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dc.contributor.authorFalder, J.
dc.contributor.authorStevens, J.
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, M.
dc.contributor.authorBonfield, D.
dc.contributor.authorLacy, M.
dc.contributor.authorFarrah, D.
dc.contributor.authorOliver, S.
dc.contributor.authorSurace, J.
dc.contributor.authorMauduit, J.
dc.contributor.authorVaccari, M.
dc.contributor.authorMarchetti, L.
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Solares, E.
dc.contributor.authorAfonso, J.
dc.contributor.authorCava, A.
dc.contributor.authorSeymour, Nick
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:00:07Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:00:07Z
dc.date.created2016-01-18T20:00:46Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationFalder, J. and Stevens, J. and Jarvis, M. and Bonfield, D. and Lacy, M. and Farrah, D. and Oliver, S. et al. 2011. The Spitzer extragalactic representative volume survey: The environments of high-z SDSS quasi-stellar objects. Astrophysical Journal. 735 (2).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17172
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0004-637X/735/2/123
dc.description.abstract

This paper presents a study of the environments of SDSS quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) in the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS). We concentrate on the high-redshift QSOs as these have not been studied in large numbers with data of this depth before. We use the IRAC 3.6-4.5 μm color of objects and ancillary r-band data to filter out as much foreground contamination as possible. This technique allows us to find a significant (>4σ) overdensity of galaxies around QSOs in a redshift bin centered on z ~ 2.0 and an (>2σ) overdensity of galaxies around QSOs in a redshift bin centered on z ~ 3.3. We compare our findings to the predictions of a semi-analytic galaxy formation model, based on the ΛCDM MILLENNIUM simulation, and find for both redshift bins that the model predictions match well the source density we have measured from the SERVS data.

dc.titleThe Spitzer extragalactic representative volume survey: The environments of high-z SDSS quasi-stellar objects
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume735
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.issn0004-637X
dcterms.source.titleAstrophysical Journal
curtin.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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