The Nature of Associated Absorption and the UV-X-ray Connection in 3C 288.1

Abstract

We discuss new Hubble Space Telescope spectroscopy of the radio-loud quasar, 3C 288.1. The data cover ~590 A to ~1610 A in the quasar rest frame. They reveal a wealth of associated absorption lines (AALs) with no accompanying Lyman-limit absorption. The metallic AALs range in ionization from C III and N III to Ne VIII and Mg X. We use these data and photoionization models to derive the following properties of the AAL gas: 1) There are multiple ionization zones within the AAL region, spanning a factor of at least ~50 in ionization parameter. 2) The overall ionization is consistent with the ``warm'' X-ray continuum absorbers measured in Seyfert 1 nuclei and other QSOs. However, 3) the column densities implied by the AALs in 3C 288.1 are too low to produce significant bound-free absorption at any UV-X-ray wavelengths. Substantial X-ray absorption would require yet another zone, having a much higher ionization or a much lower velocity dispersion than the main AAL region. 4) The total hydrogen column density in the AAL gas is log N_H (cm-2)= 20.2. 5) The metallicity is roughly half solar. 6) The AALs have deconvolved widths of ~900 km/s and their centroids are consistent with no shift from the quasar systemic velocity (conservatively within +/-1000 km/s). 7) There are no direct indicators of the absorber's location in our data, but the high ionization and high metallicity both suggest a close physical relationship to the quasar/host galaxy environment. Finally, the UV continuum shape gives no indication of a ``blue bump'' at higher energies. There is a distinct break of unknown origin at ~1030 A, and the decline toward higher energies (with spectral index alpha = -1.73, for f_nu ~ nu^alpha) is even steeper than a single power-law interpolation from 1030 A to soft X-rays.

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