Wide Field Multiband Imaging of Low Redshift Quasar Environments
  We present photometry of the large scale environments of a sample of twelve
broad line AGN with $0.06 < z < 0.37$ from deep images in the SDSS $u$, $g$,
$r$, and $i$ filters taken with the 90Prime prime focus camera on the Steward
Observatory Bok Telescope. We measure galaxy clustering around these AGN using
two standard techniques: correlation amplitude (B$_{gq}$) and the two point
correlation function. We find average correlation amplitudes for the 10 radio
quiet objects in the sample equal to (9$\pm$18, 144$\pm$114, -39$\pm$56,
295$\pm$260) Mpc$^{1.77}$ in ($u$, $g$, $r$, $i$), all consistent with the
expectation from galaxy clustering. Using a ratio of the galaxy-quasar
cross-correlation function to the galaxy autocorrelation function, we calculate
the relative bias of galaxies and AGN, $b_{gq}$. The bias in the $u$ band,
$b_{gq}=3.08\pm0.51$ is larger compared to that calculated in the other bands,
but it does not correlate with AGN luminosity, black hole mass, or AGN activity
via the luminosity of the [OIII] emission line. Thus ongoing nuclear accretion
activity is not reflected in the large scale environments from $\sim$10
h$^{-1}$ kpc to $\sim$0.5 h$^{-1}$ Mpc and may indicate a non-merger mode of
AGN activity and/or a significant delay between galaxy mergers and nuclear
activity in this sample of mostly radio quiet quasars.
