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SDSS J152350 .42+391405.2中极宽巴耳末吸收线的发现

Discovery of Extremely Broad Balmer Absorption Lines in SDSS J152350.42+391405.2

Shaohua Zhang, Hongyan Zhou, Xiheng Shi, Xinwen Shu, Wenjuan Liu, Tuo Ji, Peng Jiang, Luming Sun, Junyan Zhou, Xiang Pan

摘要:

利用准同步光学和近红外光谱技术,在铁低电离宽吸收线(FeLoBAL)类星体SDSS J152350.42+391405.2(以下简称J1523)中发现了H $α$到H $γ$的巴耳末线吸收.巴耳末谱线吸收在$z_{absor}$ = 0.6039 +/-0.0021处,并且相对于巴耳末发射谱线蓝移v= 10,353 km/s。所有的Balmer BALs具有均匀的吸收轮廓,宽度为$Δ$ v ~ 12,000 km/s。在He 1* $λ$ 10830的H带TripleSpec谱中也发现了与J 1523相同速度和宽度的吸收谷。该天体是第10个具有非恒星巴耳末吸收的活动星系核,也是迄今为止发现的速度最快、吸收线最宽的活动星系核。云分析表明,该吸收体的气体密度为$log_{10} n_ e (cm^{-3})=9$,电离参数为$log_{10} U=-1.0$。它们位于距中心电离源约0.2pc的位置,比BELR略远。此外,J1523是有史以来报道的最明亮的Balmer-BAL类星体之一,具有独特的铁吸收变化,使其成为后续高分辨率光谱学,多波段观测和长期监测的最有希望的候选者。

英文摘要:

We present the discovery of Balmer line absorption from H$α$ to H$γ$ in an iron low-ionization broad absorption line (FeLoBAL) quasar SDSS J152350.42+391405.2 (hereafter J1523), by the quasi-simultaneous optical and near-infrared spectroscopy. The Balmer line absorption is at $z_{absor}$ = 0.6039 +/-0.0021 and blueshifted by v=10,353 km/s with respect to the Balmer emission lines. All Balmer BALs have uniform absorption profile with the widths of $Δ$ v ~12,000 km/s. We also found the absorption trough in He 1* $λ$10830 with the same velocity and width in the H-band TripleSpec spectrum of J1523. This object is only the tenth active galactic nucleus known to exhibit non-stellar Balmer absorption, and also the case with the highest velocity and broadest Balmer absorption lines which have ever been found. A CLOUDY analysis shows that the absorbers require an gas density of $log_{10} n_ e (cm^{-3})=9$ and an ionization parameter of $log_{10} U=-1.0$. They locate at a distance of ~0.2 pc from the central ionizing source which is slightly farther than that of BELRs. Furthermore, J1523 is one of the brightest Balmer-BAL quasar ever reported, with unique iron absorption variations, making it as the most promising candidate for follow up high-resolution spectroscopy, multi-band observations, and long-term monitoring.

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