SDSS J013127.34–032100.1: A NEWLY DISCOVERED RADIO-LOUD QUASAR AT z = 5.18 WITH EXTREMELY HIGH LUMINOSITY

Journal Article · Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Astrophysical Journal Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/795/2/L29· OSTI ID:22364497

Yi, Wei-Min; Bai, Jin-Ming; Zhang, Ju-jia; Wang, Fang; Wang, Jian-Guo; Fan, Yu-Feng; Chang, Liang; Wang, Chuan-Jun; Lun, Bao-Li ^[1]; Wang, Feige; Wu, Xue-Bing; Yang, Jinyi; Ho, Luis C.; Zuo, Wenwen; Yang, Qian; Ai, Yanli ^[2]; Fan, Xiaohui ^[3]; Brandt, William N. ^[4]; Kim, Minjin ^[5]; Wang, Ran ^[6] ; others, and

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1. Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650011 (China)
2. Department of Astronomy, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
3. Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065 (United States)
4. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
5. Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 305-348 (Korea, Republic of)
6. Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)

Very few of the z > 5 quasars discovered to date have been radio-loud, with radio-to-optical flux ratios (radio-loudness parameters) higher than 10. Here we report the discovery of an optically luminous radio-loud quasar, SDSS J013127.34–032100.1 (J0131–0321 in short), at z = 5.18 ± 0.01 using the Lijiang 2.4 m and Magellan telescopes. J0131–0321 has a spectral energy distribution consistent with that of radio-loud quasars. With an i-band magnitude of 18.47 and a radio flux density of 33 mJy, its radio-loudness parameter is ∼100. The optical and near-infrared spectra taken by Magellan enable us to estimate its bolometric luminosity to be L {sub bol} ∼ 1.1 × 10{sup 48} erg s{sup –1}, approximately 4.5 times greater than that of the most distant quasar known to date. The black hole mass of J0131–0321 is estimated to be 2.7 × 10{sup 9} M {sub ☉}, with an uncertainty up to 0.4 dex. Detailed physical properties of this high-redshift, radio-loud, potentially super-Eddington quasar can be probed in the future with more dedicated and intensive follow-up observations using multi-wavelength facilities.

• OSTI ID: 22364497
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 795, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2041-8205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
APPROXIMATIONS
BLACK HOLES
BOLOMETERS
ENERGY SPECTRA
FLUX DENSITY
GALAXIES
INFRARED SPECTRA
LUMINOSITY
MASS
POTENTIALS
PROBES
QUASARS
RED SHIFT
WAVELENGTHS