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arxiv:2308.12823

Uncovering a Massive z~7.65 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-Loud QSO Candidate in COSMOS-Web

Published on Aug 24, 2023
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Abstract

In this letter, we report the discovery of the highest redshift, heavily obscured, radio-loud QSO candidate selected using JWST NIRCam/MIRI, mid-IR, sub-mm, and radio imaging in the COSMOS-Web field. Using multi-frequency radio observations and mid-IR photometry, we identify a powerful, radio-loud (RL), growing supermassive black hole (SMBH) with significant spectral steepening of the radio SED (f_{1.32 GHz} sim 2 mJy, q_{24mu m} = -1.1, alpha_{1.32-3GHz}=-1.2, Delta alpha = -0.4). In conjunction with ALMA, deep ground-based observations, ancillary space-based data, and the unprecedented resolution and sensitivity of JWST, we find no evidence of QSO contribution to the UV/optical/NIR data and thus infer heavy amounts of obscuration (N_{H} > 10^{23} cm^{-2}). Using the wealth of deep UV to sub-mm photometric data, we report a singular solution photo-z of z_phot = 7.65^{+0.4}_{-0.3} and estimate an extremely massive host-galaxy (log M_{star} = 11.92 pm 0.06,M_{odot}). This source represents the furthest known obscured RL QSO candidate, and its level of obscuration aligns with the most representative but observationally scarce population of QSOs at these epochs.

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