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We report on observations of CXO52, a Type 2 quasar at redshift z = 3.288 identified as a hard X-ray source in a deep observation with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Optical and near-infrared Keck spectroscopy of CXO52 show high-ionization, relatively-narrow emission lines with velocity widths \(\sim 1000\) km s-1 and flux ratios similar to a Seyfert 2 galaxy or radio galaxy. The latter are the only class of high-redshift, Type 2 luminous AGN which have been extensively studied to date. Unlike radio galaxies, however, CXO52 is radio quiet, remaining undetected in deep radio observations, \(f_{\rm 4.8GHz} < 40 \mu\)Jy. This discovery marks amongst the first high-redshift, radio-quiet Type 2 quasars identified to date. Such systems are expected from unification models of active galaxies and long-thought necessary to explain the X-ray background.
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Stern, D., Moran, E.C. A Radio-Quiet Radio Galaxy at High Redshift. In: Bender, R., Renzini, A. (eds) The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift. ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10899892_39
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