J/ApJS/249/15 HST/COS obs. of QSO outflows in 500-1050Å. VII. (Miller+, 2020)
HST/COS observations of quasar outflows in the 500-1050Å rest frame.
VII. Distances and energetics for 11 outflows in five quasars.
Miller T.R., Arav N., Xu X., Kriss G.A., Plesha R.J.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 249, 15 (2020)>
=2020ApJS..249...15M 2020ApJS..249...15M
ADC_Keywords: QSOs; Spectra, ultraviolet; Redshifts; Reddening
Keywords: Galaxy kinematics ; Active galaxies ; Broad-absorption line quasar ;
Interstellar absorption ; Quasar absorption line spectroscopy ;
Active galactic nuclei ; Quasars
Abstract:
From Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph spectra of
five quasars, 16 outflows are detected. For 11 outflows, we are able
to constrain their distances to the central source (R) and their
energetics. In instances of multiple electron number density
determinations (used in the calculation of R) for the same outflow,
the values are consistent within errors. For the 11 outflows, eight
have measurements for R (between 10 and 1000pc), one has a lower
limit, another has an upper limit, and the last has a range in R.
There are two outflows that have enough kinetic luminosity to be major
contributors to active galactic nucleus feedback. The outflowing mass
is found primarily in a very high-ionization phase, which is probed
using troughs from, e.g., Ne VIII, Na IX, Mg X, and Si XII. Such ions
connect the physical conditions of these ultraviolet outflows to the
X-ray warm absorber outflows seen in nearby Seyfert galaxies. The ion
Cl VII and several new transitions from Ne V have been detected for
the first time.
Description:
Table 1 contains the details of each Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic
Origins Spectrograph (HST/COS) observation on 2017 for the five
quasars. The data analyzed here are part of a spectroscopic survey
taken during Cycle 24 (GO-14777, PI: N. Arav).
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 129 5 HST/COS observations, coordinates, redshifts, and
Galactic E(B-V) values for the five quasars
table2.dat 32 16 Detected outflows in each quasar
table3.dat 126 205 Total ionic column densities
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See also:
B/hst : HST Archived Exposures Catalog (STScI, 2007)
J/A+AS/125/149 : CHIANTI. An Atomic Database For Emission Lines I. (Dere+ 1997)
J/ApJ/665/990 : SDSS DR2 BAL QSOs (Ganguly+, 2007)
J/ApJ/696/924 : UV and X-Ray radio-quiet QSOs (Gibson+, 2009)
J/ApJ/769/95 : [NeV] or [NeIII] double peaked SDSS quasars (Barrows+, 2013)
J/ApJ/862/22 : CIV BAL SDSS QSO observations with Gemini (Rogerson+, 2018)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 17 A17 --- ID Designation of the quasar
19- 20 I2 h RAh Hour of right ascension (J2000)
22- 23 I2 min RAm Minute of right ascension (J2000)
25- 29 F5.2 s RAs Second of right ascension (J2000)
31 A1 --- DE- Sign of declination (J2000)
32- 33 I2 deg DEd Degree of declination (J2000)
35- 36 I2 arcmin DEm Minute of declination (J2000)
38- 42 F5.2 arcsec DEs Second of declination (J2000)
44- 49 F6.4 --- z [0.89/1.5] Redshift
51- 56 F6.4 mag E(B-V) [0.007/0.032] Reddening E(B-V)
58- 68 A11 "Y:M:D" Date1 Date of observation (UT)
70- 73 I4 s Exp1 [3690/4360] Exposure time
75- 78 I4 0.1nm lam1l Lower range of observed wavelength for Date1
79 A1 --- --- [-]
80- 83 I4 0.1nm lam1u Upper range of observed wavelength for Date1
85- 87 I3 0.1nm rlam1l Lower range of rest-frame wavelength for Date1
88 A1 --- --- [-]
89- 91 I3 0.1nm rlam1u Upper range of rest-frame wavelength for Date1
93-103 A11 "Y:M:D" Date2 Second (UT) date of observation
104 A1 --- --- [-]
105-106 I2 --- Day2 ? Second day of observation if any
108-111 I4 s Exp2 [4660/5200] Exposure time
113-116 I4 0.1nm lam2l Lower range of observed wavelength for Date2
117 A1 --- --- [-]
118-121 I4 0.1nm lam2u Upper range of observed wavelength for Date2
123-125 I3 0.1nm rlam2l Lower range of rest-frame wavelength for Date2
126 A1 mag --- [-] --- colour index
127-129 I3 0.1nm rlam2u Upper range of rest-frame wavelength for Date2
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 17 A17 --- ID Designation of the quasar
19- 20 A2 --- m_ID Outflow system designation within the quasar
22- 27 I6 km/s Vel [-14400/-1010] Centroid velocity
29- 32 I4 km/s FWHM [150/1450] FWHM
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 17 A17 --- ID Quasar identifier
19- 20 A2 --- m_ID Absorption trough identifier
22- 27 I6 km/s ATVel [-14400/-1010] Absorption trough velocity
29- 35 A7 --- Ion Ion identifier
37 A1 --- f_Ion Flag on Ion (1)
39- 46 F8.1 10+12/cm2 AOD [3.8/130000]? Apparent optical depth method
column density (2)
48- 53 F6.1 10+12/cm2 e_AOD [0/1500]? Lower uncertainty in AOD
55- 61 F7.1 10+12/cm2 E_AOD [0/70000]? Upper uncertainty in AOD
63- 67 I5 10+12/cm2 PC [240/14100]? Partial covering method column
density (2)
69- 72 I4 10+12/cm2 e_PC [40/2400]? Lower uncertainty in PC
74- 76 I3 10+12/cm2 E_PC [30/600]? Upper uncertainty in PC
78 A1 --- l_Adopt Limit flag on Adopt
81- 88 F8.1 10+12/cm2 Adopt [3.8/130000] Adopted column density
90- 96 F7.1 10+12/cm2 e_Adopt [2.8/54200]? Lower uncertainty in Adopt
98-104 F7.1 10+12/cm2 E_Adopt [4/44400]? Upper uncertainty in Adopt
106 A1 --- l_Ratio Limit flag on Ratio
109-114 F6.2 --- Ratio [0.01/240]? Ratio of adopted to model column
densities (3)
116-120 F5.2 --- e_Ratio [0.17/60]? Lower uncertainty in Ratio
122-126 F5.3 --- E_Ratio [0.002/0.4]? Upper uncertainty in Ratio
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Note (1): Flag on Ion as follows:
d = Ne V 413 cm-1 energy level.
e = 0 cm-1 energy level of the respective ion.
f = Ne VI 1307 cm-1 energy level.
g = Ne V 1111 cm-1 energy level.
h = N IV 67416 cm-1 energy level.
i = O IV 386 cm-1 energy level.
j = O V 82385 cm-1 energy level.
Note (2): Sum of all Nion from excited and ground states for a given ion in
each outflow system using the AOD and PC methods.
Note (3): From the best-fit Cloudy model.
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
References:
Arav et al. Paper I. 2020ApJS..247...37A 2020ApJS..247...37A
Xu et al. Paper II. 2020ApJS..247...38X 2020ApJS..247...38X
Miller et al. Paper III. 2020ApJS..247...39M 2020ApJS..247...39M
Xu et al. Paper IV. 2020ApJS..247...40X 2020ApJS..247...40X
Miller et al. Paper V. 2020ApJS..247...41M 2020ApJS..247...41M
Xu et al. Paper VI. 2020ApJS..247...42X 2020ApJS..247...42X
Miller et al. Paper VII. 2020ApJS..249...15M 2020ApJS..249...15M This catalog.
(End) Prepared by [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS] 17-Sep-2020