%0 Generic %1 pons2019properties %A Pons, Estelle %A McMahon, Richard G. %A Banerji, Manda %A Reed, Sophie L. %D 2019 %K library %T X-ray properties of z>6.5 quasars %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1910.04122 %X We present XMM-Newton X-ray observations and analysis of three DES $z>6.5$ quasars (VDES J0020$-$3653 at $z=6.824$, VDES J0244$-$5008 at $z=6.724$ and VDES J0224$-$4711 at $z=6.526$) and six other quasars with $6.438 < z < 6.747$ from the XMM-Newton public archive. Two of the nine quasars are detected at a high ($>$4$\sigma$) significance level: VDES J0224$-$4711(z=6.53) at $9\sigma$ and PSO J159$-$02 ($z=6.38$) at $8\sigma$. They have a photon index of $\Gamma=1.82^+0.29_-0.27$ and $\Gamma=1.94^+0.31_-0.29$ respectively, which is consistent with the mean value of $\sim1.9$ found for quasars at all redshifts. The rest-frame $2-10$ keV luminosity of VDES J0224$-$4711, is $L_2-10keV = (2.92\pm0.43)\times10^45\;erg\;s^-1$, which makes this quasar one of the most X-ray luminous quasars at $z>5.5$ and the most X-ray luminous quasar at $z>6.5$, with a luminosity 6 times and 2.5 times larger than ULAS J1120+0641 ($z=7.08$) and ULAS J1342+0928 ($z=7.54$) respectively. The X-ray-to-optical power-law slopes of the nine quasars are consistent with the previously observed anti-correlation of $\alpha_ox$ with UV luminosity $L_2500\AA$. We find no evidence for evolution of $\alpha_ox$ with redshift when the anti-correlation with UV luminosity is taken into account. Similar to previous studies at z$\sim$6 we have found remarkably consistent X-ray spectral properties between low (z$\sim$1) and high-redshift quasars. Our results add further evidence to the picture that the observable properties of high luminosity quasars over the UV to X-ray spectral region have not evolved significantly from $z\sim7$ to the present day and that quasars comparable to local versions existed 800 million years after the big bang.

@misc{pons2019properties, abstract = {We present XMM-Newton X-ray observations and analysis of three DES $z>6.5$ quasars (VDES J0020$-$3653 at $z=6.824$, VDES J0244$-$5008 at $z=6.724$ and VDES J0224$-$4711 at $z=6.526$) and six other quasars with $6.438 < z < 6.747$ from the XMM-Newton public archive. Two of the nine quasars are detected at a high ($>$4$\sigma$) significance level: VDES J0224$-$4711(z=6.53) at $9\sigma$ and PSO J159$-$02 ($z=6.38$) at $8\sigma$. They have a photon index of $\Gamma=1.82^{+0.29}_{-0.27}$ and $\Gamma=1.94^{+0.31}_{-0.29}$ respectively, which is consistent with the mean value of $\sim1.9$ found for quasars at all redshifts. The rest-frame $2-10$ keV luminosity of VDES J0224$-$4711, is $L_{2-10\mathrm{keV}} = (2.92\pm0.43)\times10^{45}\;\mathrm{erg\;s^{-1}}$, which makes this quasar one of the most X-ray luminous quasars at $z>5.5$ and the most X-ray luminous quasar at $z>6.5$, with a luminosity 6 times and 2.5 times larger than ULAS J1120+0641 ($z=7.08$) and ULAS J1342+0928 ($z=7.54$) respectively. The X-ray-to-optical power-law slopes of the nine quasars are consistent with the previously observed anti-correlation of $\alpha_{ox}$ with UV luminosity $L_{2500\mathrm{\AA}}$. We find no evidence for evolution of $\alpha_{ox}$ with redshift when the anti-correlation with UV luminosity is taken into account. Similar to previous studies at z$\sim$6 we have found remarkably consistent X-ray spectral properties between low (z$\sim$1) and high-redshift quasars. Our results add further evidence to the picture that the observable properties of high luminosity quasars over the UV to X-ray spectral region have not evolved significantly from $z\sim7$ to the present day and that quasars comparable to local versions existed 800 million years after the big bang.}, added-at = {2019-10-10T06:54:34.000+0200}, author = {Pons, Estelle and McMahon, Richard G. and Banerji, Manda and Reed, Sophie L.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/255fad429a97496e8d47d1cccbb2776f7/gpkulkarni}, description = {X-ray properties of z>6.5 quasars}, interhash = {458022e53173216d151dd98bcadb855f}, intrahash = {55fad429a97496e8d47d1cccbb2776f7}, keywords = {library}, note = {cite arxiv:1910.04122Comment: 8 pages; resubmitted to MNRAS}, timestamp = {2019-10-10T06:54:34.000+0200}, title = {X-ray properties of z>6.5 quasars}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1910.04122}, year = 2019 }