Complex variability pattern in NGC 4151. II. Variable absorption features

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Jan 1999

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.341, p.740-750 (1999)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies: Seyfert, Galaxies: Quasars: Emission Lines, Galaxies: Quasars: Absorption Lines, Galaxies: Nuclei, Galaxies: Individual: Ngc 4151, Galaxies: Active

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We found and identified the blueshifted variable absorption features in the NGC 4151 optical spectra obtained in 1992-1996. Two of these features identified with He 1 <~mbda4471 and <~mbda7065 lines have been investigated in detail. The most striking change in the He 1 <~mbda4471 equivalent width was its strengthening between ~JD2450212-JD2450315. We present some indications of the extremely low-ionization state of absorber in this period of observations. We do not find clear evidence for a correlation (neither inverse nor direct) of equivalent widths with the state of the nucleus activity. This probably means that strong changes in the covering factor (or something else) affect this correlation. The decomposition method based on the different behavior of broad emission lines and absorption lines allows us to separate these spectral features, and to obtain evidence that the \ha, \hb\ and \hg\ absorption lines are also present. The presence of the absorption lines cause the variations of the broad emission profiles to become more complicated. Possible explanations for the absorption variability are discussed.

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