Discovery of a z = 0.65 post-starburst BAL quasar in the DES supernova fields

Dale Mudd; Paul Martini; Suk Sien Tie; Chris Lidman; Richard McMahon; Manda Banerji; Tamara Davis; Bradley Peterson; Rob Sharp; Nicholas Seymour; Michael Childress; Geraint Lewis; Brad Tucker; Fang Yuan; Tim Abbot; Filipe Abdalla; Sahar Allam; Aurélien Benoit-Lévy; Emmanuel Bertin; David Brooks; A. Camero Rosell; Matias Carrasco Kind; Jorge Carretero; Luiz N. da Costa; Shantanu Desai; Thomas Diehl; Tim Eifler; David Finley; Brenna Flaugher; Karl Glazebrook; Daniel Gruen; Robert Gruendl; Gaston Gutierrez; Samuel Hinton; Klaus Honscheid; David James; Kyler Kuehn; Nikolav Kuropatkin; Edward Macaulay; Marcio A.G. Maia; Ramon Miquel; Ricardo Ogando; Andres Plazas; Kevin Riel; Eusebio Sanchez; Basillio Santiago; Michael Schubnell; Ignacio Sevilla-Noarbe; Robert C. Smith; Marcelle Soares-Santos; Flavia Sobreira; Eric Suchyta; Molly Swanson; Gregory Tarle; Daniel Thomas; Syed Uddin; Alistair Walker; Bonnie Zhang

doi:10.1093/mnras/stx708

Discovery of a z = 0.65 post-starburst BAL quasar in the DES supernova fields

Dale Mudd, Paul Martini, Suk Sien Tie, Chris Lidman, Richard McMahon, Manda Banerji, Tamara Davis, Bradley Peterson, Rob Sharp, Nicholas Seymour, Michael Childress, Geraint Lewis, Brad Tucker, Fang Yuan, Tim Abbot, Filipe Abdalla, Sahar Allam, Aurélien Benoit-Lévy, Emmanuel Bertin, David BrooksA. Camero Rosell, Matias Carrasco Kind, Jorge Carretero, Luiz N. da Costa, Shantanu Desai, Thomas Diehl, Tim Eifler, David Finley, Brenna Flaugher, Karl Glazebrook, Daniel Gruen, Robert Gruendl, Gaston Gutierrez, Samuel Hinton, Klaus Honscheid, David James, Kyler Kuehn, Nikolav Kuropatkin, Edward Macaulay, Marcio A.G. Maia, Ramon Miquel, Ricardo Ogando, Andres Plazas, Kevin Riel, Eusebio Sanchez, Basillio Santiago, Michael Schubnell, Ignacio Sevilla-Noarbe, Robert C. Smith, Marcelle Soares-Santos, Flavia Sobreira, Eric Suchyta, Molly Swanson, Gregory Tarle, Daniel Thomas, Syed Uddin, Alistair Walker, Bonnie Zhang

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© 2017 The Authors. We present the discovery of a z = 0.65 low-ionization broad absorption line (LoBAL) quasar in a post-starburst galaxy in data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and spectroscopy from the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES). LoBAL quasars are a minority of all BALs, and rarer still is that this object also exhibits broad Fe II (an FeLoBAL) and Balmer absorption. This is the first BAL quasar that has signatures of recently truncated star formation, which we estimate ended about 40 Myr ago. The characteristic signatures of an FeLoBAL require high column densities, which could be explained by the emergence of a young quasar from an early, dust-enshrouded phase, or by clouds compressed by a blast wave. The age of the starburst component is comparable to estimates of the lifetime of quasars, so if we assume the quasar activity is related to the truncation of the star formation, this object is better explained by the blast wave scenario.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3682-3688
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	468
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx708
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2017

Keywords

Galaxies: active
Galaxies: starburst
Quasars: absorption lines

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Mudd, D., Martini, P., Tie, S. S., Lidman, C., McMahon, R., Banerji, M., Davis, T., Peterson, B., Sharp, R., Seymour, N., Childress, M., Lewis, G., Tucker, B., Yuan, F., Abbot, T., Abdalla, F., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., ... Zhang, B. (2017). Discovery of a z = 0.65 post-starburst BAL quasar in the DES supernova fields. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468(3), 3682-3688. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx708

Mudd, Dale ; Martini, Paul ; Tie, Suk Sien ; Lidman, Chris ; McMahon, Richard ; Banerji, Manda ; Davis, Tamara ; Peterson, Bradley ; Sharp, Rob ; Seymour, Nicholas ; Childress, Michael ; Lewis, Geraint ; Tucker, Brad ; Yuan, Fang ; Abbot, Tim ; Abdalla, Filipe ; Allam, Sahar ; Benoit-Lévy, Aurélien ; Bertin, Emmanuel ; Brooks, David ; Camero Rosell, A. ; Kind, Matias Carrasco ; Carretero, Jorge ; da Costa, Luiz N. ; Desai, Shantanu ; Diehl, Thomas ; Eifler, Tim ; Finley, David ; Flaugher, Brenna ; Glazebrook, Karl ; Gruen, Daniel ; Gruendl, Robert ; Gutierrez, Gaston ; Hinton, Samuel ; Honscheid, Klaus ; James, David ; Kuehn, Kyler ; Kuropatkin, Nikolav ; Macaulay, Edward ; Maia, Marcio A.G. ; Miquel, Ramon ; Ogando, Ricardo ; Plazas, Andres ; Riel, Kevin ; Sanchez, Eusebio ; Santiago, Basillio ; Schubnell, Michael ; Sevilla-Noarbe, Ignacio ; Smith, Robert C. ; Soares-Santos, Marcelle ; Sobreira, Flavia ; Suchyta, Eric ; Swanson, Molly ; Tarle, Gregory ; Thomas, Daniel ; Uddin, Syed ; Walker, Alistair ; Zhang, Bonnie. / Discovery of a z = 0.65 post-starburst BAL quasar in the DES supernova fields. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2017 ; Vol. 468, No. 3. pp. 3682-3688.

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Discovery of a z = 0.65 post-starburst BAL quasar in the DES supernova fields. / Mudd, Dale; Martini, Paul; Tie, Suk Sien; Lidman, Chris; McMahon, Richard; Banerji, Manda; Davis, Tamara; Peterson, Bradley; Sharp, Rob; Seymour, Nicholas; Childress, Michael; Lewis, Geraint; Tucker, Brad; Yuan, Fang; Abbot, Tim; Abdalla, Filipe; Allam, Sahar; Benoit-Lévy, Aurélien; Bertin, Emmanuel; Brooks, David; Camero Rosell, A.; Kind, Matias Carrasco; Carretero, Jorge; da Costa, Luiz N.; Desai, Shantanu; Diehl, Thomas; Eifler, Tim; Finley, David; Flaugher, Brenna; Glazebrook, Karl; Gruen, Daniel; Gruendl, Robert; Gutierrez, Gaston; Hinton, Samuel; Honscheid, Klaus; James, David; Kuehn, Kyler; Kuropatkin, Nikolav; Macaulay, Edward; Maia, Marcio A.G.; Miquel, Ramon; Ogando, Ricardo; Plazas, Andres; Riel, Kevin; Sanchez, Eusebio; Santiago, Basillio; Schubnell, Michael; Sevilla-Noarbe, Ignacio; Smith, Robert C.; Soares-Santos, Marcelle; Sobreira, Flavia; Suchyta, Eric; Swanson, Molly; Tarle, Gregory; Thomas, Daniel; Uddin, Syed; Walker, Alistair; Zhang, Bonnie.

In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 468, No. 3, 01.07.2017, p. 3682-3688.

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