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The multi-band study of the environment of the RC J0311+0507 radio galaxy: a step forward to understand massive stellar system formation at Z > 4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2013

Yu.N. Parijskij ,
O.P. Zhelenkova ,
P. Thomasson ,
A.I. Kopylov ,
A.V. Temirova ,
I.V. Sokolov ,
V.N. Komarova  and
O.J.A. Bravo Calle
Yu.N. Parijskij
Affiliation:
Saint-Petersburg Branch of SAO RAS, Russia;. e-mail: unipar@rambler.ru
O.P. Zhelenkova
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia;; e-mail: zhe@sao.ru
P. Thomasson
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, UK;; e-mail: pt@jb.man.ac.uk Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, New Zealand
A.I. Kopylov
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia;; e-mail: zhe@sao.ru
A.V. Temirova
Affiliation:
Saint-Petersburg Branch of SAO RAS, Russia;. e-mail: unipar@rambler.ru
I.V. Sokolov
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy RAS, Russia;; e-mail: ilia333@land.ru
V.N. Komarova
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia;; e-mail: zhe@sao.ru
O.J.A. Bravo Calle
Affiliation:
Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
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Abstract

The radio galaxy RC J0311+0507 was investigated in the “Big Trio” project, which aims to search for distant radio galaxies. Optical spectroscopy performed at the 6-m telescope measured its redshift as 4.514. The source is one of the most luminous objects in the high redshift Universe having L  ≈  3 × 1029W Hz-1 at 500 MHz, that suggests the presence of a super massive black hole with a mass of about 1010 M⊙ inside the parent galaxy. Mechanisms of the formation of galaxies with black holes of such masses in the early stage of the Universe is not yet clear. Based on a collection of deep images taken in 10 optical and infrared bands we started a photometric study of the environment of this radio galaxy to detect possible neighborhood.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 61: Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe , 2013 , pp. 439 - 442
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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