The spectrum of BAL QSO Q1303+308: intrinsic variability and line-locking stability

Details The spectrum of BAL QSO Q1303+308: intrinsic variability and line-locking stability The spectrum of BAL QSO Q1303+308: intrinsic variability and line-locking stability

Feb 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001mnras.321....4v&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 321, Issue 1, pp. 4-10.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Line: Profiles, Quasars: Absorption Lines, Quasars: Individual: Bal Qso Q1303+308, Line: Profiles, Quasars: Absorption Lines, Quasars: Individual: Bal Qso Q1303+308

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A recently taken WHT optical spectrum of the BAL QSO Q1303+308 shows interesting changes in the spectral characteristics of the absorption systems. In particular, the equivalent widths of many of the broad absorption lines have markedly increased with respect to observations taken 15yr earlier by Foltz et al., with the more blueshifted components showing the greatest increase by a factor of ~5 in optical depth. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the data is that, in the rest frame of the quasar, the line-of-sight outflow velocity of the clouds has only increased by ~55kms-1 in a rest-frame time interval of 5-6yr. Various examples of doublet line locking are still visible in the system, and we present a provisional model analysis of the spectrum showing that theories based on small cloud velocity interactions via line locking can successfully explain the general appearance of the spectrum and its variability. Finally we highlight the need for further ongoing monitoring of this fascinating object.

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