Observing the host galaxies of high-redshift quasars with JWST: predictions from the BlueTides simulation. Marshall, M. A., Wyithe, J. S. B., Windhorst, R. A., Di Matteo, T., Ni, Y., Wilkins, S., Croft, R. A. C., & Mechtley, M. arXiv e-prints, 2101:arXiv:2101.01219, January, 2021. Paper abstract bibtex The bright emission from high-redshift quasars completely conceals their host galaxies in the rest-frame UV/optical, with detection of the hosts in these wavelengths eluding even the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) using detailed point spread function (PSF) modelling techniques. In this study we produce mock images of a sample of z\textasciitilde7 quasars extracted from the BlueTides simulation, and apply Markov Chain Monte Carlo-based PSF modelling to determine the detectability of their host galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). While no statistically significant detections are made with HST, we find that at the same wavelengths and exposure times JWST NIRCam imaging will detect \textasciitilde50% of quasar host galaxies. We investigate various observational strategies, and find that NIRCam wide-band imaging in the long-wavelength filters results in the highest fraction of successful quasar host detections, detecting \textgreater80% of the hosts of bright quasars in exposure times of 5 ks. Exposure times of \textasciitilde5 ks are required to detect the majority of host galaxies in the NIRCam wide-band filters, however even 10 ks exposures with MIRI result in \textless30% successful host detections. We find no significant trends between galaxy properties and their detectability. The PSF modelling underestimates the Sersic magnitudes of the host galaxies due to residual flux from the quasar contaminating the central core, which also results in a slight underestimation of the Sersic radii and significant overestimation of the Sersic indices n. Care should be made when interpreting the host properties measured using PSF modelling.
@article{marshall_observing_2021,
title = {Observing the host galaxies of high-redshift quasars with {JWST}: predictions from the {BlueTides} simulation},
volume = {2101},
shorttitle = {Observing the host galaxies of high-redshift quasars with {JWST}},
url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210101219M},
abstract = {The bright emission from high-redshift quasars completely conceals their
host galaxies in the rest-frame UV/optical, with detection of the hosts
in these wavelengths eluding even the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) using
detailed point spread function (PSF) modelling techniques. In this study
we produce mock images of a sample of z{\textasciitilde}7 quasars extracted from the
BlueTides simulation, and apply Markov Chain Monte Carlo-based PSF
modelling to determine the detectability of their host galaxies with the
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). While no statistically significant
detections are made with HST, we find that at the same wavelengths and
exposure times JWST NIRCam imaging will detect {\textasciitilde}50\% of quasar host
galaxies. We investigate various observational strategies, and find that
NIRCam wide-band imaging in the long-wavelength filters results in the
highest fraction of successful quasar host detections, detecting {\textgreater}80\%
of the hosts of bright quasars in exposure times of 5 ks. Exposure times
of {\textasciitilde}5 ks are required to detect the majority of host galaxies in the
NIRCam wide-band filters, however even 10 ks exposures with MIRI result
in {\textless}30\% successful host detections. We find no significant trends
between galaxy properties and their detectability. The PSF modelling
underestimates the Sersic magnitudes of the host galaxies due to
residual flux from the quasar contaminating the central core, which also
results in a slight underestimation of the Sersic radii and significant
overestimation of the Sersic indices n. Care should be made when
interpreting the host properties measured using PSF modelling.},
urldate = {2021-02-15},
journal = {arXiv e-prints},
author = {Marshall, Madeline A. and Wyithe, J. Stuart B. and Windhorst, Rogier A. and Di Matteo, Tiziana and Ni, Yueying and Wilkins, Stephen and Croft, Rupert A. C. and Mechtley, Mira},
month = jan,
year = {2021},
keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
pages = {arXiv:2101.01219},
}
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