Fast Outflowing Warm Absorbers in Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy PG 1001+054 Revealed by HST/COS Spectra

Author:

Fu Xiao-Dan,Wang JunfengORCID,Xu 许 Xiaoyu 啸宇ORCID,Zhang Zhi-Xiang

Abstract

Abstract Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are an important type of active galactic nucleus (AGN), generally expected to be accreting at a high Eddington rate. The properties of their outflows and importance of AGN feedback remain intriguing. We report on the discovery of fast outflowing warm absorbers (WAs) in the NLS1 PG 1001+054 with velocities in the range of ∼7000–9000 km s−1. They are identified with blueshifted Lyα, N v, and Si iv lines in the high-resolution ultraviolet (UV) spectra taken with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope. We perform photoionization modeling using XSTAR with three WAs. The derived physical properties are typical of WAs in terms of ionization and column density, whereas the outflow velocities are significantly higher. The estimated location of these WAs ranges from 1 to 73 parsecs away from the AGN. Together with previous detection of high ionization absorbers in the X-ray for PG 1001+054, we suggest that fast outflowing UV absorbers are probably part of a multiphase outflow. Such a structure is likely produced by the outflow launched from the AGN at an accretion disk scale, which shocks the ambient interstellar medium (ISM), producing stratified absorbers. Assuming contribution from the three WAs at tens of parsecs, the estimated ratio between the kinetic power of the outflow and AGN Eddington luminosity could reach 1.7%, raising the possibility of sufficient influence on the host galaxy when compared to some theoretical models for efficient AGN feedback.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

American Astronomical Society

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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