2026ApJ...997..156O


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2026ApJ...997..156O - Astrophys. J., 997, 156 (2026/February-1)

Discovery of an X-Ray Luminous Radio-loud Quasar at z = 3.4: A Possible Transitional Super-Eddington Phase.

OBUCHI S., ICHIKAWA K., YAMADA S., KAWAKATU N., LIU T., MATSUMOTO N., MERLONI A., TAKAHASHI K., ZAW I., CHEN X., HADA K., IGO Z., SUH H. and WOLF J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the multiwavelength properties of eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey (eFEDS) J084222.9+001000 (hereafter ID830), a quasar at z = 3.4351, identified as the most X-ray luminous radio-loud quasar in the eFEDS field. ID830 shows a rest-frame 0.5-2 keV luminosity of $\mathrm{log}({L}_{0.5-2\,\mathrm{keV}}/\mathrm{erg}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1})=46.20\pm 0.12$, with a steep X-ray photon index (Γ = 2.43 ± 0.21), and a significant radio counterpart detected with the Very Large Array FIRST 1.4 GHz and Very Large Array Sky Survey 3 GHz bands. The rest-frame UV to optical spectra from Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Subaru/MOIRCS J band show a dust-reddened quasar feature with AV = 0.39 ± 0.08 mag, and the expected bolometric active galactic nuclei luminosity from the dust-extinction-corrected UV luminosity reaches Lbol,3000Å = (7.62 ± 0.31) × 1046 erg s–1. We estimate a black hole mass of MBH = (4.40 ± 0.72) × 108M⊙ based on the Mg IIλ2800 emission-line width, and Eddington ratios from the dust-extinction-corrected UV continuum luminosity and X-ray luminosity that reach λEdd,UV = 1.44 ± 0.24 and λEdd,X = 12.8 ± 3.9, respectively, both indicating super-Eddington accretion. ID830 shows a high ratio of UV to X-ray luminosities, αOX = -1.20 ± 0.07 (or αOX = -1.42 ± 0.07 after correcting for jet-linked X-ray excess), higher than quasars and little red dots in the super-Eddington phase with similar UV luminosities, with αOX < -1.8. Such a high αOX suggests the coexistence of a prominent radio jet and X-ray corona in this high-Eddington-accretion phase. We propose that ID830 may be in a transitional phase after an accretion burst, evolving from a super-Eddington to a sub-Eddington state, which could naturally describe the high αOX.

Abstract Copyright: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Supermassive black holes - Active galactic nuclei - Radio jets

Simbad objects: 4

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Number of rows : 4
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
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1 SDSS J084223.00+001001.7 QSO 08 42 23.00322 +00 10 01.7311           ~ 9 1
2 NAME COSMOS Field reg 10 00 28.60 +02 12 21.0           ~ 3639 0
3 RX J1927.3+6533 Sy2 19 27 19.5393064368 +65 33 54.335877408     15.4     ~ 147 0
4 PHL 1811 Sy1 21 55 01.5124437432 -09 22 24.349496808   13.9 16.8 14.1   ~ 200 1

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