Radio WISSH: tuning on the most luminous quasars in the Universe
Abstract
In the past years, the results obtained by the WISSH quasar project provided a novel general picture on the distinctive multi-band properties of hyper-luminous (Lbol > 1047 erg/s) quasars at high redshift (z ∼ 2-4), unveiling interesting relations among active galactic nuclei, winds and interstellar medium, in these powerful sources at cosmic noon. Since 2022, we are performing a systematic and statistically-significant VLA study of the radio properties of WISSH. We carried out high-resolution VLA observations aiming at: 1) identifying young radio source from the broad-band spectral shape of these objects; 2) sample an unexplored high redshift/high luminosity regime, tracking possible evolutionary effects on the radio-loud/radio-quiet dichotomy; 3) quantifying orientation effects on the observed winds/outflows properties.
- Publication:
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Black Hole Winds at All Scales
- Pub Date:
- 2024
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2307.02634
- Bibcode:
- 2024IAUS..378...12B
- Keywords:
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- quasar;
- AGN;
- outflows;
- super-massive black hole;
- ISM: jets and outflows;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- To be published on "Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union", IAU symposium #378: "Black hole winds at all scales"