Discovery of the Most X-ray Luminous Quasar SRGE J170245.3+130104 at Redshift

During the first all-sky survey of the SRG orbital observatory, the X-ray source SRGE J170245.3+130104 was discovered with the eROSITA telescope on March 13–15, 2020. Its optical counterpart was identified by photometric attributes as a candidate for distant quasars at . The spectroscopic observatio...

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Published in:Astronomy letters 2021, Vol.47 (3), p.123-140
Main Authors: Khorunzhev, G. A., Meshcheryakov, A. V., Medvedev, P. S., Borisov, V. D., Burenin, R. A., Krivonos, R. A., Uklein, R. I., Shablovinskaya, E. S., Afanasiev, V. L., Dodonov, S. N., Sunyaev, R. A., Sazonov, S. Yu, Gilfanov, M. R.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Astronomy
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Confidence intervals
Energy bands
Loudness
Luminosity
Observations and Techniques
Optical counterparts (astronomy)
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quasars
Red shift
Sky surveys (astronomy)
X ray sources
X ray spectra
X-ray astronomy
X-rays
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Summary:During the first all-sky survey of the SRG orbital observatory, the X-ray source SRGE J170245.3+130104 was discovered with the eROSITA telescope on March 13–15, 2020. Its optical counterpart was identified by photometric attributes as a candidate for distant quasars at . The spectroscopic observations of the object carried out in August and September 2020 at the 6-m BTA telescope with the SCORPIO-II instrument confirmed that SRGE J170245.3+130104 is a quasar at redshift . According to the eROSITA data obtained during the first sky survey, the X-ray luminosity of the quasar is erg s in the 2–10 keV energy band, while its X-ray spectrum can be approximately fitted by a power law with a slope . The quasar was detected again with the eROSITA telescope half a year later (on September 13–14, 2020) during the second sky survey, with its X-ray luminosity, probably, having decreased approximately by a factor of 2 at a confidence level . SRGE J170245.3+130104 has turned out to be the most X-ray luminous quasar among all of the known quasars at redshifts . At the same time, it is also one of the radio loudest distant quasars (radio loudness ), which may imply that this is a blazar. We present a catalog of all the quasars at detected in X-rays to date.
ISSN:1063-7737
1562-6873
DOI:10.1134/S1063773721030026