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We investigate the coupled formation and evolution of galaxies and their embedded supermassive black holes using state-of-the-art hydrodynamic simulations of cosmological structure formation. For the first time, we self-consistently follow…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Tiziana Di Matteo , Joerg Colberg , Volker Springel , Lars Hernquist , Debora Sijacki

We present the luminosity function of z=4 quasars based on the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program Wide layer imaging data in the g, r, i, z, and y bands covering 339.8 deg^2. From stellar objects, 1666 z~4 quasar candidates are…

We analyse the proximity zone of the intergalactic matter around high-redshift quasars in a cosmological environment. In a box of 64 h-1 Mpc base length we employ dark matter only simulations. For estimating the hydrogen temperature and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Adrian M. Partl , Volker Müller , Gustavo Yepes , Stefan Gottlöber

We study the observational signatures of a potential population of low-luminosity quasars at high redshifts in a LambdaCDM cosmology. We derive the evolution of the quasar luminosity function at fainter luminosities and higher redshifts…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Zoltan Haiman , Abraham Loeb

We examine recent high-precision measurements of small-scale quasar clustering (at $z\sim0.5-2$ on scales of $\sim25~\mathrm{kpc/h}$) from the SDSS in the context of the MassiveBlackII (MBII) cosmological hydrodynamic simulation and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-18 Aklant K. Bhowmick , Tiziana DiMatteo , Sarah Eftekharzadeh , Adam D. Myers

We combine a high-resolution hydro-simulation of the LambdaCDM cosmology with two radiative transfer schemes (for continuum and line radiation) to predict the properties, spectra and spatial distribution of fluorescent Ly-alpha emission at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sebastiano Cantalupo , Cristiano Porciani , Simon J. Lilly , Francesco Miniati

We use the ACS BViz data from the HUDF and all other deep HST ACS fields (including the GOODS fields) to find large samples of star-forming galaxies at z~4 and z~5 and to extend our previous z~6 sample. These samples contain 4671, 1416, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rychard J. Bouwens , Garth D. Illingworth , Marijn Franx , Holland Ford

(Abridged) We explore the idea that the anti-hierarchical turn-off observed in the quasar population arises from self-regulating feedback, via an outflow mechanism. Using a detailed hydrodynamic simulation we calculate the luminosity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Robert J. Thacker , Evan Scannapieco , H. M. P. Couchman

We present a model for the evolution of the galaxy ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function (LF) across cosmic time where star formation is linked to the assembly of dark matter halos under the assumption of a mass dependent, but redshift…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-03 Charlotte Mason , Michele Trenti , Tommaso Treu

We present J and K-band luminosity functions (LF) for the Group Evolution Multiwavelength Study (GEMS) sample of 60 nearby groups of galaxies, with photometry from the 2MASS survey. We find that, as seen in B and R-band photometry of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Trevor A. Miles , Somak Raychaudhury , Paul A. Russell

High-$z$ AGNs hosted in gas rich galaxies are expected to grow through significantly obscured accretion phases. This may limit or bias their observability. In this work, we use \textsc{BlueTides}, a large volume cosmological simulation of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-20 Yueying Ni , Tiziana Di Matteo , Roberto Gilli , Rupert A. C. Croft , Yu Feng , Colin Norman

We make use of ultra-deep 3 GHz Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array observations of the COSMOS field from the multi-band COSMOS-XS survey to infer radio luminosity functions (LFs) of star-forming galaxies (SFGs). Using $\sim$1300 SFGs with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-14 D. van der Vlugt , J. A. Hodge , H. S. B. Algera , I. Smail , S. K. Leslie , J. F. Radcliffe , D. A. Riechers , H. Röttgering

We use the BlueTides simulation to predict the properties of the high-$z$ galaxy and active galactic nuclei (AGN) populations for the planned 2200deg$^2$ Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope's (WFIRST)-AFTA High Latitude Survey (HLS).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-31 Dacen Waters , Tiziana Di Matteo , Yu Feng , Stephen M. Wilkins , Rupert A. C. Croft

We present new results on the cosmological evolution of the near-infrared galaxy luminosity function, derived from the analysis of a new sample of \~22,000 K(AB) < 22.5 galaxies selected over an area of 0.6 square degrees from the Early…

We have designed the Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey (ELQS) to provide a highly complete census of unobscured UV-bright quasars during the cosmic noon, $z=2.8-5.0$. Here we report the discovery of 70 new quasars in the ELQS South Galactic…

[Abridged] We present a physical model for the evolution of the ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function (LF) of high-z galaxies taking into account in a self-consistent way their chemical evolution and the associated evolution of dust…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-31 Zhen-Yi Cai , Andrea Lapi , Alessandro Bressan , Gianfranco De Zotti , Mattia Negrello , Luigi Danese

We investigate the ability of hierarchical models of QSO formation and evolution to match the observed luminosity, number counts and spatial clustering of quasars at redshift z<2. These models assume that the QSO emission is triggered by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Marulli , D. Crociani , M. Volonteri , E. Branchini , L. Moscardini

Cosmological hydrodynamic simulations predict the physical state of baryons in the circumgalactic medium (CGM), which can be directly tested via quasar absorption line observations. We use high resolution "zoom-in" simulations of 21…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Michele Fumagalli , Joseph F. Hennawi , J. Xavier Prochaska , Daniel Kasen , Avishai Dekel , Daniel Ceverino , Joel Primack

Precise lens modeling is a critical step in time delay studies of multiply imaged quasars, which are key for measuring some important cosmological parameters (specially $H_0$). However, lens models (in particular those semi-automatically…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-16 E. Mediavilla , J. Jiménez-Vicente , V. Motta