Extremely Large Telescope

Abstract:

Results of optical identification of the ASCA Lynx Deep Survey are presented. Six X-ray sources are detected in the 2-7 keV band using the Solid-State Imaging Spectrometer in a ∼20′ × 20′ field of view with fluxes larger than ∼4 × 10-14 ergs s -1 cm-2 in the band. Follow-up optical spectroscopic observations were made, and five out of six sources are identified with active galactic nuclei/quasi-stellar objects (AGNs/QSOs) at redshifts of 0.5-1.3. We also identify two more additional X-ray sources detected in a soft X-ray band with AGNs/QSOs. We find that three QSOs identified are located at z ∼ 1.3. Two rich clusters and several groups of galaxies are also placed at the same redshift in the surveyed field, and projected separations between the QSOs and the clusters are 3-8 Mpc at the redshift.

Abstract:

We are using adaptive optics on Keck and the VLT to probe the dynamics and star formation in Seyfert and QSO nuclei, obtaining spatial resolutions better than 0.1" in the H- and K-bands. The dynamics are traced via the 2.12um H_2 1-0S(1) line, while the stellar cluster is traced through the CO 2-0 and 6-3 absorption bandheads at 2.29um and 1.62um respectively. Matching disk models to the H_2 rotation curves allows us to study nuclear rings, bars, and warps; and to constrain the mass of the central black hole. The spatial extent and equivalent width of the stellar absorption permits us to estimate the mass of stars in the nucleus and their contribution to the emission. Here we report on new data for I Zwicky 1, Markarian 231, and NGC 7469.