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发现一个高度吸积的射电大声类星体,z=6.82

The discovery of a highly accreting, radio-loud quasar at z=6.82

Eduardo Banados, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Emmanuel Momjian, Anna-Christina Eilers, Feige Wang, Jan-Torge Schindler, Thomas Connor, Irham Taufik Andika, Aaron J. Bar… 展开作者

Eduardo Banados, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Emmanuel Momjian, Anna-Christina Eilers, Feige Wang, Jan-Torge Schindler, Thomas Connor, Irham Taufik Andika, Aaron J. Barth, Chris Carilli, Frederick B. Davies, Roberto Decarli, Xiaohui Fan, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Joseph F. Hennawi, Antonio Pensabene, Daniel Stern, Bram P. Venemans, Lukas Wenzl, Jinyi Yang

摘要:

最高红移的射电源可以提供关于第一个大质量星系和黑洞、致密的原始环境和再电离时代的独特信息。在过去几年中,z>6的天体数量急剧增加,但以前只有三个射电大声(R2500>10)源被报道在z>6,最遥远的是z=6.18的类星体。在这里,我们提出了P172+18的发现和表征,一个射电响亮的类星体在z=6.823。这个源有一个质量约为3 × 10^8 Msun的镁II基黑洞,是吸积速度最快的类星体之一,与超爱丁顿吸积一致。类星体周围的电离区域是在这些红移下测量到的最大的区域之一,这意味着一个比z>6类星体的平均寿命更长的活跃阶段。从档案数据来看,有证据表明其1.4 GHz发射在过去二十年中减少了两倍。该类星体的射电频谱在1.4 ~ 3.0GHz之间是陡峭的(α =-1.31),射电响度参数为R2500~90。第二个陡射电源(α =-0.83)的亮度与类星体相当,距离只有23.1”(z=6.82时约120 kpc;投射概率<2%),但没有光学或近红外对应物。需要采取进一步的后续行动,以确定这两个来源是否有实际联系。

英文摘要:

Radio sources at the highest redshifts can provide unique information on the first massive galaxies and black holes, the densest primordial environments, and the epoch of reionization. The number of astronomical objects identified at z>6 has increased dramatically over the last few years, but previously only three radio-loud (R2500>10) sources had been reported at z>6, with the most distant being a quasar at z=6.18. Here we present the discovery and characterization of P172+18, a radio-loud quasar at z=6.823. This source has an MgII-based black hole mass of ~3x10^8 Msun and is one of the fastest accreting quasars, consistent with super-Eddington accretion. The ionized region around the quasar is among the largest measured at these redshifts, implying an active phase longer than the average lifetime of the z>6 quasar population. From archival data, there is evidence that its 1.4 GHz emission has decreased by a factor of two over the last two decades. The quasar's radio spectrum between 1.4 and 3.0 GHz is steep (alpha=-1.31) and has a radio-loudness parameter R2500~90. A second steep radio source (alpha=-0.83) of comparable brightness to the quasar is only 23.1" away (~120 kpc at z=6.82; projection probability <2%), but shows no optical or near-infrared counterpart. Further follow-up is required to establish whether these two sources are physically associated.

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