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An ultraluminous quasar with a twelve-billion-solar-mass black hole at redshift 6.30

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  • Xue-Bing Wu

    (School of Physics, Peking University
    Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)

  • Feige Wang

    (School of Physics, Peking University
    Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)

  • Xiaohui Fan

    (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
    Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)

  • Weimin Yi

    (Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wenwen Zuo

    (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Fuyan Bian

    (Mount Stromlo Observatory, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory 2611, Australia)

  • Linhua Jiang

    (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)

  • Ian D. McGreer

    (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)

  • Ran Wang

    (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)

  • Jinyi Yang

    (School of Physics, Peking University
    Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)

  • Qian Yang

    (School of Physics, Peking University
    Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)

  • David Thompson

    (Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona)

  • Yuri Beletsky

    (Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Colina el Pino, Casilla 601, La Serena, Chile)

Abstract

Observations of an ultraluminous quasar, SDSS J010013.02+280225.8, at redshift z = 6.30 show that the object has an optical and near-infrared luminosity a few times greater than those of previously known quasars at z > 6; the black hole that drives the quasar has a mass about 12 billion times that of the Sun.

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  • Xue-Bing Wu & Feige Wang & Xiaohui Fan & Weimin Yi & Wenwen Zuo & Fuyan Bian & Linhua Jiang & Ian D. McGreer & Ran Wang & Jinyi Yang & Qian Yang & David Thompson & Yuri Beletsky, 2015. "An ultraluminous quasar with a twelve-billion-solar-mass black hole at redshift 6.30," Nature, Nature, vol. 518(7540), pages 512-515, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:518:y:2015:i:7540:d:10.1038_nature14241
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14241
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