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Utilizing 21 new Chandra observations as well as archival Chandra, ROSAT, and XMM-Newton data, we study the X-ray properties of a representative sample of 59 of the most optically luminous quasars in the Universe (M_i~~-29.3 to -30.2)…

We present new Chandra observations of 21 z>4 quasars, including 11 sources at z>5. These observations double the number of X-ray detected quasars at z>5, allowing investigation of the X-ray spectral properties of a substantial sample of…

We report on Chandra observations of a sample of 11 optically luminous (Mb<-28.5) quasars at z=3.96-4.55 selected from the Palomar Digital Sky Survey and the Automatic Plate Measuring Facility Survey. These are among the most luminous z>4…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Vignali , W. N. Brandt , D. P. Schneider , S. Kaspi

X-ray observations provide a unique probe of the accretion disk corona of supermassive black holes (SMBHs). In this paper, we present a uniform \emph{Chandra} X-ray data analysis of a sample of 152 $z\geq4.5$ quasars. We firmly detect 46…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-26 Jiang-Tao Li , Feige Wang , Jinyi Yang , Joel N. Bregman , Xiaohui Fan , Yuchen Zhang

(abridged) We present the X-ray analysis of a sample of 30 luminous quasars at $z\simeq3.0-3.3$ with deep XMM-Newton observations, selected from the SDSS-DR7 to be representative of the most luminous, intrinsically blue quasar population.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-11 E. Nardini , E. Lusso , G. Risaliti , S. Bisogni , F. Civano , M. Elvis , G. Fabbiano , R. Gilli , A. Marconi , F. Salvestrini , C. Vignali

We aim at probing the emission mechanism of the accreting super massive black holes in the high redshift Universe. We study the X-ray spectrum of ULAS1120+0641, the highest redshift quasar detected so far at z=7.085, which has been deeply…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 A. Moretti , L. Ballo , V. Braito , A. Caccianiga , R. Della Ceca , R. Gilli , R. Salvaterra , P. Severgnini , C. Vignali

We present new Chandra observations of seven luminous quasars at $z>6.5$. Combined with archival Chandra observations of all other known quasars, they form nearly complete X-ray observations of all currently known $z\sim7$ quasars with…

We present a 45 ks Chandra observation of the quasar ULAS J1342+0928 at z=7.54. We detect 14.0^{+4.8}_{-3.7} counts from the quasar in the observed-frame energy range 0.5-7.0 keV (6-sigma detection), representing the most distant…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-10 E. Bañados , T. Connor , D. Stern , J. Mulchaey , X. Fan , R. Decarli , E. P. Farina , C. Mazzucchelli , B. P. Venemans , F. Walter , F. Wang , J. Yang

We present a comprehensive analysis of Chandra X-ray observations of 15 young radio quasars at redshifts $4.5 < z < 5.0$. All sources are detected in the $0.5-7.0$ keV energy band. Emission spectra are extracted, and the average photon…

We report on Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of a sample of 13 quasars at z~4.7-5.4 mostly taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The present sample complements previous X-ray studies of z>4 quasars, in which the majority of…

We present deep (265 ks) Chandra X-ray observations of PSO J352.4034$-$15.3373, a quasar at z=5.831 that, with a radio-to-optical flux ratio of R>1000, is one of the radio-loudest quasars in the early universe and is the only quasar with…

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

A brief Chandra observation of the ultraluminous quasar, SDSS J010013.02+280225.8 at redshift 6.326, showed it to be a relatively bright, soft X-ray source with a count rate of about 1 ct/ks. In this paper we present results for the quasar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-19 Yanli Ai , A. C. Fabian , Xiaohui Fan , S. A. Walker , G. Ghisellini , T. Sbarrato , Liming Dou , Feige Wang , Xue-Bing Wu , Longlong Feng

We present the results from exploratory Chandra observations of nine high-z (z=4.1-4.5) optically selected quasars. These quasars, taken from the DPOSS, are among the optically most luminous z>4 quasars known (M_B=-28.4 to -30.2). All have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Vignali , W. N. Brandt , D. P. Schneider , G. P. Garmire , S. Kaspi

We report Chandra detection of three UV bright radio quiet quasars at $z\gtrsim5$. We have collected a sufficient number of photons to extract an X-ray spectrum of each quasar to measure their basic X-ray properties, such as the X-ray flux,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 Jiang-Tao Li , Feige Wang , Jinyi Yang , Yuchen Zhang , Yuming Fu , Fuyan Bian , Joel N. Bregman , Xiaohui Fan , Qiong Li , Xue-Bing Wu , Xiaodi Yu

The X-ray luminosity function of distant (3<z<5.1) unabsorbed quasars has been measured. A sample of distant high-luminosity quasars ($10^{45} \leq L_{{\rm X},2-10} < 7.5 \times 10^{45}$ erg/s in the 2--10 keV energy band) from the catalog…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-21 G. A. Khorunzhev , S. Yu. Sazonov , R. A. Burenin

We report \hbox{XMM-Newton} observations of two examples of an unclassified type of \hbox{X-ray} weak quasars from the \citet{2020ApJ...900..141P} survey of \hbox{X-ray} weak quasars in the Chandra archive, SDSS J083116.62+321329.6 at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-18 Zijian Zhang , Bin Luo , W. N. Brandt , Pu Du , Chen Hu , Jian Huang , Xingting Pu , Jian-Min Wang , Weimin Yi

We study the spectral energy distributions and evolution of a large sample of optically selected quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) that were observed in 323 Chandra images analyzed by the Chandra Multiwavelength Project…

We present results of a study of 12 dust-reddened quasars with 0.4 < z < 2.65 and reddenings in the range 0.15 < E(B-V) < 1.7. We obtained ACIS-S X-ray spectra of these quasars, estimated the column densities towards them, and hence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tanya Urrutia , Mark Lacy , Michael D. Gregg , Robert H. Becker

We explore the evolution of the X-ray luminosity function of quasars and the intrinsic correlation between the X-ray and 2500\AA $\,$ ultraviolet luminosities, utilizing techniques verified in previous works and a sample of over 4000…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-02 J. Singal , S. Mutchnick , V. Petrosian
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