Constraining galaxy overdensities around three z\textasciitilde6.5 quasars with ALMA and MUSE. Meyer, R. A., Decarli, R., Walter, F., Li, Q., Wang, R., Mazzucchelli, C., Bañados, E., Farina, E. P., & Venemans, B. January, 2022.
Constraining galaxy overdensities around three z\textasciitilde6.5 quasars with ALMA and MUSE [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
We quantify galaxy overdensities around three high-redshift quasars with known [CII] 158um companions: PJ231-20 (z=6.59), PJ308-21 (z=6.24) and J0305-3150 (z=6.61). Recent SCUBA2 imaging revealed the presence of 17 submillimeter galaxies (SMG) with sky separations \$0.7'{\textless} {\textbackslash}theta {\textless} 2.4'\$ from these three quasars. We present ALMA Band 6 follow-up observations of these SCUBA2-selected SMGs to confirm their nature and redshift. We also search for continuum-undetected [CII] emitters in the ALMA pointings and make use of archival MUSE observations to search for Lyman-\${\textbackslash}alpha\$ Emitters (LAE) associated with the quasars. While most of the SCUBA2-selected sources are detected with ALMA in the continuum, no [CII] line emission could be detected, indicating that they are not at the quasar redshifts. Based on the serendipitous detection of CO 7-6 and [CI] emission lines, we find that four SMGs in the field of PJ231-20 are at z\textasciitilde2.4, which is coincident with the redshift of a Mg II absorber in the quasar rest-frame UV spectrum. We report the discovery of 2 LAEs within \textless0.6 cMpc of PJ231-20 at the same redshift, indicating a LAE overdensity around this quasar. Taken together, these observations provide new constraints on the large-scale excess of Lyman-\${\textbackslash}alpha\$- and [CII]-emitting galaxies around z\textgreater6 quasars and suggest that only wide-field observations, such as MUSE, ALMA or JWST mosaics, can reveal a comprehensive picture of large-scale structure around quasars in the first billion years of the Universe.
@article{meyer_constraining_2022,
	title = {Constraining galaxy overdensities around three z{\textasciitilde}6.5 quasars with {ALMA} and {MUSE}},
	url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.09720v1},
	abstract = {We quantify galaxy overdensities around three high-redshift quasars with known [CII] 158um companions: PJ231-20 (z=6.59), PJ308-21 (z=6.24) and J0305-3150 (z=6.61). Recent SCUBA2 imaging revealed the presence of 17 submillimeter galaxies (SMG) with sky separations \$0.7'{\textless} {\textbackslash}theta {\textless} 2.4'\$ from these three quasars. We present ALMA Band 6 follow-up observations of these SCUBA2-selected SMGs to confirm their nature and redshift. We also search for continuum-undetected [CII] emitters in the ALMA pointings and make use of archival MUSE observations to search for Lyman-\${\textbackslash}alpha\$ Emitters (LAE) associated with the quasars. While most of the SCUBA2-selected sources are detected with ALMA in the continuum, no [CII] line emission could be detected, indicating that they are not at the quasar redshifts. Based on the serendipitous detection of CO 7-6 and [CI] emission lines, we find that four SMGs in the field of PJ231-20 are at z{\textasciitilde}2.4, which is coincident with the redshift of a Mg II absorber in the quasar rest-frame UV spectrum. We report the discovery of 2 LAEs within {\textless}0.6 cMpc of PJ231-20 at the same redshift, indicating a LAE overdensity around this quasar. Taken together, these observations provide new constraints on the large-scale excess of Lyman-\${\textbackslash}alpha\$- and [CII]-emitting galaxies around z{\textgreater}6 quasars and suggest that only wide-field observations, such as MUSE, ALMA or JWST mosaics, can reveal a comprehensive picture of large-scale structure around quasars in the first billion years of the Universe.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2022-02-22},
	author = {Meyer, Romain A. and Decarli, Roberto and Walter, Fabian and Li, Qiong and Wang, Ran and Mazzucchelli, Chiara and Bañados, Eduardo and Farina, Emanuele P. and Venemans, Bram},
	month = jan,
	year = {2022},
}

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