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  Two more, bright, z > 6 quasars from VST ATLAS and WISE

Chehade, B., Carnall, A. C., Shanks, T., Diener, C., Fumagalli, M., Findlay, J. R., et al. (2018). Two more, bright, z > 6 quasars from VST ATLAS and WISE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478, 1649-1659.

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Chehade, B.1, Author
Carnall, A. C.1, Author
Shanks, T.1, Author
Diener, C.1, Author
Fumagalli, M.1, Author
Findlay, J. R.1, Author
Metcalfe, N.1, Author
Hennawi, J.1, Author
Leibler, C.1, Author
Murphy, D. N. A.1, Author
Prochaska, J. X.1, Author
Irwin, M. J.1, Author
Gonzalez-Solares, E.1, Author
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1Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners, ou_2421692              

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Free keywords: quasars: general quasars: individual: VST-ATLAS J158.6938-14.4211 quasars: individual: VST-ATLAS J332.8017-32.1036 Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
 Abstract: Recently, Carnall et al. discovered two bright high-redshift quasars using the combination of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) Survey Telescope (VST) ATLAS and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) surveys. The technique involved using the 3D colour plane i-z : z-W1 : W1-W2 with the WISE W1 (3.4 micron) and W2 (4.5 micron) bands taking the place of the usual NIR J band to help decrease stellar dwarf contamination. Here, we report on our continued search for 5.7 < z < 6.4 quasars over an ≈2 × larger area of ≈3577 deg2 of the Southern Hemisphere. We have found two further z > 6 quasars, VST-ATLAS J158.6938-14.4211 at z = 6.07 and J332.8017-32.1036 at z = 6.32 with magnitudes of zAB = 19.4 and 19.7 mag, respectively. J158.6938-14.4211 was confirmed by Keck LRIS observations and J332.8017-32.1036 was confirmed by ESO NTT EFOSC-2 observations. Here, we present VLT X-shooter visible and NIR spectra for the four ATLAS quasars. We have further independently rediscovered two z > 5.7 quasars previously found by the VIKING/KiDS and PanSTARRS surveys. This means that in ATLAS we have now discovered a total of six quasars in our target 5.7 < z < 6.4 redshift range. Making approximate corrections for incompleteness, we find that our quasar space density agrees with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey results of Jiang et al. at M1450 Å ≈ -27. Preliminary virial mass estimates based on the C IV and Mg II emission lines give black hole masses in the range MBH ≈ 1-6 × 109 M☉ for the four ATLAS quasars.

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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 478 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1649 - 1659 Identifier: -