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2013ApJ...772..103L - Astrophys. J., 772, 103 (2013/August-1)

Complete infrared spectral energy distributions of millimeter detected quasars at z > 5.

LEIPSKI C., MEISENHEIMER K., WALTER F., BESEL M.-A., DANNERBAUER H., FAN X., HAAS M., KLAAS U., KRAUSE O. and RIX H.-W.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present Herschel far-infrared (FIR) photometry of 11 quasars at redshift z > 5 that have previously been detected at 1.2 mm. We perform full spectral energy distribution (SED) fits over the wavelength range λrest∼ 0.1-400 µm for those objects with good Herschel detections. These fits reveal the need for an additional FIR component besides the emission from a dusty active galactic nucleus (AGN)-powered torus. This additional FIR component has temperatures of TFIR∼ 40-60 K with luminosities of L_8-1000 µm_∼ 1013 L(accounting for 25%-60% of the bolometric FIR luminosity). If the FIR dust emission is due to star formation it would suggest star formation rates in excess of 1000 solar masses per year. We show that at long wavelengths (λrest ≳ 50 µm) the contribution of the AGN-powered torus emission is negligible. This explains how previous FIR studies of high-redshift quasars that relied on single-component fits to (ground-based) observations at λobs ≳ 350 µm reached TFIR and LFIR values similar to our complete SED fits. Stacking the Herschel data of four individually undetected sources reveals a significant average signal in the PACS bands but not in SPIRE. The average SED of sources with individual Herschel detections shows a striking surplus in near- and mid-infrared (MIR) emission when compared to common AGN templates. The comparison between two average SEDs (sources with and without individual Herschel detections) matched in the UV/optical indicates that for these objects the strength of the MIR emission may correlate with the strength of the FIR emission.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - infrared: galaxies - quasars: general

Simbad objects: 11

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