Euclid: the potential of slitless infrared spectroscopy: a z = 5.4 quasar and new ultracool dwarfs

Bañados, E, Le Brun, V, Belladitta, S, Momcheva, I, Stern, D, Wolf, J, Ezziati, M, Mortlock, D J, Humphrey, A, Smart, R L, Casewell, S L, Pérez-Garrido, A, Goldman, B, Martín, E L, Mohandasan, A, Reylé, C, Dominguez-Tagle, C, Copin, Y, Lusso, E, Matsuoka, Y, McCarthy, K, Ricci, F, Rix, H-W, Rottgering, H J A, Schindler, J-T, Weaver, J R, Allaoui, A, Bedrine, T, Castellano, M, Chabaud, P-Y, Daste, G, Dufresne, F, Gracia-Carpio, J, Kümmel, M, Moresco, M, Scodeggio, M, Surace, C, Vibert, D, Balestra, A, Bonnefoi, A, Caillat, A, Cogato, F, Costille, A, Dusini, S, Ferriol, S, Franceschi, E, Gillard, W, Jahnke, K, Le Mignant, D, Ligori, S, Medinaceli, E, Morgante, G, Passalacqua, F, Paterson, K, Pires, S, Sirignano, C, Andika, I T, Atek, H, Barrado, D, Bisogni, S, Conselice, C J, Dannerbauer, H, Decarli, R, Dole, H, Dupuy, T, Feltre, A, Fotopoulou, S, Gillis, B, Lopez, X Lopez, Onoue, M, Rodighiero, G, Sedighi, N, Shankar, F, Siudek, M, Spinoglio, L, Vergani, D, Vietri, G, Walter, F, Zamorani, G, Zapatero Osorio, M R, Zhang, J-Y, Bethermin, M, Aghanim, N, Altieri, B, Amara, A, Andreon, S, Baccigalupi, C, Baldi, M, Bardelli, S, Basset, A, Battaglia, P, Biviano, A, Bonchi, A, Bonino, D, Branchini, E, Brescia, M, Brinchmann, J, Camera, S, Capobianco, V, Carbone, C, Carretero, J, Casas, S, Castignani, G, Cavuoti, S, Cimatti, A, Colodro-Conde, C, Congedo, G, Conversi, L, Courbin, F, Courtois, H M, Cropper, M, Cuby, J-G, Da Silva, A, Degaudenzi, H, De Lucia, G, Giorgio, A M Di, Dolding, C, Dubath, F, Duncan, C A J, Dupac, X, Ealet, A, Farina, M, Faustini, F, Fourmanoit, N, Frailis, M, Galeotta, S, George, K, Giocoli, C, Granett, B R, Grazian, A, Grupp, F, Guzzo, L, Haugan, S V H, Hoar, J, Hoekstra, H, Holmes, W, Hook, I, Hormuth, F, Hornstrup, A, Hudelot, P, Jhabvala, M, Joachimi, B, Keihänen, E, Kermiche, S, Kubik, B, Kuijken, K, Kunz, M, Kurki-Suonio, H, Lilje, P B, Lindholm, V, Lloro, I, Mainetti, G, Maino, D, Maiorano, E, Mansutti, O, Marggraf, O, Markovic, K, Martinelli, M, Martinet, N, Marulli, F, Massey, R, Mei, S, Mellier, Y, Meneghetti, M, Merlin, E, Meylan, G, Mora, A, Moscardini, L, Neissner, C, Niemi, S-M, Nightingale, J W, Padilla, C, Paltani, S, Pasian, F, Pedersen, K, Percival, W J, Pettorino, V, Polenta, G, Poncet, M, Popa, L A, Pozzetti, L, Raison, F, Rebolo, R, Renzi, A, Rhodes, J, Riccio, G, Romelli, E, Roncarelli, M, Rossetti, E, Saglia, R, Sakr, Z, Sapone, D, Sartoris, B, Schewtschenko, J A, Schirmer, M, Schneider, P, Schrabback, T, Secroun, A, Sefusatti, E, Seidel, G, Seiffert, M, Serrano, S, Sirri, G, Stanco, L, Steinwagner, J, Tallada-Crespí, P, Taylor, A N, Teplitz, H I, Tereno, I, Toft, S, Toledo-Moreo, R, Torradeflot, F, Tutusaus, I, Valenziano, L, Valiviita, J, Vassallo, T, Verdoes Kleijn, G, Veropalumbo, A, Wang, Y, Weller, J, Zerbi, F M, Zucca, E, Bolzonella, M, Burigana, C, Cabanac, R, Gabarra, L, Scottez, V, Viel, M and Scott, D (2025) Euclid: the potential of slitless infrared spectroscopy: a z = 5.4 quasar and new ultracool dwarfs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 542 (2). pp. 1088-1102. ISSN 0035-8711
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We demonstrate the potential of Euclid 's slitless spectroscopy to discover high-redshift (5$]]>) quasars and their main photometric contaminant, ultracool dwarfs. Sensitive infrared spectroscopy from space is able to efficiently identify both populations, as demonstrated by Euclid Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer Red Grism (NISP) spectra of the newly discovered quasar EUCL J181530.01652054.0, as well as several ultracool dwarfs in the Euclid Deep Field North and the Euclid Early Release Observation field Abell 2764. The ultracool dwarfs were identified by cross-correlating their spectra with templates. The quasar was identified by its strong and broad and emission lines in the NISP 1206-1892 nm spectrum, and confirmed through optical spectroscopy from the Large Binocular Telescope. The NISP Blue Grism (NISP) 926-1366 nm spectrum confirms and emission. NISP can find bright quasars at and, redshift ranges that are challenging for photometric selection due to contamination from ultracool dwarfs. EUCL J181530.01652054.0 is a high-excitation, broad absorption line quasar detected at 144 MHz by the LOw-Frequency Array (W Hz). The quasar has a bolometric luminosity of and is powered by a black hole. The discovery of this bright quasar is noteworthy as fewer than one such object was expected in the 20 deg surveyed. This finding highlights the potential and effectiveness of NISP spectroscopy in identifying rare, luminous high-redshift quasars, previewing the census of these sources that Euclid's slitless spectroscopy will deliver over about deg of the sky.
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Identification Number 10.1093/mnras/staf1274
Additional information © The Author(s) 2025.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords stars: brown dwarfs, quasars: individual: eucl j181530.01 + 652054.0, stars: individual: eucl j174429.80 + 672728.1, eucl j002516.31-491618.5, stars: individual: eucl j174429.80 + 672728.1, eucl j002516.31-491618.5, astronomy and astrophysics, space and planetary science
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