On the Origin of Intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines in z<1 QSOs

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2000-10-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0010192v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in ApJ, 20 pages text, 13 figures, 6 tables, 43 pages total, uses AASTeX 5.0, also available at htt

Scientific paper

10.1086/319082

We present a statistical analysis of the associated, high ionization narrow absorption line (NAL) systems in a sample of 59 QSOs defined from the HST QSO Absorption Line Key Project. We have compiled the QSO luminosities at 2500 A, 5 GHz, and 2 keV, spectral indices at 2500 A and 5 GHz, the H-beta emission line FWHM, the CIV emission line FWHM, and the radio core fraction. We find 17 associated NALs toward 15 QSOs, of which ~10 are statistically expected to be intrinsic. From a multivariate clustering analysis, the QSOs seem to group together based primarily on radio luminosity, followed by radio spectral index, CIV emission line FWHM, and soft X-ray luminosity. Radio-loud QSOs which have compact radio morphologies, flat radio spectra, and mediocre CIV FWHM (<6000 km/s) do not have detectable associated NALs, down to REW(CIV)=0.35 A. We find that BALQSOs have an enhanced probability of hosting detectable NAL gas and that the velocities of associated NALs are peaked around the emission redshifts, rather than the systemic redshifts of the QSOs. There is only one strong NAL [REW(CIV)>1.5 A] in our low redshift sample which implies evolution in the number of strong NALs with redshift. We interpret these results in the context of an accretion-disk model. In this framework, we suggest that the observational clues result from differences in orientation and wind properties, the latter presumably associated with the QSO radio properties. (abridged)

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