%0 Generic %1 Morganson2011 %A Morganson, Eric %A De Rosa, Gisella %A Decarli, Roberto %A Walter, Fabian %A Chambers, Ken %A McGreer, Ian %A Fan, Xiaohui %A Burgett, William %A Flewelling, Heather %A Hodapp, Klaus %A Kaiser, Nick %A Magnier, Eugene %A Price, Paul %A Rix, Hans-Walter %A Sweeney, Bill %A Waters, Christopher %D 2011 %K high-z quasar %T The First High Redshift Quasar from Pan-STARRS %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.6241 %X We present the discovery of the first high redshift (z > 5.7) quasar from the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 (Pan-STARRS1 or PS1). This quasar was initially detected as an i dropoutout in PS1, confirmed photometrically with the SAO Widefield InfraRed Camera (SWIRC) at Arizona's Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) and the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (GROND) at the MPG 2.2 m telescope in La Silla. The quasar was verified spectroscopically with the the MMT Spectrograph, Red Channel and the Cassegrain Twin Spectrograph (TWIN) at the Calar Alto 3.5 m telescope. It has a redshift of 5.73, an AB z magnitude of 19.4, a luminosity of 3.8 x 10^47 erg/s and a black hole mass of 6.9 x 10^9 solar masses. It is a Broad Absorption Line quasar with a prominent Ly-beta peak and a very blue continuum spectrum. This quasar is the first result from the PS1 high redshift quasar search that is projected to discover more than a hundred i dropout quasars, and could potentially find more than 10 z dropout (z > 6.8) quasars.

@misc{Morganson2011, abstract = { We present the discovery of the first high redshift (z > 5.7) quasar from the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 (Pan-STARRS1 or PS1). This quasar was initially detected as an i dropoutout in PS1, confirmed photometrically with the SAO Widefield InfraRed Camera (SWIRC) at Arizona's Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) and the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (GROND) at the MPG 2.2 m telescope in La Silla. The quasar was verified spectroscopically with the the MMT Spectrograph, Red Channel and the Cassegrain Twin Spectrograph (TWIN) at the Calar Alto 3.5 m telescope. It has a redshift of 5.73, an AB z magnitude of 19.4, a luminosity of 3.8 x 10^47 erg/s and a black hole mass of 6.9 x 10^9 solar masses. It is a Broad Absorption Line quasar with a prominent Ly-beta peak and a very blue continuum spectrum. This quasar is the first result from the PS1 high redshift quasar search that is projected to discover more than a hundred i dropout quasars, and could potentially find more than 10 z dropout (z > 6.8) quasars. }, added-at = {2011-09-29T19:23:12.000+0200}, author = {Morganson, Eric and De Rosa, Gisella and Decarli, Roberto and Walter, Fabian and Chambers, Ken and McGreer, Ian and Fan, Xiaohui and Burgett, William and Flewelling, Heather and Hodapp, Klaus and Kaiser, Nick and Magnier, Eugene and Price, Paul and Rix, Hans-Walter and Sweeney, Bill and Waters, Christopher}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23b0f73dd675b42b1ab6ec839ffc9183f/miki}, description = {[1109.6241] The First High Redshift Quasar from Pan-STARRS}, interhash = {b777831f81bf899b24bd7287eb37d31d}, intrahash = {3b0f73dd675b42b1ab6ec839ffc9183f}, keywords = {high-z quasar}, note = {cite arxiv:1109.6241 Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures}, timestamp = {2011-09-29T19:23:12.000+0200}, title = {The First High Redshift Quasar from Pan-STARRS}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.6241}, year = 2011 }