DES J0454$-$4448: iscovery of the first luminous z $\ge$ 6 quasar from the Dark Energy Survey

S. L. Reed; R. G. McMahon; M. Banerji; G. D. Becker; E. Gonzalez-Solares; P. Martini; F. Ostrovski; M. Rauch; T. Abbott; F. B. Abdalla; S. Allam; A. Benoit-Levy; E. Bertin; E. Buckley-Geer; D. Burke; A. Carnero Rosell; L. N. da Costa; C. D'Andrea; D. L. DePoy; S. Desai; H. T. Diehl; P. Doel; C. E Cunha; J. Estrada; A. E. Evrard; A. Fausti Neto; D. A. Finley; P. Fosalba; J. Frieman; D. Gruen; K. Honscheid; D. James; S. Kent; K. Kuehn; N. Kuropatkin; O. Lahav; M. A. G. Maia; M. Makler; J. Marshall; K. Merritt; R. Miquel; J. Mohr; B. Nord; R. Ogando; A. Plazas; K. Romer; A. Roodman; E. Rykoff; M. Sako; E. Sanchez; B. Santiago; M. Schubnell; I. Sevilla; C. Smith; M. Soares-Santos; E. Suchyta; M. E. C. Swanson; G. Tarle; D. Thomas; D. Tucker; A. Walker; R. H. Wechsler

doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2031

DES J0454$-$4448: iscovery of the first luminous z $\ge$ 6 quasar from the Dark Energy Survey

S. L. Reed
, R. G. McMahon
, M. Banerji
, G. D. Becker
, E. Gonzalez-Solares
, P. Martini
, F. Ostrovski
, M. Rauch
, T. Abbott
, F. B. Abdalla
, S. Allam
, A. Benoit-Levy
, E. Bertin
, E. Buckley-Geer
, D. Burke
, A. Carnero Rosell
, L. N. da Costa
, C. D'Andrea
, D. L. DePoy
, S. Desai

H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, C. E Cunha, J. Estrada, A. E. Evrard, A. Fausti Neto, D. A. Finley, P. Fosalba, J. Frieman, D. Gruen, K. Honscheid, D. James, S. Kent, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, M. A. G. Maia, M. Makler, J. Marshall, K. Merritt, R. Miquel, J. Mohr, B. Nord, R. Ogando, A. Plazas, K. Romer, A. Roodman, E. Rykoff, M. Sako, E. Sanchez, B. Santiago, M. Schubnell, I. Sevilla, C. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, G. Tarle, D. Thomas, D. Tucker, A. Walker, R. H. Wechsler

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We present the first results of a survey for high redshift, z $\ge$ 6, quasars using izY multi-colour photometric observations from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). Here we report the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of the $\rm z_{AB}, Y_{AB}$ = 20.2, 20.2 (M$_{1450}$ = $-$26.5) quasar DES J0454$-$4448 with an emission line redshift of z = 6.10$\pm$0.03 and a HI near zone size of 4.6 $\pm$ 1.7 Mpc.The quasar was selected as an i-band drop out with i$-$z = 2.46 and z$_{AB} $$ $ 50-100 new quasars with z $>$ 6 including 3-10 with z $>$ 7 dramatically increasing the numbers of quasars currently known that are suitable for detailed studies including determination of the neutral HI fraction of the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the epoch of Hydrogen reionization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3952-3961
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	454
Issue number	4
Early online date	28 Oct 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2031
Publication status	Published - 21 Dec 2015

Keywords

astro-ph.GA
astro-ph.CO
galaxies: active
galaxies: formation
galaxies: high-redshift
quasars: individual: DES J0454-4448
dark ages, reionization, first stars
RCUK
STFC

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Reed, S. L., McMahon, R. G., Banerji, M., Becker, G. D., Gonzalez-Solares, E., Martini, P., Ostrovski, F., Rauch, M., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Benoit-Levy, A., Bertin, E., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D., Rosell, A. C., Costa, L. N. D., D'Andrea, C., DePoy, D. L., ... Wechsler, R. H. (2015). DES J0454$-$4448: iscovery of the first luminous z $\ge$ 6 quasar from the Dark Energy Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(4), 3952-3961. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2031

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AU - Martini, P.

AU - Ostrovski, F.

AU - Rauch, M.

AU - Abbott, T.

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AU - Walker, A.

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N2 - We present the first results of a survey for high redshift, z $\ge$ 6, quasars using izY multi-colour photometric observations from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). Here we report the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of the $\rm z_{AB}, Y_{AB}$ = 20.2, 20.2 (M$_{1450}$ = $-$26.5) quasar DES J0454$-$4448 with an emission line redshift of z = 6.10$\pm$0.03 and a HI near zone size of 4.6 $\pm$ 1.7 Mpc.The quasar was selected as an i-band drop out with i$-$z = 2.46 and z$_{AB} $$ $ 50-100 new quasars with z $>$ 6 including 3-10 with z $>$ 7 dramatically increasing the numbers of quasars currently known that are suitable for detailed studies including determination of the neutral HI fraction of the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the epoch of Hydrogen reionization.

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DES J0454$-$4448: iscovery of the first luminous z $\ge$ 6 quasar from the Dark Energy Survey

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