Abstract
We will present the results of a NICMOS H-band imaging survey of a small sample of z∼2–3 radio-quiet quasars. We have resolved extension in at least four of five objects and find evidence for a wide range in the morphologies and magnitudes of these hosts. The host galaxy luminosities range from sub- L ∗ to about 4 L ∗, with most of the hosts having luminosities about L ∗. These host galaxies have magnitudes and sizes consistent with those of the Ly break galaxies at similar redshifts and at similar rest wavelengths, but are about a magnitude fainter than the comparable 6C radio galaxies. One residual host component is not centered on the quasar nucleus, and several have close companions (within ∼10 kpc), indications that these systems are possibly in some phase of a merger process.
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