Feige Wang
First discoveries of z > 6 quasars with the DECam Legacy Survey and UKIRT hemisphere survey
Wang, Feige; Fan, Xiaohui; Yang, Jinyi; Wu, Xue-Bing; Yang, Qian; Bian, Fuyan; McGreer, Ian D.; Li, Jiang-Tao; Li, Zefeng; Ding, Jiani; Dey, Arjun; Dye, Simon; Findlay, Joseph R.; Green, Richard; James, David; Jiang, Linhua; Lang, Dustin; Lawrence, Andy; Myers, Adam D.; Ross, Nicholas P.; Schlegel, David J.; Shanks, Tom
Authors
Xiaohui Fan
Jinyi Yang
Xue-Bing Wu
Qian Yang
Fuyan Bian
Ian D. McGreer
Jiang-Tao Li
Zefeng Li
Jiani Ding
Arjun Dey
SIMON DYE Simon.Dye@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Joseph R. Findlay
Richard Green
David James
Linhua Jiang
Dustin Lang
Andy Lawrence
Adam D. Myers
Nicholas P. Ross
David J. Schlegel
Tom Shanks
Abstract
We present the first discoveries from a survey of z 6 quasars using imaging data from the DECam Legacy Survey (DECaLS) in the optical, the UKIRT Deep Infrared Sky Survey (UKIDSS) and a preliminary version of the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey (UHS) in the near-IR, and ALLWISE in the mid-IR. DECaLS will image 9000 deg2 of sky down to z AB ~ 23.0, and UKIDSS and UHS will map the northern sky at 0 < decl. < +60°, reaching J VEGA ~ 19.6 (5-σ). The combination of these data sets allows us to discover quasars at redshift z 7 and to conduct a complete census of the faint quasar population at z 6. In this paper, we report on the selection method of our search, and on the initial discoveries of two new, faint z 6 quasars and one new z = 6.63 quasar in our pilot spectroscopic observations. The two new z ~ 6 quasars are at z = 6.07 and z = 6.17 with absolute magnitudes at rest-frame wavelength 1450 Å being M 1450 = −25.83 and M 1450 = −25.76, respectively. These discoveries suggest that we can find quasars close to or fainter than the break magnitude of the Quasar Luminosity Function (QLF) at z 6. The new z = 6.63 quasar has an absolute magnitude of M 1450 = −25.95. This demonstrates the potential of using the combined DECaLS and UKIDSS/UHS data sets to find z 7 quasars. Extrapolating from previous QLF measurements, we predict that these combined data sets will yield ~200 z ~ 6 quasars to z AB < 21.5, ~1000 z ~ 6 quasars to z AB < 23, and ~30 quasars at z > 6.5 to J VEGA < 19.5.
Citation
Wang, F., Fan, X., Yang, J., Wu, X., Yang, Q., Bian, F., …Shanks, T. (2017). First discoveries of z > 6 quasars with the DECam Legacy Survey and UKIRT hemisphere survey. Astrophysical Journal, 839(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa689f
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 10, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 11, 2017 |
Publication Date | Apr 11, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Apr 27, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 27, 2017 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Print ISSN | 0004-637X |
Electronic ISSN | 1538-4357 |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 839 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 27 |
Pages | 1-8 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa689f |
Keywords | galaxies: active, galaxies: high-redshift, quasars: emission lines, quasars: general |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/855844 |
Publisher URL | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aa689f/meta |
Additional Information | Journal title: The Astrophysical Journal; Article type: paper; Article title: First Discoveries ofz> 6 Quasars with the DECam Legacy Survey and UKIRT Hemisphere Survey; Copyright information: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.; Date received: 2016-10-23; Date accepted: 2017-03-20; Online publication date: 2017-04-11 |
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