VLT Adaptive Optics Imaging of QSO at z ~ 2.5

Falomo, R.; Kotilainen, J.; Scarpa, R.; Treves, A.
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In: Growing black holes: accretion in a cosmological context. Proceedings of the MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference held at Garching, Germany, 21-25 June 2004. A. Merloni, S. Nayakshin, R. A. Sunyaev (Eds.). ESO astrophysics symposia. Berlin: Springer, ISBN 3-540-25275-4, ISBN 978-3-540-25275-7, 2005, p. 130 - 131

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2005
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We report on ESO-VLT near-IR adaptive optics imaging of one radio-loud and two radio quiet quasars at z > 2. In the first case we are able to resolve the QSO and find that it is hosted by an elliptical of MK = -27.6. This result, though restricted to a single object, extends up to z=2.5 the finding that cosmic evolution of radio-loud hosts follows the trend expected for luminous and massive spheroids undergoing passive evolution.