The Discovery of a Luminous z=5.80 Quasar from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Abstract

We present observations of SDSSp J104433.04--012502.2, a luminous quasar at z=5.80 discovered from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) multicolor imaging data. This object was selected as an i'-band dropout object, with i*=21.8 +/- 0.2, z*=19.2 +/- 0.1. It has an absolute magnitude M1450 = -27.2 (H_0 =50 km/s/Mpc, q0 = 0.5). The spectrum shows a strong and broad Ly alpha emission line, strong Ly alpha forest absorption lines with a mean continuum decrement D_A = 0.91, and a Lyman Limit System at z=5.72. The spectrum also shows strong OI and SiIV emission lines similar to those of quasars at z<= 5, suggesting that these metals were produced at redshift beyond six. The lack of a Gunn-Peterson trough in the spectrum indicates that the universe is already highly ionized at z ~ 5.8. Using a high-resolution spectrum in the Ly alpha forest region, we place a conservative upper limit of the optical depth due to the Gunn-Peterson effect of tau < 0.5 in regions of minimum absorption. The Ly alpha forest absorption in this object is much stronger than that in quasars at z<= 5. The object is unresolved in a deep image with excellent seeing, implying that it is unlensed. The black hole mass of this quasar is ~3 x 10^9 M_solar if we assume that it is radiating at the Eddington luminosity and no lensing amplification, implying that it resides in a very massive dark matter halo. The discovery of one quasar at M_1450 < -27 in a survey area of 600 deg^2 is consistent with an extrapolation of the observed luminosity function at lower redshift. The abundance and evolution of such quasars can provide sensitive tests of models of quasar and galaxy formation.

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