QSO obscuration at high redshift (<i>z</i> ≳ 7): predictions from the <scp>bluetides</scp> simulation
QSO obscuration at high redshift (<i>z</i> ≳ 7): predictions from the <scp>bluetides</scp> simulation
ABSTRACT High-$z$ AGNs hosted in gas-rich galaxies are expected to grow through significantly obscured accretion phases. This may limit or bias their observability. In this work, we use bluetides, a large volume cosmological simulation of galaxy formation to examine quasar obscuration for the highest redshift ($z$ ≥ 7) supermassive black …