[O III] emission in z ≈ 2 quasars with and without broad absorption lines
[O III] emission in z ≈ 2 quasars with and without broad absorption lines
Understanding the links between different phases of outflows from active galactic nuclei is a key goal in extragalactic astrophysics. Here, we compare [O iii] λλ 4960, 5008 outflow signatures in quasars with and without broad absorption lines (BALs), aiming to test how the broad absorption troughs seen in the rest-frame ultraviolet are linked to the narrow line region outflows seen in the rest-frame optical. We present new near-infrared spectra from Magellan/FIRE that cover [O iii] in 12 quasars with 2.1 < z < 2.3, selected to have strong outflow signatures in C iv1550. Combining with data from the literature, we build a sample of 73 BAL, 115 miniBAL, and 125 non-BAL quasars with 1.5 < z <2.6. The strength and velocity width of [O iii] correlate strongly with the C iv emission properties, but no significant difference is seen in the [O iii] emission-line properties between the BALs, non-BALs, and miniBALs once the dependence on C iv emission is taken into account. A weak correlation is observed between the velocities of C iv BALs and [O iii] emission, which is accounted for by the fact that both outflow signatures correlate with the underlying C iv emission properties. Our results add to the growing evidence that BALs and non-BALs are drawn from the same parent population and are consistent with a scenario wherein BAL troughs are intermittent tracers of persistent quasar outflows, with a part of such outflow becoming optically thick along our line of sight for sporadic periods of time within which BALs are observed.
astro-ph.GA, quasars: emission lines, quasars: absorption lines
424-437
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27 June 2024
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Hennawi, Joseph F.
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Hewett, Paul C.
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Matthews, James H.
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Temple, Matthew J., Rankine, Amy L., Banerji, Manda, Hennawi, Joseph F., Hewett, Paul C., Matthews, James H., Nanni, Riccardo, Ricci, Claudio and Richards, Gordon T.
(2024)
[O III] emission in z ≈ 2 quasars with and without broad absorption lines.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532 (1), .
(doi:10.1093/mnras/stae1524).
Abstract
Understanding the links between different phases of outflows from active galactic nuclei is a key goal in extragalactic astrophysics. Here, we compare [O iii] λλ 4960, 5008 outflow signatures in quasars with and without broad absorption lines (BALs), aiming to test how the broad absorption troughs seen in the rest-frame ultraviolet are linked to the narrow line region outflows seen in the rest-frame optical. We present new near-infrared spectra from Magellan/FIRE that cover [O iii] in 12 quasars with 2.1 < z < 2.3, selected to have strong outflow signatures in C iv1550. Combining with data from the literature, we build a sample of 73 BAL, 115 miniBAL, and 125 non-BAL quasars with 1.5 < z <2.6. The strength and velocity width of [O iii] correlate strongly with the C iv emission properties, but no significant difference is seen in the [O iii] emission-line properties between the BALs, non-BALs, and miniBALs once the dependence on C iv emission is taken into account. A weak correlation is observed between the velocities of C iv BALs and [O iii] emission, which is accounted for by the fact that both outflow signatures correlate with the underlying C iv emission properties. Our results add to the growing evidence that BALs and non-BALs are drawn from the same parent population and are consistent with a scenario wherein BAL troughs are intermittent tracers of persistent quasar outflows, with a part of such outflow becoming optically thick along our line of sight for sporadic periods of time within which BALs are observed.
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 June 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 June 2024
Published date: 27 June 2024
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