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1. 5100{AA} continuum & emission lines LCs of PG2130+099
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/890/71
Title:
5100{AA} continuum & emission lines LCs of PG2130+099
Short Name:
J/ApJ/890/71
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
As one of the most interesting Seyfert 1 galaxies, PG 2130+099 has been the target of several reverberation mapping (RM) campaigns over the years. However, its measured broad H{beta} line responses have been inconsistent, with time lags of ~200days, ~25days, and ~10days being reported for different epochs while its optical luminosity changed no more than 40%. To investigate this issue, we conducted a new RM-campaign with homogenous and high cadence (about ~3days) for two years during 2017-2019 to measure the kinematics and structure of the ionized gas. We successfully detected time lags of broad H{beta}, HeII, HeI, and FeII lines with respect to the varying 5100{AA} continuum, revealing a stratified structure that is likely virialized with Keplerian kinematics in the first year of observations, but an inflow kinematics of the broad-line region from the second year. With a central black hole mass of 0.97_-0.18_^+0.15^x10^7^M_{sun}_, PG2130+099 has an accretion rate of 10^2.1+/-0.5^L_Edd_c^-2^, where L_Edd_ is the Eddington luminosity and c is speed of light, implying that it is a super-Eddington accretor and likely possesses a slim, rather than thin, accretion disk. The fast changes of the ionization structures of the three broad lines remain puzzling.
2. Absorption features in SDSS. I. MgII abs. doublets
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/235/11
Title:
Absorption features in SDSS. I. MgII abs. doublets
Short Name:
J/ApJS/235/11
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using the SDSS spectra of quasars included in the DR7Q or DR12Q catalogs, we search for MgII{lambda}{lambda}2796,2803 narrow absorption doublets in the spectra data around MgII{lambda}2798 emission lines. We obtain 17316 MgII doublets, within the redshift range of 0.3299<=z_abs_<=2.5663. We find that a velocity offset of {upsilon}_r_<6000km/s is a safe boundary to constrain the vast majority of associated Mg ii systems, although we find some doublets at {upsilon}_r_>6000km/s. If associated Mg ii absorbers are defined by {upsilon}_r_<6000km/s, ~33.3% of the absorbers are supposed to be contaminants of intervening systems. Removing the 33.3% contaminants, ~4.5% of the quasars present at least one associated MgII system with W_r_^{lambda}2796^>=0.2{AA}. The fraction of associated MgII systems with high-velocity outflows correlates with the average luminosities of their central quasars, indicating a relationship between outflows and the quasar feedback power. The {upsilon}_r_ distribution of the outflow MgII absorbers is peaked at 1023km/s, which is smaller than the corresponding value of the outflow CIV absorbers. The redshift number density evolution of absorbers (dn/dz) limited by {upsilon}_r_{>}-3000km/s differs from that of absorbers constrained by {upsilon}_r_>2000km/s. Absorbers limited by {upsilon}_r_>2000km/s and higher values exhibit profiles similar to dn/dz. In addition, the dn/dz is smaller when absorbers are constrained with larger {upsilon}_r_. The distributions of equivalent widths, and the ratio of W_r_^{lambda}2796^/W_r_^{lambda}2803^, are the same for associated and intervening systems, and independent of quasar luminosity.
3. Absorption in multiphase circumgalactic medium
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/445/2061
Title:
Absorption in multiphase circumgalactic medium
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/445/2061
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This paper presents an absorption-line study of the multiphase circumgalactic medium (CGM) based on observations of Ly{alpha}, CII, CIV, SiII, SiIII, and SiIV absorption transitions in the vicinities of 195 galaxies at redshift z<0.176. The galaxy sample is established based on a cross-comparison between public galaxy and quasi-stellar object (QSO) survey data and is characterized by a median redshift of <z>=0.041, a median projected distance of <d>=362kpc to the sightline of the background QSO, and a median stellar mass of log(M_star_/M_{sun}_)=9.7+/-1.1. Comparing the absorber features identified in the QSO spectra with known galaxy properties has led to strong constraints for the CGM absorption properties at z<~0.176. First, abundant hydrogen gas is observed out to d~500kpc, well beyond the dark matter halo radius R_h_ of individual galaxies, with a mean covering fraction of ~60 percent. In contrast, no heavy elements are detected at d>~0.7R_h_ from either low-mass dwarfs or high-mass galaxies. The lack of detected heavy elements in low- and high-ionization states suggests that either there exists a chemical enrichment edge at d~0.7R_h_ or gaseous clumps giving rise to the observed absorption lines cannot survive at these large distances. Considering all galaxies at d>R_h_ leads to a strict upper limit for the covering fraction of heavy elements of ~3% (at a 95% confidence level) over d=(1-9)R_h_. At d<R_h_, differential covering fraction between low- and high-ionization gas is observed, suggesting that the CGM becomes progressively more ionized from d<0.3R_h_ to larger distances. Comparing CGM absorption observations at low and high redshifts shows that at a fixed fraction of R_h_ the CGM exhibits stronger mean absorption at z=2.2 than at z~0, and that the distinction is most pronounced in low-ionization species traced by CII and SiII absorption lines. We discuss possible pseudo-evolution of the CGM as a result of misrepresentation of halo radius, and present a brief discussion on the implications of these findings.
4. Absorption lines in QSO 0000-2619
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/318/347
Title:
Absorption lines in QSO 0000-2619
Short Name:
J/A+A/318/347
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We give the list of absorption lines in the high resolution (FWHM=13 km/s) spectrum of the z=4.12 QSO 0000-2619. The first table contains the lines of the Lyman-alpha forest, while in the second table the lines of the metal systems are listed.
5. Absorption-line systems in QSO spectra - CoALS
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/412/707
Title:
Absorption-line systems in QSO spectra - CoALS
Short Name:
J/A+A/412/707
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Absorption lines and absorption-line systems (ALSs) observed in the spectra of QSOs contain fundamental information on distribution of matter between the observer and the QSO, and on physical processes in the Universe in different epochs of the cosmological evolution. The presented catalog contains a compilation of basic information on absorption-line systems (ALSs) in QSO spectra. The data are taken from publications available to the authors up to January 2002. The catalog includes, in particular, all the data of the catalogs by Junkkarinen et al. (1991ApJS...77..203J) and York et al. (1991MNRAS.250...24Y ). The catalog consists of table1.dat, table2.txt and the list of references in refs.dat file. The present catalog is also available at the site of the Dept. of Theor. Astrophys. of the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute: <www.ioffe.ru/astro/QC>
6. Absorption spectrum of the QSO PKS2126-158
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/127/217
Title:
Absorption spectrum of the QSO PKS2126-158
Short Name:
J/A+AS/127/217
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Spectra of the z_em_=3.268 quasar PKS 2126-158 have been obtained in the wavelength range 430-662nm with a resolution R=27000 and an average signal to noise ratio s/n=25 per resolution element. 12 metal absorption systems have been identified, two of which were previously unknown. All the lines shortward of the Lyman{alpha} emission not identified as due to metals have been fitted as Lyman{alpha} and Lyman{beta}. We reported statistical analysis of this sample of lines. In particular, the two-point correlation function for metal systems has been computed.
7. Absorption systems of HS 1700+6416
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/294/377
Title:
Absorption systems of HS 1700+6416
Short Name:
J/A+A/294/377
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Ultraviolet observations of the high-redshift quasat HS 1700+6416 were obtained with the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the range 115-328nm, on 1991-12-13/14 and 1992-02-13/14 at a resolution R=1300. The identification of the numerous absoprtion lines provides evidence for 15 heavy-element absorption systems, among them 7 Lyman Limit systems (LLS).
8. Absorption toward PG 1116+215
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/155/351
Title:
Absorption toward PG 1116+215
Short Name:
J/ApJS/155/351
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) observations of the intergalactic absorption toward QSO PG 1116+215 in the 900-3000{AA} spectral region.
9. A catalog of post-starburst QSOs from SDSS-DR7Q
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/857/27
Title:
A catalog of post-starburst QSOs from SDSS-DR7Q
Short Name:
J/ApJ/857/27
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalog of nearby (z<=0.5) quasars with significant features of post-starburst stellar populations in their optical spectra: so-called post-starburst quasars, or PSQs. After carefully decomposing spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7) Quasar Catalog into quasar and host-galaxy components, we derive a sample of 208 PSQs. Their host-galaxy components have strong H{delta} absorption (EW>=6{AA}) indicating a significant contribution of an intermediate-aged stellar population formed in a burst of star formation within the past 1Gyr, which makes them potentially useful for studying the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies.
10. A catalogue of faint UV-excess objects
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/243/1
Title:
A catalogue of faint UV-excess objects
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/243/1
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Spectra, positions, magnitudes and colours are presented for 1400 faint (B<~21mag) stellar objects identified in a complete, ultraviolet-excess (UVX) survey. The objects were selected from COSMOS machine measurements of UK Schmidt U and J plates and observed with the Fibre Optic Coupled Aperture Plate (FOCAP) system at the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). In total, 420 QSOs were identified, of which nine belong to the broad absorption line (BAL) class of QSOs. A further 57 galaxies with narrow emission lines were found. Halo subdwarfs from the vast majority (~90 per cent) of the 824 galactic stars identified in this survey; the remaining galactic stars are comprised principally of hot white dwarfs (42 objects) and horizontal branch stars (nine objects). Updated versions of the QSO number-magnitude relation and luminosity function derived from this survey are also presented in this paper.