NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2010B-0132
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PI: Lisa Winter, Hubble Fellow, University of Colorado, lisa.winter@colorado.edu
Address: Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, 593 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
CoI: Sylvain Veilleux, University of Maryland
CoI: David Rupke, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
CoI: John Stocke, University of Colorado
CoI: Brian Keeney, University of Colorado
CoI: Michael Koss, University of Maryland
Title: Determining the Optical Outflow Properties of an Unbiased Sample of Low Redshift Seyfert 1s
Abstract:
Mass outflows from AGN are believed to affect their host galaxy's
evolution -- enriching their local ISM and potentially IGM with metals
from supernova explosions and quenching epochs of star formation --
however, the properties of these outflows are poorly understood. Even
the fraction of outflows is not known, since previous studies were based
on sources selected for their optical/X-ray brightness. With the Swift
BAT AGN survey, we have identified an unbiased sample of 51 Seyfert 1--
1.5s. Data are already available to study the UV and X-ray properties
of the outflows of many of these sources. Coupled with these
observations, we propose medium to high resolution optical spectra to
study the neutral outflows with the Na ID doublet in the southern
sources as a complementary program to our accepted APO observations of
the northern sources. In addition to the outflow properties, uniform
optical spectra are not available for the southern BAT-detected sources.
These observations will provide important properties of the AGN such as
their black hole mass, luminosities, and emission line properties.
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