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| Paper: |
Variability of Mini-BAL and BAL Outflows in Quasars |
| Volume: |
460, AGN Winds in Charleston |
| Page: |
93 |
| Authors: |
Hidalgo, P. R.; Hamann, F.; Eracleous, M.; Capellupo, D.; Charlton, J.; Shields, J. |
| Abstract: |
We report the results of several programs to study the variability of high-velocity (up to 0.2c) mini-“broad absorption lines” (mini-BALs) and BALs in quasar spectra, and thus to better characterize the structural and physical properties of these outflows. After the report of a highly variable mini-BAL outflow at a speed of ∼ 0.17c in the quasar PG0935+417, we created the first systematic accounting of outflows in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (surveys!SDSS) quasar spectra that includes mini-BALs and extremely high velocity outflows (up to 0.2c) to measure their frequency. Following this study, we began a monitoring campaign to study the location, and dynamical and evolutionary effects of these outflows. This program covers a range of 0.9–3.3 years in the quasars' rest-frame by comparing new spectra (using facilities at the Kitt Peak National Observatory and MDM Observatory) with archival SDSS spectra. We find that 57% of quasars with mini-BALs and BALs varied between just two observations. This variability tends to occur in complex ways; however, all the variable lines vary in intensity and not in velocity, not finding evidence for acceleration/deceleration in these outows. Due to the variations in strength, mini-BALs can become BALs and viceversa, suggesting they share a similar nature. We include as an example the discovery of the transition of a mini-BAL into a BAL in the spectra of the SDSS quasar J115122+020426. |
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