2005ApJ...627...83G

The QSO MR 2251-178 was observed with the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) at a 2-10 keV luminosity of 2.41x10⁴⁴ ergs/s (using H₀=72 km/s/Mpc). We observe the source in a relatively low state. The light curve shows no evidence of variability. We present the zero-order image of MR 2251-178 and compare it to previous observations. We find evidence of a highly ionized, high-velocity outflow, which we detect in a resolved Fe XXVI Lyα absorption line. The outflow appears to have a large mass and kinetic energy flux compared to the estimated nuclear accretion rate and luminosity. We examine the possibility that other absorption features in the spectrum are associated with the high-velocity outflow. We detect a narrow Fe Kα line and resolved forbidden line emission from Ne IX and O VII. Modeling the emitting material enables us to constrain its properties and conclude that it is not along our line of sight.