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DISCOVERY OF A FAINT QUASAR AT <i>z</i> ∼ 6 AND IMPLICATIONS FOR COSMIC REIONIZATION
Kim, Yongjung,Im, Myungshin,Jeon, Yiseul,Kim, Minjin,Choi, Changsu,Hong, Jueun,Hyun, Minhee,Jun, Hyunsung David,Karouzos, Marios,Kim, Dohyeong,Kim, Duho,Kim, Jae-Woo,Kim, Ji Hoon,Lee, Seong-Kook,Pak, IOP Publishing 2015 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS - Vol.813 No.2
<P>Recent studies suggest that faint active galactic nuclei may be responsible for the reionization of the universe. Confirmation of this scenario requires spectroscopic identification of faint quasars (M-1450 > -24 mag) at z greater than or similar to 6, but only a very small number of such quasars have been spectroscopically identified so far. Here, we report the discovery of a faint quasar IMS J220417.92+011144.8 at z similar to 6 in a 12.5 deg(2) region of the SA22 field of the Infrared Medium-deep Survey (IMS). The spectrum of the quasar shows a sharp break at similar to 8443 angstrom, with emission lines redshifted to z = 5.944 +/- 0.002 and rest-frame ultraviolet continuum magnitude M-1450 = -23.59 +/- 0.10 AB mag. The discovery of IMS J220417.92+011144.8 is consistent with the expected number of quasars at z similar to 6 estimated from quasar luminosity functions based on previous observations of spectroscopically identified low-luminosity quasars. This suggests that the number of M-1450 similar to 23 mag quasars at z similar to 6 may not be high enough to fully account for the reionization of the universe. In addition, our study demonstrates that faint quasars in the early universe can be identified effectively with a moderately wide and deep near-infrared survey such as the IMS.</P>
Kim, Yongjung,Im, Myungshin,Jeon, Yiseul,Kim, Minjin,Hyun, Minhee,Kim, Dohyeong,Kim, Jae-Woo,Taak, Yoon Chan,Yoon, Yongmin,Choi, Changsu,Hong, Jueun,Jun, Hyunsung David,Karouzos, Marios,Kim, Duho,Kim, American Astronomical Society 2018 The Astrophysical journal Vol.855 No.2
<P>To date, most of the luminous quasars known at z similar to 6 have been found to be in maximal accretion with the Eddington ratios, lambda(Edd) similar to 1, suggesting enhanced nuclear activities in the early universe. However, this may not be the whole picture of supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth, since previous studies have not reached faint quasars that are more likely to harbor SMBHs with low lambda(Edd). To gain a better understanding of the accretion activities in quasars in the early universe, we obtained a deep near-infrared (NIR) spectrum of a quasar, IMS J220417.92+011144.8 (hereafter IMS J2204+0112), one of the faintest quasars that has been identified at z similar to 6. From the redshifted C IV lambda 1549 emission line in the NIR spectrum, we find that IMS J2204+0112 harbors a SMBH with a solar mass of about a billion and lambda(Edd) similar to 0.1, but with a large uncertainty in both quantities (0.41 dex). IMS J2204+0112 has one of the lowest Eddington ratios among quasars at z similar to 6, but a common value among quasars at z similar to 2. Its low lambda(Edd) can be explained with two scenarios; the SMBH growth from a stellar-mass black hole through short-duration super-Eddington accretion events or from a massive black hole seed (similar to 10(5) M-circle dot) with Eddington-limited accretion. NIR spectra of more faint quasars are needed to better understand the accretion activities of SMBHs at z similar to 6.</P>
Discovery of a Faint Quasar at z ~ 6 and Implications for Cosmic Reionization
Yongjung Kim,Myungshin Im,Yiseul Jeon,Minjin Kim,Changsu Choi,Jueun Hong,Minhee Hyun,Hyunsung David Jun,Marios Karouzos,Dohyeong Kim,Duho Kim,Jae-Woo Kim,Ji Hoon Kim,Seong-Kook Lee,Soojong Pak,Won-Kee 한국천문학회 2016 天文學會報 Vol.41 No.1
Are Quasars Growing Fast in the Early Universe?: The Lowest Eddington Ratio Quasar at z~6
Yongjung Kim,Myungshin Im,Yiseul Jeon,Minjin Kim,Minhee Hyun,Dohyeong Kim,Jae-Woo Kim,Yoon Chan Taak,Yongmin Yoon,Changsu Choi,Jueun Hong,Hyunsung David Jun,Marios Karouzos,Duho Kim,Ji Hoon Kim,Seong- 한국천문학회 2017 天文學會報 Vol.42 No.2
Kim, Da-Woon,Kim, Gi-Yong,Kim, Hee-Kyoung,Kim, Jueun,Jeon, Sun Jeong,Lee, Chul Won,Lee, Hyang Burm,Yun, Sung-Hwan The Korean Society of Plant Pathology 2016 Plant Pathology Journal Vol.32 No.3
Together with the Fusarium graminearum species complex, F. culmorum is a major member of the causal agents of Fusarium head blight on cereals such as wheat, barley and corn. It causes significant yield and quality losses and results in the contamination of grain with mycotoxins that are harmful to humans and animals. In Korea, F. culmorum is listed as a quarantine fungal species since it has yet to be found in the country. In this paper, we report that two isolates (J1 and J2) of F. culmorum were collected from the air at a rice paddy field in Korea. Species identification was confirmed by phylogenetic analysis using multilocus sequence data derived from five genes encoding translation elongation factor, histone H3, phosphate permease, a reductase, and an ammonia ligase and by morphological comparison with reference strains. Both diagnostic PCR and chemical analysis confirmed that these F. culmorum isolates had the capacity to produce nivalenol, the trichothecene mycotoxin, in rice substrate. In addition, both isolates were pathogenic on wheat heads and corn stalks. This is the first report on the occurrence of F. culmorum in Korea.
THE INFRARED MEDIUM-DEEP SURVEY. II. HOW TO TRIGGER RADIO AGNs? HINTS FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENTS
Karouzos, Marios,Im, Myungshin,Kim, Jae-Woo,Lee, Seong-Kook,Chapman, Scott,Jeon, Yiseul,Choi, Changsu,Hong, Jueun,Hyun, Minhee,Jun, Hyunsung David,Kim, Dohyeong,Kim, Yongjung,Kim, Ji Hoon,Kim, Duho,Pa IOP Publishing 2014 The Astrophysical journal Vol.797 No.1
<P>Activity at the centers of galaxies, during which the central supermassive black hole is accreting material, is nowadays accepted to be rather ubiquitous and most probably a phase of every galaxy's evolution. It has been suggested that galactic mergers and interactions may be the culprits behind the triggering of nuclear activity. We use near-infrared data from the new Infrared Medium-Deep Survey and the Deep eXtragalactic Survey of the VIMOS-SA22 field and radio data at 1.4 GHz from the FIRST survey and a deep Very Large Array survey to study the environments of radio active galactic nuclei (AGNs) over an area of similar to 25 deg(2) and down to a radio flux limit of 0.1 mJy and a J-band magnitude of 23 mag AB. Radio AGNs are predominantly found in environments similar to those of control galaxies at similar redshift, J-band magnitude, and (M-u - Mr) rest-frame color. However, a subpopulation of radio AGNs is found in environments up to 100 times denser than their control sources. We thus preclude merging as the dominant triggering mechanism of radio AGNs. By fitting the broadband spectral energy distribution of radio AGNs in the least and most dense environments, we find that those in the least dense environments show higher radio-loudness, higher star formation efficiencies, and higher accretion rates, typical of the so-called high-excitation radio AGNs. These differences tend to disappear at z > 1. We interpret our results in terms of a different triggering mechanism for these sources that is driven by mass loss through winds of young stars created during the observed ongoing star formation.</P>