A quasar-galaxy merger at z ∼ 6.2: rapid host growth via the accretion of two massive satellite galaxies

We present JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy in the rest-frame optical bands of the system PJ308–21, a quasar at z = 6.2342 caught as its host galaxy interacts with companion galaxies. We detect the spatially extended emission of several emission lines (Hα, Hβ, [OIII], [NII], [SII], and HeII)...

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Main Authors: Decarli, Roberto (Author) , Loiacono, Federica (Author) , Farina, Emanuele Paolo (Author) , Dotti, Massimo (Author) , Lupi, Alessandro (Author) , Meyer, Romain A. (Author) , Mignoli, Marco (Author) , Pensabene, Antonio (Author) , Strauss, Michael A. (Author) , Venemans, Bram (Author) , Yang, Jinyi (Author) , Walter, Fabian (Author) , Wolf, Julien (Author) , Bañados Torres, Eduardo (Author) , Blecha, Laura (Author) , Bosman, Sarah (Author) , Carilli, Chris L. (Author) , Comastri, Andrea (Author) , Connor, Thomas (Author) , Costa, Tiago (Author) , Eilers, Anna-Christina (Author) , Fan, Xiaohui (Author) , Gilli, Roberto (Author) , Jun, Hyunsung D. (Author) , Liu, Weizhe (Author) , Marshall, Madeline A. (Author) , Mazzucchelli, Chiara (Author) , Neeleman, Marcel (Author) , Onoue, Masafusa (Author) , Overzier, Roderik (Author) , Pudoka, Maria Anne (Author) , Riechers, Dominik A. (Author) , Rix, Hans-Walter (Author) , Schindler, Jan-Torge (Author) , Trakhtenbrot, Benny (Author) , Trebitsch, Maxime (Author) , Vestergaard, Marianne (Author) , Volonteri, Marta (Author) , Wang, Feige (Author) , Zhang, Huanian (Author) , Zou, Siwei (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: September 2024
In: Astronomy and astrophysics
Year: 2024, Volume: 689, Pages: 1-15
ISSN:1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202449239
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449239
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2024/09/aa49239-24/aa49239-24.html
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Author Notes:Roberto Decarli, Federica Loiacono, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Massimo Dotti, Alessandro Lupi, Romain A. Meyer, Marco Mignoli, Antonio Pensabene, Michael A. Strauss, Bram Venemans, Jinyi Yang, Fabian Walter, Julien Wolf, Eduardo Bañados, Laura Blecha, Sarah Bosman, Chris L. Carilli, Andrea Comastri, Thomas Connor, Tiago Costa, Anna-Christina Eilers, Xiaohui Fan, Roberto Gilli, Hyunsung D. Jun, Weizhe Liu, Madeline A. Marshall, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Marcel Neeleman, Masafusa Onoue, Roderik Overzier, Maria Anne Pudoka, Dominik A. Riechers, Hans-Walter Rix, Jan-Torge Schindler, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Maxime Trebitsch, Marianne Vestergaard, Marta Volonteri, Feige Wang, Huanian Zhang, and Siwei Zou
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A quasar-galaxy merger at z ∼ 6.2: black hole mass and quasar properties from the NIRSpec spectrum by Loiacono, Federica (Author) , Decarli, Roberto (Author) , Mignoli, Marco (Author) , Farina, Emanuele Paolo (Author) , Bañados, Eduardo (Author) , Bosman, Sarah (Author) , Eilers, Anna-Christina (Author) , Schindler, Jan-Torge (Author) , Strauss, Michael A. (Author) , Vestergaard, Marianne (Author) , Wang, Feige (Author) , Blecha, Laura (Author) , Carilli, Chris L. (Author) , Comastri, Andrea (Author) , Connor, Thomas (Author) , Costa, Tiago (Author) , Dotti, Massimo (Author) , Fan, Xiaohui (Author) , Gilli, Roberto (Author) , Jun, Hyunsung D. (Author) , Liu, Weizhe (Author) , Lupi, Alessandro (Author) , Marshall, Madeline A. (Author) , Mazzucchelli, Chiara (Author) , Meyer, Romain A. (Author) , Neeleman, Marcel (Author) , Overzier, Roderik (Author) , Pensabene, Antonio (Author) , Riechers, Dominik A. (Author) , Trakhtenbrot, Benny (Author) , Trebitsch, Maxime (Author) , Venemans, Bram (Author) , Walter, Fabian (Author) , Yang, Jinyi (Author) ,


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