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Quasar-LBG two-point angular cross-correlation function at z ~ 4 in the COSMOS field

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . (2015)cite arxiv:1507.05292Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ.

Abstract

In order to investigate the origin of quasars, we estimate the bias factor for low-luminosity quasars at high redshift for the first time. In this study, we use the two-point angular cross-correlation function (CCF) for both low-luminosity quasars at $-24<M_1450<-22$ and Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs). Our sample consists of both 25 low-luminosity quasars (16 objects are spectroscopically confirmed low-luminosity quasars) in the redshift range $3.1<z<4.5$ and 835 color-selected LBGs with $z^\prime_LBG<25.0$ at $z\sim4$ in the COSMOS field. We have made our analysis for the following two quasar samples; (1) the spectroscopic sample (the 16 quasars confirmed by spectroscopy), and (2) the total sample (the 25 quasars including 9 quasars with photometric redshifts). The bias factor for low-luminosity quasars at $z\sim4$ is derived by utilizing the quasar-LBG CCF and the LBG auto-correlation function. We then obtain the $86\%$ upper limits of the bias factors for low-luminosity quasars, that are 5.63 and 10.50 for the total and the spectroscopic samples, respectively. These bias factors correspond to the typical dark matter halo masses, log $(M_DM/(h^-1M_ødot))=$$12.7$ and $13.5$, respectively. This result is not inconsistent with the predicted bias for quasars which is estimated by the major merger models.

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[1507.05292] Quasar-LBG two-point angular cross-correlation function at z ~ 4 in the COSMOS field

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