A First Close Look at the Balmer-edge Behavior of the Quasar Big Blue Bump

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2002-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0212259v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 345 (2003) 253

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, 2 figures. To be published in conference proceedings "Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy"

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06934.x

We have found for the first time a Balmer edge feature in the Big Blue Bump
emission of a quasar. The feature is seen in the polarized flux spectrum of the
quasar, where all the emissions from outside the nucleus are scraped off and
removed. The existence of the Balmer-edge absorption feature directly indicates
that the Big Blue Bump is indeed thermal and optically-thick.

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