Discovery of Associated Absorption Lines in an X-Ray Warm Absorber:Hubble Space Telescope Faint Object Spectrograph Observations of MR 2251-178

Details Discovery of Associated Absorption Lines in an X-Ray Warm Absorber:Hubble Space Telescope Faint Object Spectrograph Observations of MR 2251-178 Discovery of Associated Absorption Lines in an X-Ray Warm Absorber:Hubble Space Telescope Faint Object Spectrograph Observations of MR 2251-178

Oct 2001

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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 559, Issue 2, pp. 675-679.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: Quasars: Absorption Lines, Quasars: Individual (Mr 2251-178), Ultraviolet: Galaxies

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The presence of a ``warm absorber'' was first suggested to explain spectral variability in an X-ray spectrum of the radio-quiet quasi-stellar object (QSO) MR 2251-178. A unified picture, in which X-ray warm absorbers and ``intrinsic'' UV absorbers are the same, offers the opportunity to probe the nuclear environment of active galactic nuclei. To test this scenario and understand the physical properties of the absorber, we obtained a UV spectrum of MR 2251-178 with the Faint Object Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST spectrum clearly shows absorption due to Lyα, N V, and C IV, blueshifted by 300 km s-1 from the emission redshift of the QSO. The rarity of both X-ray and UV absorbers in radio-quiet QSOs suggests these absorbers are physically related, if not identical. Assuming the unified scenario, we place constraints on the physical parameters of the absorber and conclude the mass outflow rate is essentially the same as the accretion rate in MR 2251-178. Based on Observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.

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