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Detecting the first quasars with ALMA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

Dominik R. G. Schleicher
Affiliation:
Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. E-Mail: [email protected] Leiden Observatory, P.O. Box 9513, NL-2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands ESO Garching, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
Marco Spaans
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV, Groningen, the Netherlands
Ralf S. Klessen
Affiliation:
Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. E-Mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We show that ALMA is the first telescope that can probe the (dust) obscured central region of quasars at z > 5 with a maximum resolution of ~ 30 pc employing the 18 km baseline.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

References

Meijerink, R. & Spaans, M., 2005, A&A, 436, 397Google Scholar
Schleicher, D. R. G., Spaans, M., & Klessen, R. S., 2009, submitted to A&AGoogle Scholar