Relativistic Outflow in CXOCDFS J033260.0-274748

Wang, J. X.; Wang, T. G.; Tozzi, P.; Giacconi, R.; Hasinger, G.; Kewley, L.; Mainieri, V.; Nonino, M.; Norman, C.; Streblyanska, A.; Szokoly, G.; Yaqoob, T.; Zirm, A.
Bibliographical reference

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 631, Issue 1, pp. L33-L36.

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9
2005
Number of authors
13
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0
Citations
8
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8
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In this Letter we report the detection of a strong and extremely blueshifted X-ray absorption feature in the 1 Ms Chandra spectrum of CXOCDFS J033260.0-274748, a quasar at z=2.579 with L2-10keV~4×1044 ergs s-1. The broad absorption feature at ~6.3 keV in the observed frame can be fitted either as an absorption edge at 20.9 keV or as a broad absorption line at 22.2 keV rest frame. The absorber has to be extremely ionized with an ionization parameter ξ~104, and a high column density, NH>5×1023 cm-2. We reject the possibility of a statistical or instrumental artifact. The most likely interpretation is an extremely blueshifted broad absorption line or absorption edge, due to H or He-like iron in a relativistic jetlike outflow with bulk velocity of ~0.7c-0.8c. Similar relativistic outflows have been reported in the X-ray spectra of several other AGNs in the past few years.