Radio continuum imaging of FIR luminous QSOs at z>6

Abstract

We present sensitive imaging at 1.4 GHz of the two highest redshift far-infrared (FIR) luminous QSOs SDSS J114816.65+525150.2 (z=6.42) and SDSS J104845.05+463718.3 (z=6.2). Radio continuum emission is detected from J1148+5251 with S_{1.4} = 55 \pm 12 uJy, while J1048+4637 is marginally detected with S_{1.4} = 26 \pm 12 uJy. Comparison of the radio and FIR luminosities shows that both sources follow the radio-FIR correlation for star forming galaxies, with implied (massive) star formation rates \sim 10^3 M_sun year^{-1}, although we cannot rule-out as much as 50% of the FIR luminosity being powered by the AGN. Five bright (> 22 mJy) radio sources are detected within 8' of J1148+5251. This is a factor 30 more than expected for a random field. Two sources have SDSS redshifts, including a z = 1.633 radio loud quasar and a z = 0.05 radio galaxy. However, we do not find evidence for a galaxy cluster in the SDSS data, at least out to z = 0.2. Considering the faint SDSS magnitudes of the remaining radio sources, we conclude that the over-density of radio sources could either be a statistical fluke, or a very large scale structure (> 8 Mpc comoving) at z > 1. We also consider the possibility of gravitational lensing by the closest (in angle) bright galaxy in the SDSS data at z = 0.05, and conclude that the galaxy provides negligible magnification.

arXiv commentaastex, 5 figures, 2 tables. to appear in the Astronomical Journal

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