論文

査読有り
2018年12月20日

Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs). V. Quasar Luminosity Function and Contribution to Cosmic Reionization at z = 6

The Astrophysical Journal
  • Yoshiki Matsuoka
  • Michael A. Strauss
  • Nobunari Kashikawa
  • Masafusa Onoue
  • Kazushi Iwasawa
  • Ji-Jia Tang
  • Chien-Hsiu Lee
  • Masatoshi Imanishi
  • Tohru Nagao
  • Masayuki Akiyama
  • Naoko Asami
  • James Bosch
  • Hisanori Furusawa
  • Tomotsugu Goto
  • James E. Gunn
  • Yuichi Harikane
  • Hiroyuki Ikeda
  • Takuma Izumi
  • Toshihiro Kawaguchi
  • Nanako Kato
  • Satoshi Kikuta
  • Kotaro Kohno
  • Yutaka Komiyama
  • Robert H. Lupton
  • Takeo Minezaki
  • Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Hitoshi Murayama
  • Mana Niida
  • Atsushi J. Nishizawa
  • Akatoki Noboriguchi
  • Masamune Oguri
  • Yoshiaki Ono
  • Masami Ouchi
  • Paul A. Price
  • Hiroaki Sameshima
  • Andreas Schulze
  • Hikari Shirakata
  • John D. Silverman
  • Naoshi Sugiyama
  • Philip J. Tait
  • Masahiro Takada
  • Tadafumi Takata
  • Masayuki Tanaka
  • Yoshiki Toba
  • Yousuke Utsumi
  • Shiang-Yu Wang
  • Takuji Yamashita
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開始ページ
150
終了ページ
150
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/aaee7a
出版者・発行元
American Astronomical Society

We present new measurements of the quasar luminosity function (LF) at z similar to 6 over an unprecedentedly wide range of the rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity M-1450 from -30 to -22 mag. This is the fifth in a series of publications from the Subaru High-z Exploration of Low-Luminosity Quasars (SHELLQs) project, which exploits the deep multiband imaging data produced by the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program survey. The LF was calculated with a complete sample of 110 quasars at 5.7 <= z <= 6.5, which includes 48 SHELLQs quasars discovered over 650 deg(2) and 63 brighter quasars discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Canada-France-Hawaii Quasar Survey (including one overlapping object). This is the largest sample of z similar to 6 quasars with a well-defined selection function constructed to date, which has allowed us to detect significant flattening of the LF at its faint end. A double power-law function fit to the sample yields a faint-end slope alpha = -1.23(-0.34)(+0.44), a bright-end slope beta = -2.73(-0.31)(+0.23), a break magnitude M*(1450) = -24.90(-0.90)(+0.75), and a characteristic space density Phi* = 10.9(-6.8)(+10.0) Gpc(-3) mag(-1). Integrating this best-fit model over the range -18 < M-1450 < -30 mag, quasars emit ionizing photons at the rate of <(n)over dot>(ion) = 10(48.8 +/- 0.1) s(-1) Mpc(-3) at z = 6.0. This is less than 10% of the critical rate necessary to keep the intergalactic medium ionized, which indicates that quasars are not a major contributor to cosmic reionization.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaee7a
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000454219200006&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/869/i=2/a=150/pdf
URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/869/i=2/a=150?key=crossref.2c0b86f4dd34fe0fa70ad5769dd5c994
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3847/1538-4357/aaee7a
  • ISSN : 0004-637X
  • eISSN : 1538-4357
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000454219200006

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