The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (Jan 2023)
DESI z ≳ 5 Quasar Survey. I. A First Sample of 400 New Quasars at z ∼ 4.7–6.6
- Jinyi Yang,
- Xiaohui Fan,
- Ansh Gupta,
- Adam D. Myers,
- Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille,
- Feige Wang,
- Christophe Yèche,
- Jessica Nicole Aguilar,
- Steven Ahlen,
- David M. Alexander,
- David Brooks,
- Kyle Dawson,
- Axel de la Macorra,
- Arjun Dey,
- Govinda Dhungana,
- Kevin Fanning,
- Andreu Font-Ribera,
- Satya Gontcho,
- Julien Guy,
- Klaus Honscheid,
- Stephanie Juneau,
- Theodore Kisner,
- Anthony Kremin,
- Laurent Le Guillou,
- Michael Levi,
- Christophe Magneville,
- Paul Martini,
- Aaron Meisner,
- Ramon Miquel,
- John Moustakas,
- Jundan Nie,
- Will Percival,
- Claire Poppett,
- Francisco Prada,
- Edward Schlafly,
- Gregory Tarlé,
- Mariana Vargas Magana,
- Benjamin Alan Weaver,
- Risa Wechsler,
- Rongpu Zhou,
- Zhimin Zhou,
- Hu Zou
Affiliations
- Jinyi Yang
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA ; [email protected]
- Xiaohui Fan
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA ; [email protected]
- Ansh Gupta
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA ; [email protected]
- Adam D. Myers
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wyoming , 1000 East University, Dept. 3905, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
- Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Feige Wang
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA ; [email protected]
- Christophe Yèche
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Jessica Nicole Aguilar
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Steven Ahlen
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- Physics Dept., Boston University , 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- David M. Alexander
- Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Department of Physics, Durham University , South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
- David Brooks
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London , Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Kyle Dawson
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Utah , 115 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
- Axel de la Macorra
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Cd. de México C.P. 04510, Mexico
- Arjun Dey
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- National Science Foundations’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Govinda Dhungana
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- Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University , 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75275, USA
- Kevin Fanning
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; The Ohio State University , Columbus, 43210 OH, USA; University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Andreu Font-Ribera
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- Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Satya Gontcho
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Julien Guy
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Klaus Honscheid
- The Ohio State University , Columbus, 43210 OH, USA; Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Stephanie Juneau
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- National Science Foundations’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Theodore Kisner
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Anthony Kremin
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Laurent Le Guillou
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE) , F-75005 Paris, France
- Michael Levi
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Christophe Magneville
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Paul Martini
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- The Ohio State University , Columbus, 43210 OH, USA; Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , 4055 McPherson Laboratory, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Aaron Meisner
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- NSF’s NOIRLab , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Ramon Miquel
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- Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats , Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23, E-08010 Barcelona, Spain
- John Moustakas
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Siena College , 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211, USA
- Jundan Nie
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences , A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
- Will Percival
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo , 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada; Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics, University of Waterloo , 200 University Avenue W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- Claire Poppett
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California , Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; University of California , Berkeley, 110 Sproul Hall #5800, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Francisco Prada
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC) , Glorieta de la Astronomía, s/n, E-18008 Granada, Spain
- Edward Schlafly
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Gregory Tarlé
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- University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Mariana Vargas Magana
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Cd. de México C.P. 04510, Mexico
- Benjamin Alan Weaver
- NSF’s NOIRLab , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Risa Wechsler
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- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University , Menlo Park, CA 94305, USA; Physics Department, Stanford University , Stanford, CA 93405, USA; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94305, USA
- Rongpu Zhou
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Zhimin Zhou
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences , A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
- Hu Zou
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences , A20 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acf99b
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 269,
no. 1
p. 27
Abstract
We report the first results of a high-redshift ( z ≳ 5) quasar survey using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). As a DESI secondary target program, this survey is designed to carry out a systematic search and investigation of quasars at 4.8 4.7. The current spectral data set has already allowed analysis of interesting individual objects (e.g., quasars with damped Ly α absorbers and broad absorption line features), and statistical analysis will follow the survey’s completion. A set of science projects will be carried out leveraging this program, including quasar luminosity function, quasar clustering, intergalactic medium, quasar spectral properties, intervening absorbers, and properties of early supermassive black holes. Additionally, a sample of 38 new quasars at z ∼ 3.8–5.7 discovered from a pilot survey in the DESI SV1 is also published in this paper.
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