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Quasar-galaxy associations [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1994 There is controversy about the measurement of statistical associations between bright quasars and faint, presumably foreground galaxies. We look at the distribution of galaxies around an unbiased sample of 63 bright, moderate redshift quasars using a new
Drinkwater, M. J. +2 more
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Quasars Probing Quasars. X. The Quasar Pair Spectral Database [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2018 Abstract The rare close projection of two quasars on the sky provides the opportunity to study the host galaxy environment of a foreground quasar in absorption against the continuum emission of a background quasar. For over a decade the “Quasars probing quasars” series has utilized this technique to further the understanding of galaxy ...
Joseph R. Findlay +10 more
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Detecting and Characterizing Young Quasars. III. The Impact of Gravitational Lensing Magnification
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 We test the impact of gravitational lensing on the lifetime estimates of seven high-redshift quasars at redshift z ≳ 6. The targeted quasars are identified by their small observed proximity zone sizes, which indicate extremely short quasar lifetimes ( t ...
Minghao Yue +10 more
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023 We report the fourth installment in the series of the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) quasar survey, which includes quasars observed between 2017 September and 2021 June.
Jun-Jie Jin +12 more
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Quasars Probing Quasars. I. Optically Thick Absorbers near Luminous Quasars [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2006 With close pairs of quasars at different redshifts, a background quasar sightline can be used to study a foreground quasar's environment in absorption. We search 149 moderate resolution background quasar spectra, from Gemini, Keck, the MMT, and the SDSS to survey Lyman Limit Systems (LLSs) and Damped Ly-alpha systems (DLAs) in the vicinity of 1.8 < ...
Hennawi, Joseph F. +13 more
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Investigating Gravitationally Lensed Quasars Observable by Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Galaxies, 2023 In this work, we investigate the possibility of observing quasars, particularly lensed quasars, by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman).
Lindita Hamolli +3 more
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Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 Given their extremely large distances and small apparent sizes, quasars are generally considered as objects with near-zero parallax and proper motion.
Qi-Qi Wu +15 more
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Extreme Quasars as Distance Indicators in Cosmology
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2020 Quasars accreting matter at very high rates (known as extreme Population A [xA] quasars, possibly associated with super-Eddington accreting massive black holes) may provide a new class of distance indicators covering cosmic epochs from present day up to ...
Deborah Dultzin +10 more
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 Studies of rest-frame optical emission in quasars at z > 6 have historically been limited by the wavelengths accessible by ground-based telescopes. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) now offers the opportunity to probe this emission deep into the ...
Jinyi Yang +55 more
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Galaxies, 2021 The radiative and jet power in active galactic nuclei is generated by accretion of material on to supermassive galactic-centre black holes. For quasars, where the radiative power is by definition very high, objects with high radio luminosities form 10 ...
Gülay Gürkan +5 more
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