A Direct Measurement of the Linear Bias of Mid-infrared-selected Quasars at z ap 1 Using Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing

J.~E. Geach; R.~C. Hickox; L.~E. Bleem; M. Brodwin; G.~P. Holder; K.~A. Aird; B.~A. Benson; S. Bhattacharya; J.~E. Carlstrom; C.~L. Chang; H.-M. Cho; T.~M. Crawford; A.~T. Crites; T. de Haan; M.~A. Dobbs; J. Dudley; E.~M. George; K.~N. Hainline; N.~W. Halverson; W.~L. Holzapfel; S. Hoover; Z. Hou; J.~D. Hrubes; R. Keisler; L. Knox; A.~T. Lee; E.~M. Leitch; M. Lueker; D. Luong-Van; D.~P. Marrone; J.~J. McMahon; J. Mehl; S.~S. Meyer; M. Millea; J.~J. Mohr; T.~E. Montroy; A.~D. Myers; S. Padin; T. Plagge; C. Pryke; C.~L. Reichardt; J.~E. Ruhl; J.~T. Sayre; K.~K. Schaffer; L. Shaw; E. Shirokoff; H.~G. Spieler; Z. Staniszewski; A.~A. Stark; K.~T. Story; A. van Engelen; K. Vanderlinde; J.~D. Vieira; R. Williamson; O. Zahn

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A Direct Measurement of the Linear Bias of Mid-infrared-selected Quasars at z ap 1 Using Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing

J.~E. Geach, R.~C. Hickox, L.~E. Bleem, M. Brodwin, G.~P. Holder, K.~A. Aird, B.~A. Benson, S. Bhattacharya, J.~E. Carlstrom, C.~L. Chang, H.-M. Cho, T.~M. Crawford, A.~T. Crites, T. de Haan, M.~A. Dobbs, J. Dudley, E.~M. George, K.~N. Hainline, N.~W. Halverson, W.~L. HolzapfelS. Hoover, Z. Hou, J.~D. Hrubes, R. Keisler, L. Knox, A.~T. Lee, E.~M. Leitch, M. Lueker, D. Luong-Van, D.~P. Marrone, J.~J. McMahon, J. Mehl, S.~S. Meyer, M. Millea, J.~J. Mohr, T.~E. Montroy, A.~D. Myers, S. Padin, T. Plagge, C. Pryke, C.~L. Reichardt, J.~E. Ruhl, J.~T. Sayre, K.~K. Schaffer, L. Shaw, E. Shirokoff, H.~G. Spieler, Z. Staniszewski, A.~A. Stark, K.~T. Story, A. van Engelen, K. Vanderlinde, J.~D. Vieira, R. Williamson, O. Zahn

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We measure the cross-power spectrum of the projected mass density as traced by the convergence of the cosmic microwave background lensing field from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) and a sample of Type 1 and 2 (unobscured and obscured) quasars at langzrang ~ 1 selected with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, over 2500 deg2. The cross-power spectrum is detected at ≈7σ, and we measure a linear bias b = 1.61 ± 0.22, consistent with clustering analyses. Using an independent lensing map, derived from Planck observations, to measure the cross-spectrum, we find excellent agreement with the SPT analysis. The bias of the combined sample of Type 1 and 2 quasars determined in this work is similar to that previously determined for Type 1 quasars alone; we conclude that obscured and unobscured quasars trace the matter field in a similar way. This result has implications for our understanding of quasar unification and evolution schemes.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	776
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/776/2/L41
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2013

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Geach, J. E., Hickox, R. C., Bleem, L. E., Brodwin, M., Holder, G. P., Aird, K. A., Benson, B. A., Bhattacharya, S., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Cho, H.-M., Crawford, T. M., Crites, A. T., de Haan, T., Dobbs, M. A., Dudley, J., George, E. M., Hainline, K. N., Halverson, N. W., ... Zahn, O. (2013). A Direct Measurement of the Linear Bias of Mid-infrared-selected Quasars at z ap 1 Using Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 776(2). https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/776/2/L41

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A Direct Measurement of the Linear Bias of Mid-infrared-selected Quasars at z ap 1 Using Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing

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