Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-12-20
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 322 (2001) 933
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
to appear in MNRAS, 14 pages, 5 figures (figures 1 and 2 are large)
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04215.x
We present the spectra, positions, and finding charts for 31 bright (R<19.3) colour-selected quasars covering the redshift range z=3.85-4.78, with 4 having redshifts z>4.5. The majority are in the southern sky (dec<-25 deg). The quasar candidates were selected for their red (B-R > 2.5) colours from UK or POSSII Schmidt Plates scanned at the Automated Plate Measuring facility in Cambridge. Low resolution (~> 10A) spectra were obtained to identify the quasars, primarily at the Las Campanas Observatory. The highest redshift quasar in our survey is at z ~ 4.8 (R = 18.7) and its spectrum shows a damped Lyman-alpha absorption system at z = 4.46. This is currently the highest redshift damped Lyman-alpha absorber detected. Five of these quasars exhibit intrinsic broad absorption line features. Combined with the previously published results from the first part of the APM UKST survey we have now surveyed a total of ~8000 squ deg of sky i.e. 40% of the high galactic latitude (|b|>30 deg) sky, resulting in 59 optically selected quasars in the redshift range 3.85 to 4.78; 49 of which have z>=4.00.
Hook Isobel M.
Irwin Michael J.
McMahon Richard G.
Storrie-Lombardi Lisa J.
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