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X-Ray Observations of a <i>z</i> ∼ 6.2 Quasar/Galaxy Merger
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WoS WOS:000506012000065
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85077596465
DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/AB5585
Año 2019
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Abstract



Quasars at early redshifts (z > 6) with companion galaxies offer unique insights into the growth and evolution of the first supermassive black holes. Here, we report on a 150 ks Chandra observation of PSO.J308.0416-21.2339, a z = 6.23 quasar with a merging companion galaxy identified in [C II] and rest-frame UV emission. With 72.3(-8.6)(+9.6) net counts, we find that PSO.J308.0416-21.2339 is powerful (L-X = 2.31(-0.76)(+1.14) x 10(45) erg s(-1) cm(-2) in rest-frame 2.0-10.0 keV) yet soft (spectral power-law index Gamma = 2.39(-0.36)(+0.37) and optical-to-X-ray slope alpha(OX) = -1.41 +/- 0.11). In addition, we detect three hard-energy photons 2 ''.0 to the west of the main quasar, cospatial with the brightest UV emission of the merging companion. As no soft-energy photons are detected in the same area, this is potentially indicative of a highly obscured source. With conservative assumptions, and accounting for both background fluctuations and the extended wings of the quasar's emission, these photons only have a probability P = 0.021 of happening by chance. If confirmed by deeper observations, this system is the first high-redshift quasar and companion individually detected in X-rays and is likely a dual active galactic nucleus.

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Astrophysical Journal 0004-637X

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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Connor, Thomas Hombre Observ Carnegie Inst Sci - Estados Unidos
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
Observatorio Las Campanas - Estados Unidos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Estados Unidos
2 BANADOS-TORRES, EDUARDO ENRIQUE Hombre Observ Carnegie Inst Sci - Estados Unidos
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Observatorio Las Campanas - Estados Unidos
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
3 Stern, Daniel Hombre CALTECH - Estados Unidos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Estados Unidos
4 Decarli, Roberto Hombre INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia
5 Schindler, Jan-Torge Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
6 Fan, Xiaohui - UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos
7 Farina, Emanuele P. Hombre Max Planck Inst Astrophys - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
8 Mazzucchelli, Chiara - European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile
9 Mulchaey, John S. Hombre Observ Carnegie Inst Sci - Estados Unidos
Observatorio Las Campanas - Estados Unidos
10 Walter, Fabian Hombre ESO - Chile
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Natl Radio Astron Observ - Estados Unidos
European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro - Estados Unidos
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Alemania

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We thank the anonymous referee for their productive and helpful comments. T.C. was supported by STScI/NASA award HST-GO-15198. The work of T.C. and D.S. was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA. The scientific results reported in this article are based on observations made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This research has made use of software provided by the Chandra X-ray Center (CXC) in the application package CIAO. This work is based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained from the Data Archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. These observations are associated with program 14876. Support for this work was provided by NASA through grant No. 10747 from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. This work is based on observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere under ESO programme 098.B-0537(A).

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