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Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21714205t&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #142.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
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Post-Starburst Quasars (PSQ, alternatively Q+As) show simultaneously the spectrum of a massive A-type stellar population and a quasar. The prototype PSQ, UNJ1025-0040, shows a UV excess over the quasar spectrum, indicating more recent star-formation (Brotherton et al 2002). To gauge the frequency and distribution of these younger stellar populations in PSQs, we have collected GALEX (GR45) and 2MASS photometry for 409 objects. The objects are catalog 609 spectroscopically-selected PSQs from Brotherton et al. (2010) that uses similar criteria as Zabludoff et al. (1996) for post-starburst galaxies (PSG, E+A). For comparison, we have compiled two samples: (1) 16,000 quasars that is matched in redshift (0.01-0.7) and Sloan-u magnitude (16.1-21.2), which is blueward of the Balmer edge and provides the least contamination from the massive stellar population; and (2) 500 PSGs from Goto et al. (2007). 389 (55) PSQs show an NUV (FUV) excess over the expected UV flux if the underlying quasar were ``normal.'’ 126 (460) objects show an NUV (FUV) decrement. The observed NUV to u-band flux ratio of the median PSQ rises from 1 at z=0.01 to 2.5 at z=0.4, while the same for the median QSO remains at 1. The observed FUV to u-band flux ratio of the median QSO rises slightly from 0.6 to 0.8 over the redshift range 0.05-0.2, whereas the median PSQ is nearly a factor of three lower. The disparity between the median PSQ and QSO suggests the presence of young stars that add in NUV light, but not FUV light. To quantify the youth and mass of this putative population, we will present preliminary efforts to model PSQs using two simple stellar populations, an underlying quasar, and dust reddening. We acknowledge funding from GALEX through grant NNX10AC63G.
Brotherton Michael S.
Cales Sabrina
Ganguly Rajib
Strom Allison
Townsend Shonda
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