Dramatic Change in the Spectrum of FeLoBAL SDSS J163255.46+420407.7
Abstract
We serendipitiously found that the iron-rich low-ionization broad absorption-line (FeLoBAL) quasar SDSS J 163255.46+420407.7 showed a dramatic change in its spectrum over 3.4 years in the rest frame of the quasar. A simple photoionization model suggests the increase in the nuclear radiation caused these changes. Given the recombination coefficient of Fe+, the relaxation time of the absorbing gas suggests ne > 104 cm-3.
- Publication:
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Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- May 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392131000565X
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..267..104A
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: active;
- quasars: individual (SDSS J 163255.46+420407.7);
- quasars: absorption lines