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类星体CIV和SiIV宽吸收线的多年尺度演化

The Evolution of Quasar CIV and SiIV Broad Absorption Lines Over Multi-Year Time Scales

Robert R. Gibson, W. N. Brandt, S. C. Gallagher, Paul C. Hewett, Donald P. Schneider

摘要:

我们研究了14个红移z>2.1的类星体CIV 1549 A宽吸收线(BAL)槽在静止坐标系时间尺度上的变化。对于9个足够高的红移源,我们还比较了CIV和SiIV 1400 A吸收的变化。我们比较短期和长期的变异性,使用光谱从多达四个不同的时期,每个来源,并发现复杂的变化模式的样本整体。吸收等效宽度(EW)变化的分散性,Δ EW,随着观测之间的时间增加。BALs一般不会单调地增强或减弱,在较短(<月)时间尺度上观察到的变化不能预测多年变化。我们没有发现证据的不对称分布的三角洲EW,这将表明,BALs的形成和衰变在不同的时间尺度上,我们限制典型的BAL寿命为>~30年。一个来源LBQS 0022+0150的BAL吸收减弱,现在可归类为小型BAL。另一个来源,1235+1453,显示了可变的蓝色连续发射的证据,相对不被BAL流出吸收。CIV和SiIV BAL形状变化至少在某些来源中是相关的。考虑到它们的高速度,BAL流出显然穿越大的空间区域,并可能与秒差距尺度的结构,如模糊的环面相互作用。假设BAL外流是从旋转的吸积盘发射的,需要在外流中显著的方位对称性来解释在长达7年的时间内观察到的速度结构的相对较小的变化。

英文摘要:

We investigate the variability of CIV 1549A broad absorption line (BAL) troughs over rest-frame time scales of up to ~7 yr in 14 quasars at redshifts z>2.1. For 9 sources at sufficiently high redshift, we also compare CIV and SiIV 1400A absorption variation. We compare shorter- and longer-term variability using spectra from up to four different epochs per source and find complex patterns of variation in the sample overall. The scatter in the change of absorption equivalent width (EW), Delta EW, increases with the time between observations. BALs do not, in general, strengthen or weaken monotonically, and variation observed over shorter (<months) time scales is not predictive of multi-year variation. We find no evidence for asymmetry in the distribution of Delta EW that would indicate that BALs form and decay on different time scales, and we constrain the typical BAL lifetime to be >~30 yr. The BAL absorption for one source, LBQS 0022+0150, has weakened and may now be classified as a mini-BAL. Another source, 1235+1453, shows evidence of variable, blue continuum emission that is relatively unabsorbed by the BAL outflow. CIV and SiIV BAL shape changes are related in at least some sources. Given their high velocities, BAL outflows apparently traverse large spatial regions and may interact with parsec-scale structures such as an obscuring torus. Assuming BAL outflows are launched from a rotating accretion disk, notable azimuthal symmetry is required in the outflow to explain the relatively small changes observed in velocity structure over times up to 7 yr.

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