Resolved Dust Emission in a Quasar at z=3.65

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2009-05-15

arxiv.org/abs/0905.2518v1

Astrophys.J.698:L188-L191,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

ApJ Letters, in press

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/698/2/L188

We present submillimetre observations of the z=3.653 quasar SDSS160705+533558 together with data in the optical and infrared. The object is unusually bright in the far-IR and submm with an IR luminosity of ~10^14 L_sun. We ascribe this luminosity to a combination of AGN and starburst emission, with the starburst forming stars at a rate of a few thousand solar masses per year. Submillimetre Array (SMA) imaging observations with a resolution ~1" show that the submm (850 micron) emission is extended on scales of 10--35kpc and is offset from the optical position by ~10 kpc. This morphology is dissimilar to that found in submm galaxies, which are generally un- or marginally resolved on arcsecond scales, or submm-luminous AGN where the AGN lies at the peak of the submm or molecular emission. The simplest explanation is that the object is in the early stages of a merger between a gas rich galaxy, which hosts the starburst, and a gas-poor AGN-host galaxy, which is responsible for the quasar emission. It is also possible that jet induced star formation might contribute to the unusual morphology.

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