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2020MNRAS.495..305X - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 495, 305-320 (2020/June-2)

Evidence that emission and absorption outflows in quasars are related.

XU X., ZAKAMSKA N.L., ARAV N., MILLER T. and BENN C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyse VLT/X-shooter data for seven quasars, where we study the relationships between their broad absorption line (BAL) and emission line outflows. We find (1) the luminosity of the [O III] λ5007 emission profile decreases with increasing electron number density (ne) derived from the BAL outflow in the same quasar, (2) the measured velocity widths from the [O III] emission features and C IV absorption troughs in the same object are similar, and (3) the mean radial velocity derived from the BAL outflow is moderately larger than the one from the [O III] emission outflow. These findings are consistent with [O III] and BAL outflows being different manifestations of the same wind, and the observed relationships are likely a reflection of the outflow density distribution. When we have outflows with smaller distances to the central source, their ne is higher. Therefore, the [O III] emission is collisionally de-excited and the [O III] luminosity is then suppressed. Comparisons to previous studies show that the objects in our sample exhibit broad [O III] emission features similar to the ones in extremely red quasars (ERQs). This might imply that BAL quasars and ERQs have the same geometry of outflows or are at a similar evolutionary stage. We find that the physical parameters derived from the BAL outflows can explain the amount of observed [O III] luminosity, which strengthens our claim that both BAL and [O III] outflows are from the same wind. These estimates can be tested with upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, which will be able to spatially resolve some of the ionized gas outflows.

Abstract Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: evolution - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - quasars: absorption lines - quasars: emission lines - quasars: general

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