的类星体中,R_NZ的大范围扩展意味着类星体年龄的大范围变化和/或中性氢分数沿不同视线的大变化。

英文摘要:

Luminous distant quasars are unique probes of the high redshift intergalactic medium (IGM) and of the growth of massive galaxies and black holes in the early universe. Absorption due to neutral Hydrogen in the IGM makes quasars beyond a redshift of z~6.5 very faint in the optical $z$-band, thus locating quasars at higher redshifts require large surveys that are sensitive above 1 micron. We report the discovery of three new z>6.5 quasars, corresponding to an age of the universe of <850 Myr, selected as z-band dropouts in the Pan-STARRS1 survey. This increases the number of known z>6.5 quasars from 4 to 7. The quasars have redshifts of z=6.50, 6.52, and 6.66, and include the brightest z-dropout quasar reported to date, PSO J036.5078+03.0498 with M_1450=-27.4. We obtained near-infrared spectroscopy for the quasars and from the MgII line we estimate that the central black holes have masses between 5x10^8 and 4x10^9 M_sun, and are accreting close to the Eddington limit (L_Bol/L_Edd=0.13-1.2). We investigate the ionized regions around the quasars and find near zone radii of R_NZ=1.5-5.2 proper Mpc, confirming the trend of decreasing near zone sizes with increasing redshift found for quasars at 5.7<z<6.4. By combining R_NZ of the PS1 quasars with those of 5.7<z<7.1 quasars in the literature, we derive a luminosity corrected redshift evolution of R_NZ,corrected=(7.2+/-0.2)-(6.1+/-0.7)x(z-6) Mpc. However, the large spread in R_NZ in the new quasars implies a wide range in quasar ages and/or a large variation in the neutral Hydrogen fraction along different lines of sight.

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