Bibcode
Benítez, E.; Krongold, Y.; González, J. J.; de Diego, J. A.
Bibliographical reference
II International GTC Workshop: Science with GTC 1st-light Instruments and the LMT (Eds. A. M. Hidalgo-Gámez, J. J. González, J. M. Rodríguez Espinosa, and S. Torres-Peimbert) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 24, pp. 221-222 (2005) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/)
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2005
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Description
We propose to use the OSIRIS tunable filters to perform for the first
time a systematic study of the environment of Radio Loud and Radio Quiet
quasars in windows around a large range of redshifts (z ~ 2 to 4). The
aim of our study is (1) to search for the presence of forming clusters
of galaxies around quasars, through Ly α emitters, which in turn
will allow us to test the current cosmological models, and (2) to
investigate any possible relation between the environment of radio loud
and radio quiet objects with nuclear activity. These observations will
increase our understanding of the early Universe, shedding new light in
subjects like primordial starbursts, galaxy evolution, cluster
evolution, and AGN formation and fueling, among others. The great
capability and flexible nature of the tunable filters make them the most
efficient tool for this kind of study.