GB1508+5714: a radio-loud quasar with z=4.30 and the space density of high redshift, radio--loud quasars.

I. M. Hook; R. G. McMahon; A. R. Patnaik; I. W. A. Browne; P. N. Wilkinson; M. J. Irwin; C. Hazard

doi:10.1093/mnras/273.1.l63

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GB1508+5714: a radio-loud quasar with z=4.30 and the space density of high redshift, radio--loud quasars.

I. M. Hook·R. G. McMahon·A. R. Patnaik·I. W. A. Browne·P. N. Wilkinson·M. J. Irwin·C. Hazard

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Abstract

We report the discovery of a radio loud quasar with a redshift of 4.30. This object, which is the first radio selected quasar with a redshift greater than four, was discovered during an observational investigation into the evolution of the luminosity function of radio loud quasars. Here we describe results based on a sample of ~300, flat spectrum radio sources with S(5GHz) > 200mJy. In this study, rather than carry out an indiscriminate redshift campaign on all the radio sources, we have used the APM POSS catalogue to preselect a subset of stellar-like optical counterparts with red optical colours. Such a subsample is expected to contain a high fraction of high redshift quasars. 10 of the ~300 sources were selected for follow-up optical spectroscopy and three of these are identified as quasars with redshifts greater than 3.0. One of the radio sources, GB1508+5714, is a quasar with z=4.30 and m(R)~19.

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I. M. Hook, R. G. McMahon, A. R. Patnaik, I. W. A. Browne, P. N. Wilkinson, M. J. Irwin, C. Hazard. 1995-02-14. GB1508+5714: a radio-loud quasar with z=4.30 and the space density of high redshift, radio--loud quasars.. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras%2F273.1.l63

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