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类星体大样本中多年时间尺度上宽吸收线的消失

Broad Absorption Line Disappearance on Multi-Year Timescales in a Large Quasar Sample

N. Filiz Ak, W. N. Brandt, P. B. Hall, D. P. Schneider, S. F. Anderson, R. R. Gibson, B. F. Lundgren, A. D. Myers, P. Petitjean, Nicholas P. Ross, Yue Shen, D. … 展开作者

N. Filiz Ak, W. N. Brandt, P. B. Hall, D. P. Schneider, S. F. Anderson, R. R. Gibson, B. F. Lundgren, A. D. Myers, P. Petitjean, Nicholas P. Ross, Yue Shen, D. G. York, D. Bizyaev, J. Brinkmann, E. Malanushenko, D. J. Oravetz, K. Pan, A. E. Simmons, B. A. Weaver

摘要:

从斯隆数字巡天I/II(SDSS-I/II)和SDSS-III对582个亮宽吸收线(BAL)类星体(1.9 < z < 4.5)的系统多历元观测中,选取了19个类星体,给出了21个C IV宽吸收线(BAL)谷消失的例子。观察跨越1.1-3.9年的休息帧的时间尺度,比已经在许多以前的BAL变异性研究采样。在这些时间尺度上,约2.3%的C IV BAL槽消失,约3.3%的BAL类星体显示出消失的槽。这些观测到的频率表明,许多C IV BAL吸收体沿着我们的视线到它们的类星体平均花费最多一个世纪。在19个显示C IV BAL消失的BAL类星体中,有10个显然已经从BAL转变为非BAL类星体;这些是第一次报道这种转变的例子。消失的BAL槽往往是那些小到中等的等效宽度,相对较浅的深度,和高流出速度。在这9个具有多个波谷的天体中,其他未消失的C IV BALs在其中一个波谷消失时趋于减弱,这表明消失和未消失的波谷之间存在联系,即使速度分离高达10000-15000 km/s。我们讨论了这种联系的可能起源,包括盘风旋转和保护气体的变化。

英文摘要:

We present 21 examples of C IV Broad Absorption Line (BAL) trough disappearance in 19 quasars selected from systematic multi-epoch observations of 582 bright BAL quasars (1.9 < z < 4.5) by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-I/II (SDSS-I/II) and SDSS-III. The observations span 1.1-3.9 yr rest-frame timescales, longer than have been sampled in many previous BAL variability studies. On these timescales, ~2.3% of C IV BAL troughs disappear and ~3.3% of BAL quasars show a disappearing trough. These observed frequencies suggest that many C IV BAL absorbers spend on average at most a century along our line of sight to their quasar. Ten of the 19 BAL quasars showing C IV BAL disappearance have apparently transformed from BAL to non-BAL quasars; these are the first reported examples of such transformations. The BAL troughs that disappear tend to be those with small-to-moderate equivalent widths, relatively shallow depths, and high outflow velocities. Other non-disappearing C IV BALs in those nine objects having multiple troughs tend to weaken when one of them disappears, indicating a connection between the disappearing and non-disappearing troughs, even for velocity separations as large as 10000-15000 km/s. We discuss possible origins of this connection including disk-wind rotation and changes in shielding gas.

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