Eight new luminous z > 6 quasars selected via SED model fitting of VISTA, WISE and Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Observations

S. L. Reed, R. G. McMahon, P. Martini +60

We present the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation with the ESO NTT and Gemini South telescopes of eight new 6.0 < z < 6.5 quasars with z${}_{AB}$ < 21.0. These quasars were pho…