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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>
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
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
Kim, Dohyeong,Im, Myungshin,Canalizo, Gabriela,Kim, Minjin,Kim, Ji Hoon,Woo, Jong-Hak,Taak, Yoon Chan,Kim, Jae-Woo,Lazarova, Mariana American Astronomical Society 2018 The Astrophysical journal Supplement series Vol.238 No.2
<P>We present medium-resolution spectra (R similar to 2000-4000) at 0.4-1.0 mu m and 0.7-2.5 mu m of 16 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected with red color in the near-infrared (NIR) of J - K > 2.0 mag at z similar to 0.3. We fit the H beta, H alpha, P beta, and P alpha lines from these spectra to obtain their luminosities and line widths. We derive the E(B - V) color excess values of the NIR-red AGNs using two methods, one based on the line-luminosity ratios and another based on the continuum slopes. The two E(B - V) values agree with each other at rms dispersion similar to 0.249. About half of the NIR-red AGNs have g' - K < 5 magnitude, and we find that these NIR-red, but blue in optical-NIR AGNs, have E(B - V) similar to 0, suggesting that a significant fraction of the NIR color-selected red AGNs are unobscured or only mildly obscured. After correcting for the dust extinction, we estimate the black hole (BH) masses and the bolometric luminosities of the NIR-red AGNs using the Paschen lines to calculate their Eddington ratios (lambda(Edd) ). The median Eddington ratios of nine NIR-red AGNs (log(lambda(Edd) ) similar or equal to -0.654 +/- 0.176) are only mildly higher than those of unobscured type 1 AGNs (log(lambda(Edd)) similar or equal to -0.961 +/- 0.008). Moreover, we find that the M-BH-sigma* relation for three NIR-red AGNs is consistent with that of unobscured type 1 AGNs at similar redshift. These results suggest that the NIR-red color selection alone is not effective at picking up dusty, intermediate-stage AGNs.</P>