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  MUSE analysis of gas around galaxies (MAGG) - III. The gas and galaxy environment of z=3-4.5 quasars

Fossati, M., Fumagalli, M., Lofthouse, E. K., Dutta, R., Cantalupo, S., Arrigoni Battaia, F., et al. (2021). MUSE analysis of gas around galaxies (MAGG) - III. The gas and galaxy environment of z=3-4.5 quasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503(2), 3044-3064. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab660.

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Fossati, M., Author
Fumagalli, M., Author
Lofthouse, E. K., Author
Dutta, R., Author
Cantalupo, S., Author
Arrigoni Battaia, F.1, Author           
Fynbo, J. P. U., Author
Lusso, E., Author
Murphy, M. T., Author
Prochaska, J. X., Author
Theuns, T., Author
Cooke, R. J., Author
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1Galaxy Formation, Cosmology, MPI for Astrophysics, Max Planck Society, ou_159878              

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 Abstract: We present a study of the environment of 27 z = 3–4.5 bright quasars from the MUSE Analysis of Gas around Galaxies (MAGG) survey. With medium-depth Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) observations (4 h on target per field), we characterize the effects of quasars on their surroundings by studying simultaneously the properties of extended gas nebulae and Ly α emitters (LAEs) in the quasar host haloes. We detect extended (up to ≈100 kpc) Ly α emission around all MAGG quasars, finding a very weak redshift evolution between z = 3 and z = 6. By stacking the MUSE datacubes, we confidently detect extended emission of C iv and only marginally detect extended He ii up to ≈40 kpc, implying that the gas is metal enriched. Moreover, our observations show a significant overdensity of LAEs within 300 km s−1 from the quasar systemic redshifts estimated from the nebular emission. The luminosity functions and equivalent width distributions of these LAEs show similar shapes with respect to LAEs away from quasars suggesting that the Ly α emission of the majority of these sources is not significantly boosted by the quasar radiation or other processes related to the quasar environment. Within this framework, the observed LAE overdensities and our kinematic measurements imply that bright quasars at z = 3–4.5 are hosted by haloes in the mass range ≈1012.0−1012.5 M⁠.

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 Dates: 2021-03-08
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab660
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Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  Other : Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
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Publ. Info: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 503 (2) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 3044 - 3064 Identifier: ISSN: 1365-8711
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1000000000024150