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Sloan数字巡天数据Release 5中的宽吸收线类星体目录

A Catalog of Broad Absorption Line Quasars in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5

Robert R. Gibson, Linhua Jiang, W. N. Brandt, Patrick B. Hall, Yue Shen, Jianfeng Wu, Scott F. Anderson, Donald P. Schneider, Daniel Vanden Berk, S. C. Gallaghe… 展开作者

Robert R. Gibson, Linhua Jiang, W. N. Brandt, Patrick B. Hall, Yue Shen, Jianfeng Wu, Scott F. Anderson, Donald P. Schneider, Daniel Vanden Berk, S. C. Gallagher, Xiaohui Fan, Donald G. York

摘要:

本文介绍了斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)数据发布5(DR 5)类星体目录中的5039个宽吸收线(BAL)类星体(QSO),它们具有覆盖大于等于2000 km/s的连续速度范围的吸收槽。在每种情况下,我们都有合适的紫外(UV)连续谱和谱线发射,使我们能够报告对SiIV $λ$ 1400、CIV $λ$ 1549、Al III $λ$ 1857和Mg II $λ$ 2799在-25,000到0 km/s范围内BAL强度和速度的常见诊断。我们使用DR 5类星体目录中列出的光谱计算这些诊断,并在可用时使用来自其他SDSS观测历元的光谱。在已经用钱德拉或XMM-牛顿观测到BAL类星体的情况下,我们报告了这些源的X射线单色光度。我们证实和扩展以前的研究结果,BAL类星体是更强烈的红在休息帧UV比非BAL类星体和BAL类星体是相对较弱的X射线相比,非BAL类星体。所观察到的BAL分数取决于光谱信噪比(S/N);对于较高的S/N源,我们发现所观察到的BAL分数约为15%。BAL类星体表现出与非BAL类星体类似的鲍德温效应,它们的CIV发射等效宽度随着连续光度的增加而减小。然而,BAL类星体有较弱的CIV发射一般比非BAL类星体。具有较高的紫外线光度的来源更有可能有较高的速度流出,和BAL流出速度和紫外线吸收强度与相对的X射线弱。这些结果与依赖于强X射线吸收的模型定性一致,以保护流出物免受过度电离并使辐射加速。

英文摘要:

We present a catalog of 5039 broad absorption line (BAL) quasars (QSOs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) QSO catalog that have absorption troughs covering a continuous velocity range >= 2000 km/s. We have fit ultraviolet (UV) continua and line emission in each case, enabling us to report common diagnostics of BAL strengths and velocities in the range -25,000 to 0 km/s for SiIV $λ$1400, CIV $λ$1549, AlIII $λ$1857, and MgII $λ$2799. We calculate these diagnostics using the spectrum listed in the DR5 QSO catalog, and also for spectra from additional SDSS observing epochs when available. In cases where BAL QSOs have been observed with Chandra or XMM-Newton, we report the X-ray monochromatic luminosities of these sources. We confirm and extend previous findings that BAL QSOs are more strongly reddened in the rest-frame UV than non-BAL QSOs and that BAL QSOs are relatively X-ray weak compared to non-BAL QSOs. The observed BAL fraction is dependent on the spectral signal-to-noise (S/N); for higher-S/N sources, we find an observed BAL fraction of approximately 15%. BAL QSOs show a similar Baldwin effect as for non-BAL QSOs, in that their CIV emission equivalent widths decrease with increasing continuum luminosity. However, BAL QSOs have weaker CIV emission in general than do non-BAL QSOs. Sources with higher UV luminosities are more likely to have higher-velocity outflows, and the BAL outflow velocity and UV absorption strength are correlated with relative X-ray weakness. These results are in qualitative agreement with models that depend on strong X-ray absorption to shield the outflow from over-ionization and enable radiative acceleration....

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