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We report on the analysis of a ∼60-ks XMM-Newton observation of the bright, narrow emission line quasar PG1211+143. Absorption lines are seen in both European Photon Imaging Camera and Reflection Grating Spectrometer spectra corresponding to H- and He-like ions of Fe, S, Mg, Ne, O, N and C. The observed line energies indicate an ionized outflow velocity of ∼24 000 km s -1. The highest energy lines require a column density of N H ∼ 5 × 1023 cm-2, at an ionization parameter of log ζ ∼ 3.4. If the origin of this high-velocity outflow lies in matter being driven from the inner disc, then the flow is likely to be optically thick within a radius of ∼ 130 Schwarzschild radii, providing a natural explanation for the big blue bump (and strong soft X-ray) emission in PG1211+143.
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Pounds, K. A., Reeves, J. N., King, A. R., Page, K. L., O’Brien, P. T., & Turner, M. J. L. (2003). A high-velocity ionized outflow and XUV photosphere in the narrow emission line quasar PG1211+143. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 345(3), 705–713. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.07006.x
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