2007ApJ...661..678C


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2007ApJ...661..678C - Astrophys. J., 661, 678-692 (2007/June-1)

Discovery of probable relativistic Fe emission and absorption in the cloverleaf quasar H 1413+117.

CHARTAS G., ERACLEOUS M., DAI X., AGOL E. and GALLAGHER S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present results from Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the low-ionization broad absorption line (LoBAL) quasar H 1413+117. Our spatial and spectral analysis of a recent deep Chandra observation confirms a microlensing event in a previous Chandra observation performed about five years earlier. We present constraints on the structure of the accretion flow in H 1413+117 based on the timescale of this microlensing event. Our analysis of the combined spectrum of all the images indicates the presence of two emission peaks at rest-frame energies of 5.35 and 6.32 keV, detected at the ≳98% and ≳99% confidence levels, respectively. The double-peaked Fe emission line is fit well with an accretion-disk line model; however, the best-fitting model parameters are neither well constrained nor unique. Additional observations are required to constrain the model parameters better and to confirm the relativistic interpretation of the double-peaked Fe Kα line. Another possible interpretation of the Fe emission is fluorescent Fe emission from the back side of the wind. The spectra of images C and D show significant high-energy broad absorption features that extend up to rest-frame energies of 9 and 15 keV, respectively. We propose that a likely cause of these differences is significant variability of the outflow on timescales that are shorter than the time delays between the images. The Chandra observation of H 1413+117 has made possible for the first time the detection of the inner regions of the accretion disk and/or wind and the high ionization component of the outflowing wind of a LoBAL quasar.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Active - Cosmology: Gravitational Lensing - Galaxies: Quasars: Absorption Lines - quasars: individual (H 1413+117) - X-Rays: Galaxies

Simbad objects: 10

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Number of rows : 10
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 QSO J0831+5245 QSO 08 31 41.7108197808 +52 45 17.616994560   19.2   14.5 13.9 ~ 574 1
2 QSO B1115+080A QSO 11 18 16.951 +07 45 58.23   16.61 16.44     ~ 703 2
3 NGC 3783 Sy1 11 39 01.7096819040 -37 44 19.009642992   12.46 13.43 11.33 12.1 ~ 1765 1
4 Z 294-4 Sy1 12 56 14.2341182928 +56 52 25.238373852   14.68 13.84     ~ 2096 3
5 QSO J1415+1129 QSO 14 15 46.25 +11 29 43.4   17.63 17.23     ~ 678 0
6 NAME Cloverleaf C LeI 14 15 46.26 +11 29 43.4           ~ 32 0
7 NAME Cloverleaf A LeI 14 15 46.29 +11 29 42.7           ~ 33 0
8 NAME Cloverleaf D LeI 14 15 46.31 +11 29 43.7           ~ 31 0
9 NAME Cloverleaf B LeI 14 15 46.34 +11 29 42.9           ~ 34 0
10 Ton 202 Sy1 14 27 35.6076948744 +26 32 14.541190476   15.96 16.00     ~ 315 0

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