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On the Continuum Shape of Broad Absorption Line Quasars

机译:宽吸收线类星体的连续体形状

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Thecontinuumshapeof26broadabsorptionline(BAL)QSOsisshowntobevirtuallyidenticaltothatofnon-BALQSOswhenthespectraoftheformeraredereddened.AprocedurefordereddeningofBALQSOspectraisintroduced,basedonmeasurementofthefluxinthreebandsanddeterminationofthecolourexcessincomparisonwithanunreddenedspectrum.Thismethodallowsustoderivethetypeandamountofextinction.Weshowthatreddeninginhigh-ionizationBALQSOsiscomparativelysmallandtherangeofextinctionlawsvariesfromMilkyWay,LMCtoSMCtype.Ontheotherhand,low-ionizationBALQSOsseemtoexperiencereddeningwhichcanbeattributedtoSMCtypeextinctionalone.ComparisonofthecolourindicesofcompositespectrafromFrancisetal.(1991)andZhengetal.(1997)withthosederivedfromindividualBALQSOspectrashowsthattheFrancisetal.(1991)compositemightbeamoresuitablerepresentativeofanunreddenedspectrum.Ingeneral,weconcludethatthespectralenergydistributionofnormalQSOscanbeusedasanincidentcontinuumshapeforBALQSOs.
机译:Thecontinuumshapeof26broadabsorptionline(BAL)QSOsisshowntobevirtuallyidenticaltothatofnon-BALQSOswhenthespectraoftheformeraredereddened.AprocedurefordereddeningofBALQSOspectraisintroduced,basedonmeasurementofthefluxinthreebandsanddeterminationofthecolourexcessincomparisonwithanunreddenedspectrum.Thismethodallowsustoderivethetypeandamountofextinction.Weshowthatreddeninginhigh-ionizationBALQSOsiscomparativelysmallandtherangeofextinctionlawsvariesfromMilkyWay,LMCtoSMCtype.Ontheotherhand,低ionizationBALQSOsseemtoexperiencereddeningwhichcanbeattributedtoSMCtypeextinctionalone.ComparisonofthecolourindicesofcompositespectrafromFrancisetal。(1991)andZhengetal。(1997)withthosederivedfromindividualBALQSOspectrashowsthattheFrancisetal。(1991)compositemightbeamoresuitablerepresentativeofanunreddenedspectrum.Ingeneral,weconcludethatthespectralenergydistributionofnormalQSOscanbeusedasanincidentcontinuumshapeforBALQSOs。

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