Spitzer Quasar and ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST). I. The Origin of the Far-Infrared Continuum of QSOs
M. Schweitzer
(1)
,
Dieter Lutz
(1)
,
Eckhard Sturm
(1)
,
A. Contursi
(1)
,
L. J. Tacconi
(1)
,
Matthew D. Lehnert
(1)
,
Kalliopi Dasyra
(1)
,
Reinhard Genzel
(1)
,
Sylvain Veilleux
(2)
,
D. Rupke
(2)
,
D.-C. Kim
(3)
,
Andrew J. Baker
(2)
,
Hagai Netzer
(4)
,
Amiel Sternberg
(4)
,
Joseph M. Mazzarella
(5)
,
Steven D. Lord
(5)
Résumé
This paper addresses the origin of the far-infrared (FIR) continuum of QSOs, based on the Quasar and ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST) of nearby QSOs and ULIRGs using observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope. For 27 Palomar-Green QSOs at z