X-ray Spectroscopy of QSOs with Broad Ultraviolet Absorption Lines

Abstract

For the population of QSOs with broad ultraviolet absorption lines, we are just beginning to accumulate X-ray observations with enough counts for spectral analysis at CCD resolution. From a sample of eight QSOs [including four Broad Absorption Line (BAL) QSOs and three mini-BAL QSOs] with ASCA or Chandra spectra with more than 200 counts, general patterns are emerging. Their power-law X-ray continua are typical of normal QSOs with Gamma~2.0, and the signatures of a significant column density [N_H~(0.1-4)x10^{23} cm^{-2}] of intrinsic, absorbing gas are clear. Correcting the X-ray spectra for intrinsic absorption recovers a normal ultraviolet-to-X-ray flux ratio, indicating that the spectral energy distributions of this population are not inherently anomalous. In addition, a large fraction of our sample shows significant evidence for complexity in the absorption. The subset of BAL QSOs with broad MgII absorption apparently suffers from Compton-thick absorption completely obscuring the direct continuum in the 2-10 keV X-ray band, complicating any measurement of their intrinsic X-ray spectral shapes.

9 pages, 6 figures, uses AASTeX. Accepted to the Astrophysical Journal

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