Rapid BAL Variability: Re-Emerging Absorption

Rapid BAL Variability: Re-Emerging Absorption

We study BAL variations of SDSS J141955.28+522741.4 utilizing 32 epochs of spectroscopic observations from SDSS. We identify three individual BAL troughs for C iv and one BAL trough for Si iv. The deepest C iv BAL trough shows significant EW variations in timescales of a few 10 h. The fast component...

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Main Authors: Damla Erakuman, Nurten Filiz Ak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Subjects:
galaxies
active galaxies
kinematics and dynamics
nuclei
quasars
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2017.00036/full
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Summary:We study BAL variations of SDSS J141955.28+522741.4 utilizing 32 epochs of spectroscopic observations from SDSS. We identify three individual BAL troughs for C iv and one BAL trough for Si iv. The deepest C iv BAL trough shows significant EW variations in timescales of a few 10 h. The fast component of the deepest C iv BAL presents disappearance and re-emergence preserving its initial velocity range and profile. All identified BAL troughs show coordinated variations supporting that the possible mechanism behind variations are the ionization level changes of the absorbing gas.
ISSN:2296-987X

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