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We present continued analysis of a sample of low-redshift iron low-ionization broad absorption-line quasars (FeLoBALQs). Choi et al. (2022) presented $SimBAL$ spectral analysis of BAL outflows in 50 objects. Leighly et al. (2022) analyzed…

We have collected 10025 foreground-background quasar pairs with projected distances $d_p<500$ kpc from the large quasar catalog of the SDSS DR16Q. We investigate the properties of the Mg II absorption lines with $W_r>0.15$ \AA\ around…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-05 Zhi-Fu Chen , Huan-Chang Qin , Jin-Ting Cai , Yu-Tao Zhou , Zhe-Geng Chen , Ting-Ting Pang , Zhi-Wen Wang

The Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) has opened a new discovery space for studying quasar absorption outflows and their contribution to AGN feedback. Specifically, COS provides high-quality far-ultraviolet (FUV)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-20 Nahum Arav , Xinfeng Xu , Timothy R. Miller , Gerard A. Kriss , Rachel J. Plesha

We present an investigation of the low-frequency radio and ultraviolet properties of a sample of $\simeq$10,500 quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 14, observed as part of the first data release of the Low-Frequency-Array…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 Amy L. Rankine , James H. Matthews , Paul C. Hewett , Manda Banerji , Leah K. Morabito , Gordon T. Richards

We have investigated a sample of 5088 quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Second Data Release in order to determine how the frequency and properties of broad absorptions lines (BALs) depend on black hole mass, bolometric luminosity,…

We statistically study the physical properties of a sample of narrow absorption line (NAL) systems looking for empirical evidences to distinguish between intrinsic and intervening NALs without taking into account any a priori definition or…

We present Chandra X-ray observations of the radio-quiet QSO PG 2302+029. This quasar has a rare system of ultra-high velocity (-56,000 km/s) UV absorption lines that form in an outflow from the active nucleus (Jannuzi et al. 2003). The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bassem M. Sabra , Fred Hamann , Buell T. Jannuzi , Ian M. George , Joseph C. Shields

We have obtained quasi-simultaneous ultraviolet-optical spectra for 22 out of 23 quasars in the complete PG-X-ray sample with redshift, z<0.4, and M_B<-23. The spectra cover rest-frame wavelengths from at least Lyman-alpha to H-alpha. Here…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zhaohui Shang , Beverley J. Wills , D. Wills , Michael S. Brotherton

We searched the Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Origins Spectrograph archive for ultraviolet spectra of 428 AGN to identify intrinsic NV absorption systems. We filtered out Type 2 AGN, blazars, and spectra that do not cover at least part of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Chris Culliton , Amber Roberts , Bryan DeMarcy , Sowgat Muzahid , Rajib Ganguly , Jane Charlton , Michael Eracleous , Toru Misawa

We present VLT-SINFONI near infra-red spectra of 26 new heavily reddened quasar candidates selected from the UKIDSS-LAS, VISTA VHS and VIKING imaging surveys. This new sample extends our reddened quasar search to both brighter and fainter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-15 Matthew J. Temple , Manda Banerji , Paul C. Hewett , Liam Coatman , Natasha Maddox , Celine Peroux

SDSS J072910.34+333634.3 is a reddened quasar at z=0.96. The archivel Keck/ESI spectrum and our new P200/TripleSpec spectrum reveal an absorption line system in He I*, Ca II H\&K and Na ID. The absorption line system has a width of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-19 Tong Liu , Luming Sun , Xiang Pan , Hongyan Zhou

Spectral differences between lensed quasar image components are common. Since lensing is intrinsically achromatic, these differences are typically explained as the effect of either microlensing, or as light path time delays sampling…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Paul J. Green

Galactic outflows provide important feedback effects to regulate the evolution of host galaxies. Two primary diagnostics of outflows are broad and/or blueshifted emission and absorption lines. Even though well-established methods exist to…

We report results for a complete sample of ten luminous radio-quiet quasars with large C IV equivalent widths (EW > 150 A). For 8/10 we performed Chandra snapshot observations. We find that, in addition to the enhanced C IV line EW, their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-03 Shuqi Fu , W. N. Brandt , Fan Zou , Ari Laor , Gordon P. Garmire , Qingling Ni , John D. Timlin , Yongquan Xue

Quasars are notable for the luminous power they emit across decades in frequency from the far-infrared through hard X-rays; emission at different frequencies emerges from physical scales ranging from AUs to parsecs. Each wavelength regime…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. C. Gallagher , J. E. Everett

We present a tomographic analysis of metal absorption lines arising from the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of galaxies at z~0.5-2, using Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) observations of two background quasars at z~2.2 and 2.8, which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-09 Rajeshwari Dutta , Ana Acebron , Michele Fumagalli , Claudio Grillo , Gabriel B. Caminha , Matteo Fossati

A statistical study is presented of (a) the frequency of narrow CIV lambda 1549 absorption lines in 1.5 <~ z <~ 3.6 radio-quiet and radio-loud quasars, and of (b) the UV and radio properties of the absorbed quasars. The quasar sample is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Vestergaard

We present new results from our study of the X-rayed outflow of the z = 3.91 gravitationally lensed broad absorption line (BAL) quasar APM 08279+5255. These results are based on spectral fits to all the long exposure observations of APM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 C. Saez , G. Chartas

Outflows in the form of fast winds from the accretion disk appear in nearly all high accretion rate cataclysmic variables (CVs), both novalikes (NLs) and dwarf novae in outburst (DN). The primary signatures of CV winds are broad,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. S. Froning

We present a detailed X-ray spectral study of the quasar PG 1211+143 based on Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) observations collected in a multi-wavelength campaign with UV data using the Hubble Space Telescope…