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Extreme Variability in a Broad Absorption Line Quasar | | Daniel Stern
; Matthew J. Graham
; Nahum Arav
; S. G. Djorgovski
; Carter Chamberlain
; Aaron J. Barth
; Ciro Donalek
; Andrew J. Drake
; Eilat Glikman
; Hyunsung D. Jun
; Ashish A. Mahabal
; Charles C. Steidel
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12 Apr 2017 | | Abstract: | CRTS J084133.15+200525.8 is an optically bright quasar at z=2.345 that has
shown extreme spectral variability over the past decade. Photometrically, the
source had a visual magnitude of V~17.3 between 2002 and 2008. Then, over the
following five years, the source slowly brightened by approximately one
magnitude, to V~16.2. Only ~1 in 10,000 quasars show such extreme variability,
as quantified by the extreme parameters derived for this quasar assuming a
damped random walk model. A combination of archival and newly acquired spectra
reveal the source to be an iron low-ionization broad absorption line (FeLoBAL)
quasar with extreme changes in its absorption spectrum. Some absorption
features completely disappear over the 9 years of optical spectra, while other
features remain essentially unchanged. We report the first definitive redshift
for this source, based on the detection of broad H-alpha in a Keck/MOSFIRE
spectrum. Absorption systems separated by several 1000 km/s in velocity show
coordinated weakening in the depths of their troughs as the continuum flux
increases. We interpret the broad absorption line variability to be due to
changes in photoionization, rather than due to motion of material along our
line of sight. This source highlights one sort of rare transition object that
astronomy will now be finding through dedicated time-domain surveys. | | Source: | arXiv, 1704.3923 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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