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2019ApJ...877...72T - Astrophys. J., 877, 72-72 (2019/June-1)

Galactic-scale broad absorption line outflow in the quasar SDSS J144842.45+042403.1.

TIAN Q., SHI X., LU H., LIU W., LIU B., JIANG P., PAN X., WANG T., ZHANG S. and ZHOU H.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report a clear detection of He I*λλ2946, 3189, and 3889 broad absorption line (BAL) in the low-ionization BAL (LoBAL) quasar SDSS J144842.45+042403.1. We also detected new BALs, including Lyα, C II, and Si IV, as well as optical emission lines, such as Hα, Hβ, and [O III]. Using photoionization simulations, we constrained the physical conditions of the outflow to a hydrogen column density of NH ≃ 1021.3 cm–2, an ionization parameter of U ≃ 10–1.4, and a hydrogen number density of nH ≃ 103.6 cm–3, and located its radial distance at rabs ∼ 1.52 kpc from the central engine. The photoionization model predicts the presence of a Lyman limit system with H I column density of N_H I_ ∼ 3.0 x 1017-1.2 x 1018 cm–2, which is confirmed by the GALEX photometry. Interestingly, we found that the [O III] emission line doublet has an outflow component at a large blueshift of v ∼ 1700 km s–1 and a width of FWHM ∼ 5000 km s–1. Assuming that we are witnessing the same outflow in both emission and absorption lines, we estimate the global covering fraction of the emission line outflow to be ∼4%, its mass-loss rate to be ∼70 M☉ yr–1 and its kinetic luminosity to be ∼3.2 x 1044 erg s–1. SDSS J1448+0424 is a representative example of a significant fraction of LoBAL quasars, which deserves further studies to understand the connection between the growth of supermassive black holes and the evolution of their host galaxies.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - quasars: absorption lines - quasars: individual: SDSS J144842.45+042403.1

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