A powerful (and likely young) radio-loud quasar at z=5.3

Abstract

We present the discovery of PSO J191.05696$+$86.43172 (hereafter PSO J191$+$86), a new powerful radio-loud quasar (QSO) in the early Universe (z = 5.32). We discovered it by cross-matching the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) radio catalog at 1.4 GHz with the first data release of the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS PS1) in the optical. With a NVSS flux density of 74.2 mJy, PSO J191$+$86 is one of the brightest radio QSO discovered at z$\sim$5. The intensity of its radio emission is also confirmed by the very high value of radio loudness (R>300). The observed radio spectrum of PSO J191$+$86 shows a possible turnover around $\sim$1 GHz (i.e., $\sim$6 GHz in the rest frame), making it a Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum (GPS) source. However, variability could affect the real shape of the radio spectrum, since the data in hand have been taken $\sim$25 years apart. By assuming a peak of the observed radio spectrum between 1 and 2 GHz (i.e. $\sim$ 6 and 13 GHz in the rest-frame) we found a linear size of the source of $\sim$10-30 pc and a corresponding kinetic age of 150-460 yr. This would make PSO J191$+$86 a newly born radio source. However, the large X-ray luminosity (5.3$\times$10${}^{45}$ erg s${}^{-1}$), the flat X-ray photon index (${\Gamma }_X$=1.32) and the optical-X-ray spectral index ($\widetilde{{\alpha }_{ox}}$=1.329) are typical of blazars. This could indicate that the non-thermal emission of PSO J191$+$86 is Doppler boosted. Further radio observations (both on arcsec and parsec scales) are necessary to better investigate the nature of this powerful radio QSO.

10 pages, 9 figures, 5 tables, Accepted for publication in A&A

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