2023ApJ...953..180S -
Astrophys. J., 953, 180 (2023/August-3)
Detection of the Low-stellar-mass Host Galaxy of a z ∼ 6.25 Quasar with JWST.
STONE M.A., LYU J., RIEKE G.H. and ALBERTS S.
Abstract (from CDS):
We characterize the stellar mass of J2239+0207, a z ∼ 6.25 sub-Eddington quasar (M1450 = -24.6), using dedicated JWST/NIRCam medium-band observations of a nearby point-spread function star to remove the central point source and reveal the underlying galaxy emission. We detect the host galaxy in two bands longward of the Balmer break, obtaining a stellar mass of ∼1010M⊙, more than an order of magnitude less than this quasar's existing measured [C II] dynamical mass. We additionally calculate the mass of J2239+0207's central supermassive black hole using JWST/NIRSpec integral field unit observations, and determine that the black hole is ∼15 times more massive than predicted by the local MBH-M* relation, similar to many high-redshift quasars with dynamical masses determined via millimeter-wave line widths. We carefully consider potential selection effects at play, and find that even when z ∼ 6 quasars are compared to a local sample with similarly determined dynamical masses, many of the high-redshift quasars appear to possess overmassive black holes. We conclude z ∼ 6 quasars are likely to have a larger spread about the MBH-M* relation than observed in the local Universe.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Quasars - Quasar-galaxy pairs
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