Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-01-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 4 figures, uses aastex.cls and emulateapj5.sty
Scientific paper
10.1086/340096
Submillimeter (and in some cases millimeter) wavelength continuum measurements are presented for a sample of 40 active galactic nuclei (probably all quasars) lensed by foreground galaxies. The object of this study is to use the lensing boost, anywhere from ~3- 20 times, to detect dust emission from more typical AGNs than the extremely luminous ones currently accessible without lensing. The sources are a mix of radio loud and radio quiet quasars, and, after correction for synchrotron radation (in the few cases where necessary), 23 of the 40 (58%) are detected in dust emission at 850um; 11 are also detected at 450um. Dust luminosities and masses are derived after correction for lensing magnification, and luminosities are plotted against redshift from z = 1 to z = 4.4, the redshift range of the sample. The main conclusions are (1) Monochromatic submillimeter luminosities of quasars are, on average, only a few times greater than those of local IRAS galaxies; (2) Radio quiet and radio loud quasars do not differ significantly in their dust lumimosity; (3) Mean dust luminosities of quasars and radio galaxies over the same redshift range are comparable; (4) Quasars and radio galaxies alike show evidence for more luminous and massive dust sources toward higher redshift, consistent with an early epoch of formation and possibly indicating that the percentage of obscured AGNs increases with redshift.
Barvainis Richard
Ivison Rob
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