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We studied the radio structure of high-redshift (z>3) quasars with VSOP at 1.6 and 5 GHz. These sources are the most distant objects ever observed with Space VLBI, at rest-frame frequencies up to ~25 GHz. Here we give an account of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-01 S. Frey , L. I. Gurvits , A. P. Lobanov , R. T. Schilizzi , Z. Paragi

Only very few z>5 quasars discovered to date are radio-loud, with a radio-to-optical flux ratio (radio-loudness parameter) higher than 10. Here we report the discovery of an optically luminous radio-loud quasar, SDSS J013127.34-032100.1…

We take a sample of 94 ultraluminous, optical quasars from the search of over 14,486 deg^2 by Onken et al. 2022 in the range 4.4<redshift<5.2 and match them against the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) observed on the Australian Square…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-04 Philip Lah , Christopher A. Onken , Ray P. Norris , Francesco D'Eugenio

So far, roughly 40 quasars with redshifts greater than z=6 have been discovered. Each quasar contains a black hole with a mass of about one billion solar masses ($10^9 M_\odot$). The existence of such black holes when the Universe was less…

High-resolution imaging is crucial for exploring the origin and mechanism of radio emission in quasars, especially at high redshifts. We present 1.5 GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) images of the radio continuum emission from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-11 Yuanqi Liu , Ran Wang , Emmanuel Momjian , Yingkang Zhang , Tao An , Xiaolong Yang , Jeff Wagg , Eduardo Banados , Alain Omont

Perhaps as many as 10% of high redshift radio galaxy (HzRG; z > 2) candidates that are selected using an Ultra Steep radio Spectrum (USS) criterion fail to show optical emission (continuum, lines) in deep Keck exposures. Their parent…

The radio-loud quasar SDSS J102623.61+254259.5, at a redshift z=5.3, is one of the most distant radio-loud objects. Since its radio flux exceeds 100 mJy at a few GHz, it is also one of the most powerful radio-loud sources. We propose that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 T. Sbarrato , G. Ghisellini , M. Nardini , G. Tagliaferri , L. Foschini , G. Ghirlanda , F. Tavecchio , J. Greiner , A. Rau , N. Gehrels

High-redshift radio sources provide plentiful opportunities for studying the formation and evolution of early galaxies and supermassive black holes. However, the number of known radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) above redshift 4 is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-29 M. Krezinger , K. Perger , K. É. Gabányi , S. Frey , L. I Gurvits , Zs. Paragi , T. An , Y. Zhang , H. Cao , T. Sbarrato

Radio-bright, jetted quasars at $z>5$ serve as unique laboratories for studying supermassive black hole activity in the early Universe. In this work, we present a sample of high-$z$ jetted quasars selected from the combination of the radio…

We report the discovery of a radio-loud flat-spectrum QSO at z=5.47 with properties similar to those of the EGRET gamma-ray blazars. This source is the brightest radio QSO at z>5, with a pc-scale radio jet and a black hole mass estimate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Roger W. Romani , David Sowards-Emmerd , Lincoln Greenhill , Peter Michelson

We present optical identifications and redshifts for seventeen new high-redshift radio sources. Fifteen of these sources are radio galaxies; the remaining two are high-redshift, steep-spectrum, radio-loud quasars. These objects were…

We report exploratory Chandra observations of 14 high-redshift (z=4.06-5.27), optically selected quasars. Ten of these quasars are detected, increasing the number of z>4 X-ray detected quasars by 71%. Our detections include four of the five…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Vignali , W. N. Brandt , X. Fan , J. E. Gunn , S. Kaspi , D. P. Schneider , Michael A. Strauss

Quasars with redshifts greater than 4 are rare, and can be used to probe the structure and evolution of the early universe. Here we report the discovery of six new quasars with $i$-band magnitudes brighter than 19.5 and redshifts between…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Xue-Bing Wu , Wen-Wen Zuo , Qian Yang , Wei-Min Yi , Chen-Wei Yang , Wen-Juan Liu , Peng Jiang , Xin-Wen Shu , Hong-Yan Zhou

We present high resolution (< 20 mas) observations of the radio continuum emission at 1.4 GHz from three high-redshift quasars: J1053-0016 (z=4.29), 1235-0003 (z=4.69), and J0913+5919 (z=5.11), thereby doubling the number of z > 4…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Emmanuel Momjian , Andreea O. Petric , Christopher L. Carilli

We present the discovery of the radio-loud quasar PSO J352.4034-15.3373 at z=5.84 pm 0.02. This quasar is the radio brightest source known, by an order of magnitude, at z~6 with a flux density in the range of 8-100 mJy from 3GHz to 230MHz…

Although radio-quiet quasars (RQQs) constitute >90% of optically-identified quasar samples their radio properties are only poorly understood. In this paper we present the results of a multi-frequency VLA study of 27 low-redshift RQQs. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. J. Kukula , J. S. Dunlop , D. H. Hughes , S. Rawlings

A five square arcminute region around the luminous radio-loud quasar SDSS J0836+0054 (z=5.8) hosts a wealth of associated galaxies, characterized by very red (1.3 < i_775 - z_{850} < 2.0) color. The surface density of these z~5.8 candidates…

We assemble a catalogue of 488 spectroscopically confirmed very high ($z\geq5.00$) redshift quasars and report their near- ($ZYJHK_{s}/K$) and mid- (WISE W1234) infrared properties. 97\% of the VH$z$Q sample is detected in one or more NIR…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-08 Nicholas P. Ross , Nicholas J. G. Cross

We present high resolution (arcsecond or better) observations made with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array of 123 radio-loud quasars with redshifts in the range $2.5 \leq z \leq 5.28$ that form a complete flux limited sample ($\geq 70$ mJy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-06-19 Doug B. Gobeille , John F. C. Wardle , C. C. Cheung

Recently Jamrozy et al. (2009) identified 4C 02.27 (J0935+0204) as the first possible example of a double-double radio source which is optically identified with a quasar (i.e. not a galaxy), at the redshift of z=0.649. The overall projected…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-15 S. Frey , Z. Paragi