Environments around Quasars at z ∼ 3 Revealed by Wide-field Imaging with Subaru HSC and CFHT

We examine the local density environments around 67 quasars at z ∼ 3 by combining the imaging data of Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program and Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope Large Area U-band Deep Survey over about 20 deg2. Our measurements exploit U-dropout galaxies in the vicinities of quasa...

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Published in:The Astrophysical journal 2024-09, Vol.972 (1), p.82
Main Authors: Suzuki, Yuta, Uchiyama, Hisakazu, Matsuoka, Yoshiki, Toshikawa, Jun, Gwyn, Stephen, Imanishi, Masatoshi, Liu, Chengze, Noboriguchi, Akatoki, Sawicki, Marcin, Toba, Yoshiki
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Language:English
Subjects:
Black holes
Density distribution
Digital imaging
Galactic clusters
Galactic evolution
Galactic halos
Galaxies
Galaxy distribution
Galaxy environments
Quasars
Sky surveys (astronomy)
Star & galaxy formation
Stars & galaxies
Ultraviolet radiation
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Summary:We examine the local density environments around 67 quasars at z ∼ 3 by combining the imaging data of Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program and Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope Large Area U-band Deep Survey over about 20 deg2. Our measurements exploit U-dropout galaxies in the vicinities of quasars taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We find that the quasars have an indistinguishable surrounding density distribution from the U-dropout galaxies and that three quasars are associated with protocluster candidates within a projected separation of 3′. According to a halo evolutionary model, our results suggest that quasars at this epoch occupy haloes with a typical mass of 1.3−0.9+1.4×1013h−1M⊙. We also investigate the dependence of the local galaxy overdensity on ultraviolet (UV) luminosities, black hole masses, and proximity zone sizes of the quasars, but no statistically significant correlation was found. Finally, we find that the local density of faint U-dropout galaxies are lower than that of bright U-dropout galaxies within a projected distance of 0.51 ± 0.05 physical Mpc, where the quasar UV radiation is 30 times more intense than background UV radiation. We argue that photoevaporation may suppress galaxy formation at short distances where the quasar UV intensity is strong, even in massive haloes.
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/ad65d7