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Unusual broad line profile in the QSO + 144 - evidence for an optical jet

Journal Article · · Astrophys. J.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/166278· OSTI ID:6990917
Narrow components in the profiles of the broad Balmer and Mg II emission lines were observed in the QSO 0054 + 144 (PHL 909). The redshift given by the narrow permitted lines is smaller than that of the narrow forbidden O III lines, by an amount corresponding to a velocity difference of about 1000 km/s. There was a possible change in both the broad and narrow permitted lines between 1980 and 1986. It is suggested that the narrow Balmer component may have been produced in a short-lived jetlike structure moving outward from the center of the QSO with this relative line-of-sight velocity. 24 references.
Research Organization:
California Univ., La Jolla (USA)
OSTI ID:
6990917
Journal Information:
Astrophys. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J.; (United States) Vol. 328; ISSN ASJOA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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