Probing the faint end of the z>3 quasar luminosity function

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Dec 2002

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American Astronomical Society, 201st AAS Meeting, #114.19; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.1289

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Rest-frame optical continua of 20 high redshift radio-loud quasars are constructed from near-IR data obtained at UKIRT. The sample consists of all z>3 quasars with radio detections that were listed in the NASA Extragalactic Database or the Véron-Cetty & Véron catalog (9th edition), with RA = 22h-08h30m and DEC = -20 - +60, and not noted as lensed. 16 of the 20 are radio-selected, while 4 were selected from grism or objective prism surveys. It expands on and extends to lower luminosity a previous z>3 sample used in a search for signs of evolution in quasar central engines (Kuhn et al. 2001, ApJS, 136, 225). Single power law fits were made to the data: for the sample redshift range, z=3-4.1, the JHK photometry span rest wavelengths between 3125-5500Å (z=3) and 2450-4350Å (z=4.1). The distribution of optical spectral indices, α , ranges from +0.4 to -1.7. As a whole it is slightly redder than that for the previously studied set of optically bright z>3 radio-quiet and radio-loud quasars, which does not extend below α =-1. Of the 4 quasars with α < -1, 2 are radio-selected and 2 are optically selected. The radio-selected ones have relatively high radio to optical flux ratios, RL>4, consistent with their having a beamed synchrotron component which may contribute to the red end of the optical continuum, while there is evidence that the 2 optically-selected quasars are reddened by dust. One of these, the reddest, has a particularly rich and interesting field for which optical photometry or optical/IR spectroscopy are needed to determine the redshift distribution.

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