Are the Newly-Discovered \$z {\textbackslash}sim 13\$ Drop-out Sources Starburst Galaxies or Quasars?. Pacucci, F., Dayal, P., Harikane, Y., Inoue, A. K., & Loeb, A. arXiv:2201.00823 [astro-ph], January, 2022. arXiv: 2201.00823
Are the Newly-Discovered \$z {\textbackslash}sim 13\$ Drop-out Sources Starburst Galaxies or Quasars? [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
The detection of two \$z {\textbackslash}sim 13\$ galaxy candidates (Harikane et al. 2021b) has opened a new window on galaxy formation at an era only \$330\$ Myr after the Big Bang. Here, we investigate the physical nature of these sources: are we witnessing star forming galaxies or quasars at such early epochs? If powered by star formation, the observed ultraviolet (UV) luminosities and number densities can be jointly explained if: (i) these galaxies are extreme star-formers with star formation rates \$5-25{\textbackslash}times\$ higher than those expected from extrapolations of average lower-redshift relations; (ii) the star formation efficiency increases with halo mass and is countered by increasing dust attenuation from \$z {\textbackslash}sim 10-5\$; (iii) they form stars with an extremely top-heavy initial mass function. The quasar hypothesis is also plausible, with the UV luminosity produced by black holes of \${\textbackslash}sim 10{\textasciicircum}8 {\textbackslash}, {\textbackslash}mathrm\{M_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\}\$ accreting at or slightly above the Eddington rate (\$f_\{{\textbackslash}rm Edd\}{\textbackslash}sim 1.0\$). This black hole mass at \$z {\textbackslash}sim 13\$ would require challenging, but not implausible, growth parameters, in line with what required for \$z{\textbackslash}sim 7.5\$ quasars detected thus far. If spectroscopically confirmed, these two sources will represent a remarkable laboratory to study the Universe at previously inaccessible redshifts.
@article{pacucci_are_2022,
	title = {Are the {Newly}-{Discovered} \$z {\textbackslash}sim 13\$ {Drop}-out {Sources} {Starburst} {Galaxies} or {Quasars}?},
	url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.00823},
	abstract = {The detection of two \$z {\textbackslash}sim 13\$ galaxy candidates (Harikane et al. 2021b) has opened a new window on galaxy formation at an era only \$330\$ Myr after the Big Bang. Here, we investigate the physical nature of these sources: are we witnessing star forming galaxies or quasars at such early epochs? If powered by star formation, the observed ultraviolet (UV) luminosities and number densities can be jointly explained if: (i) these galaxies are extreme star-formers with star formation rates \$5-25{\textbackslash}times\$ higher than those expected from extrapolations of average lower-redshift relations; (ii) the star formation efficiency increases with halo mass and is countered by increasing dust attenuation from \$z {\textbackslash}sim 10-5\$; (iii) they form stars with an extremely top-heavy initial mass function. The quasar hypothesis is also plausible, with the UV luminosity produced by black holes of \${\textbackslash}sim 10{\textasciicircum}8 {\textbackslash}, {\textbackslash}mathrm\{M\_\{{\textbackslash}odot\}\}\$ accreting at or slightly above the Eddington rate (\$f\_\{{\textbackslash}rm Edd\}{\textbackslash}sim 1.0\$). This black hole mass at \$z {\textbackslash}sim 13\$ would require challenging, but not implausible, growth parameters, in line with what required for \$z{\textbackslash}sim 7.5\$ quasars detected thus far. If spectroscopically confirmed, these two sources will represent a remarkable laboratory to study the Universe at previously inaccessible redshifts.},
	urldate = {2022-01-05},
	journal = {arXiv:2201.00823 [astro-ph]},
	author = {Pacucci, Fabio and Dayal, Pratika and Harikane, Yuichi and Inoue, Akio K. and Loeb, Abraham},
	month = jan,
	year = {2022},
	note = {arXiv: 2201.00823},
	keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
}

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