An ultraluminous quasar with a twelve-billion-solar-mass black hole at redshift 6.30

Xue-Bing Wu (), Feige Wang, Xiaohui Fan, Weimin Yi, Wenwen Zuo, Fuyan Bian, Linhua Jiang, Ian D. McGreer, Ran Wang, Jinyi Yang, Qian Yang, David Thompson and Yuri Beletsky
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Xue-Bing Wu: School of Physics, Peking University
Feige Wang: School of Physics, Peking University
Xiaohui Fan: Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
Weimin Yi: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenwen Zuo: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fuyan Bian: Mount Stromlo Observatory, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory 2611, Australia
Linhua Jiang: Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
Ian D. McGreer: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
Ran Wang: Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
Jinyi Yang: School of Physics, Peking University
Qian Yang: School of Physics, Peking University
David Thompson: Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona
Yuri Beletsky: Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Colina el Pino, Casilla 601, La Serena, Chile

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7540, 512-515

Abstract: Observations of an ultraluminous quasar, SDSS J010013.02+280225.8, at redshift z = 6.30 show that the object has an optical and near-infrared luminosity a few times greater than those of previously known quasars at z > 6; the black hole that drives the quasar has a mass about 12 billion times that of the Sun.

Date: 2015
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