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Title:
The Case for Optically Thick High-Velocity Broad-Line Region Gas in Active Galactic Nuclei
Authors:
Snedden, Stephanie A.; Gaskell, C. Martin
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0111 , ; Current address: Apache Point Observatory, 2001 Apache Point Road, Sunspot, NM 88349-0059.), AB(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0111 , )
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 669, Issue 1, pp. 126-134. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
11/2007
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
Galaxies: Active, Galaxies: Seyfert, Line: Formation, Line: Profiles, Galaxies: Quasars: Emission Lines, Galaxies: Quasars: General
DOI:
10.1086/521290
Bibliographic Code:
2007ApJ...669..126S

Abstract

A combined analysis of the profiles of the main broad quasar emission lines in both Hubble Space Telescope and optical spectra shows that while the profiles of the strong UV lines are quite similar, there is frequently a strong increase in the Lyα/Hα ratio in the high-velocity gas. We show that the suggestion that the high-velocity gas is optically thin presents many problems. We show that the relative strengths of the high-velocity wings arise naturally in an optically thick BLR component. An optically thick model successfully explains the equivalent widths of the lines, the Lyα/Hα ratios and flatter Balmer decrements in the line wings, the strengths of C III] and the λ1400 blend, and the strong variability in flux of high-velocity, high-ionization lines (especially He II and He I).
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