Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1984
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 276, Jan. 15, 1984, p. 423-426. NASA-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Quasars, X Ray Sources, Absorption Spectra, Continuous Spectra, Heao 2, Interstellar Gas, Line Spectra
Scientific paper
The present 0.1-4 keV observer frame data was obtained for three broad absorption-line quasars with the imaging proportional counter on the Einstein Observatory. Data for one object, UM 232, are sufficiently good to tell that absorption at 1 keV is unimportant (quasar rest frame), which leads to an upper limit to the column density of absorbing gas of 10 to the 22nd/sq cm. Because this gas absorbs optical continuum and line emission, it must have a size of 10 to the 19th cm or greater, and therefore a density of less than 1000/cu cm. This absorbing gas is unlike the much denser clouds responsible for the broad emission lines. It is also calculated that the mass of absorbing gas is greater than 1 solar mass, and that it is at least 300 pc distant from the ionizing continuum source. Free-free absorption, which is calculated to be unimportant at frequencies above 2 GHz, is probably not the cause of the radio-quiet nature of this quasar in the 5 and 10.7 GHz survey of Strittmatter et al. (1980).
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