Survey of Faint Quasar candidates at 4.7 ≤ z ≤ 5.2

  • Shin, Suhyun (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Im, Myungshin (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Kim, Yongjung (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Hyun, Minhee (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Park, Woojin (School of Space Research and Institute of Natural Sciences, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Ji, Tae-geun (School of Space Research and Institute of Natural Sciences, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jeon, Yiseul (LOCOOP, Inc.) ;
  • Kim, Minjin (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Kim, Dohyeong (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Woo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Taak, Yoon Chan (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Yoon, Yongmin (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Choi, Changsu (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Hong, Jueun (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Jun, Hyunsung David (Korea Institute for Advanced Study) ;
  • Karouzos, Marios (Nature Astronomy) ;
  • Kim, Duho (Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration) ;
  • Kim, Ji Hoon (Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) ;
  • Lee, Seong-Kook (Center fore the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU)) ;
  • Pak, Soojong (School of Space Research and Institute of Natural Sciences, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Park, Won-Kee (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • Published : 2018.05.08

Abstract

To investigate the impact of the high-redshift quasars on cosmic reionization, the faint end slope of the quasars luminosity function has to be determined precisely. More quasars with low luminosity are needed to constrain the contribution to reionization in the early universe. However, finding these quasars has been regarded as tough process owing to the improper shallow depth of imaging data. In recent days, the release data of Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Strategic Program survey which provide the deep images reaching ~ 25 mag facilitates searching the faint quasars candidates. To find faint quasar candidates in ELAIS-N1 field, along with the HSC data, two near-infrared (NIR) data sets also be used : The Infrared Medium-deep Survey (IMS) and The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) - Deep Extragalactic Survey (DXS). Quasar candidates selected from the multi-band color cut were observed by the SED camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse (SQUEAN) instrument. To trace the redshifted Lyman break efficiently, appropriate medium bands comparable to targeted redshift range are chosen. The most reliable quasar candidates are finally determined through SED fitting. Using this less luminous quasars candidates, we can speculate the relation between the quasar growth and the host galaxy unbiasedly and estimate the contribution to the cosmic reionization.

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