Discovery of Merging Twin Quasars at z = 6.05

Discovery of Merging Twin Quasars at z = 6.05

We report the discovery of two quasars at a redshift of z = 6.05 in the process of merging. They were serendipitously discovered from the deep multiband imaging data collected by the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program survey. The quasars, HSC J121503.42−014858.7 (C1) and HSC J121503.55...

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Main Authors: Yoshiki Matsuoka, Takuma Izumi, Masafusa Onoue, Michael A. Strauss, Kazushi Iwasawa, Nobunari Kashikawa, Masayuki Akiyama, Kentaro Aoki, Junya Arita, Masatoshi Imanishi, Rikako Ishimoto, Toshihiro Kawaguchi, Kotaro Kohno, Chien-Hsiu Lee, Tohru Nagao, John D. Silverman, Yoshiki Toba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Double quasars
Quasars
Reionization
High-redshift galaxies
Active galactic nuclei
Galaxy mergers
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad35c7

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https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad35c7

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