Correlated time variability of multi-component high velocity outflows in J162122.54+075808.4

Abstract

We present a detailed analysis of time variability of two distinct C IV broad absorption line (BAL) components seen in the spectrum of J162122.54+075808.4 ($z_{em}$ = 2.1394) using observations from SDSS, NTT and SALT taken at seven different epochs spanning about 15 years. The blue-BAL component (with an ejection velocity, $v_{\mathrm{e}}\sim 37,500$ kms${}^{-1}$) is an emerging absorption that shows equivalent width variations and kinematic shifts consistent with acceleration. The red-BAL component ($v_{\mathrm{e}}\sim 15,400$ kms${}^{-1}$) is a three component absorption. One of the components is emerging and subsequently disappearing. The two other components show kinematic shifts consistent with acceleration coupled with equivalent width variability. Interestingly, we find the kinematic shifts and equivalent width variability of the blue- and red-BAL components to be correlated. While the C IV emission line flux varies by more than 17% during our monitoring period, the available light-curves (covering rest frame 1300-2300 angstrom do not show more than a 0.1 mag variability in the continuum. This suggests that the variations in the ionizing flux are larger than that of the near-UV flux. However, the correlated variability seen between different BAL components cannot be explained solely by photoionization models without structural changes. In the framework of disk wind models, any changes in the radial profiles of density and/or velocity triggered either by disk instabilities or by changes in the ionizing radiation can explain our observations. High resolution spectroscopic monitoring of J1621+0758 is important to understand the physical conditions of the absorbing gas and thereby to constrain the parameters of disk-wind models.

arXiv comment17 pages, 15 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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