Evolution of Quasar Host Galaxies

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Nov 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004ap%26ss.294...57f&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 294, Issue 1-2, pp. 57-61

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies: Active, Infrared: Galaxies, Quasars: General, Galaxies: Evolution

Scientific paper

Near-IR images, obtained at the ESO-VLT during excellent seeing conditions, of a sample of 17 radio-loud and radio-quiet quasars in the redshift range 1 < z < 2 are presented. The host galaxies of both types of quasars appear to follow the expected trend in luminosity of massive ellipticals undergoing simple passive evolution. We find a systematic difference by a factor ˜2 in the host luminosity between RLQs and RQQs that does not change significantly from z = 2 to the present epoch. Quasar hosts appear thus to be already well formed at z ˜ 2 and similar to massive inactive spheroids. These findings are in disagreement with the predictions of models for the joint formation and evolution of galaxies and active nuclei based on the hierarchical structure formation scenario.

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