PREDICTIONS OF QUASAR CLUSTERING: REDSHIFT, LUMINOSITY, AND SELECTION DEPENDENCE

We show that current clustering observations of quasars and luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can be explained by a merger model augmented by feedback from outflows. Using numerical simulations large enough to study clustering out to 25 comoving h−1 Mpc, we calculate correlation functions, biases, and correlation lengths as a function of AGN redshift and optical and X-ray luminosity. At optical wavelengths, our results match a wide range …