Host Galaxies of z = 4 Quasars

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 704; no. 1; pp. 415 - 438
• Main Authors: McLeod, K. K, Bechtold, Jill
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 10.10.2009; IOP
• Subjects: Astronomy; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; BLACK HOLES; CAMERAS; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; Earth, ocean, space; EMISSION; EVOLUTION; Exact sciences and technology; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; LUMINOSITY; MASS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUASARS; RED SHIFT; SPECTROSCOPY; SPHEROIDS; STARS; TELESCOPES; Galaxy evolution; Quasars; Red shift; quasars: general; Galaxies; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: high-redshift

We have undertaken a project to investigate the host galaxies and environments of a sample of quasars at z ~ 4. In this paper, we describe deep near-infrared imaging of 34 targets using the Magellan I and Gemini North telescopes. We discuss in detail special challenges of distortion and nonlinearity...