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Variability in Quasar Broad Absorption Line Outflows

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arxiv 1204.6048 v1 pith:7MMKCNLY submitted 2012-04-26 astro-ph.CO

Variability in Quasar Broad Absorption Line Outflows

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Broad absorption lines (BALs) in quasar spectra identify high velocity outflows that likely exist in all quasars and could play a major role in feedback to galaxy evolution. Studying the variability in these BALs can help us understand the structure, evolution, and basic physical properties of these outflows. We are conducting a BAL monitoring program, which so far includes 163 spectra of 24 luminous quasars, covering time-scales from \sim 1 week to 8 years in the quasar rest-frame. We investigate changes in both the CIV {\lambda}1550 and SiIV {\lambda}1400 BALs, and we report here on some of the results from this program.

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