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Is the Broad-Line Region Expanding?1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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We suggest that the broad-line regions (BLRs) of QSOs with broad emissionlines (BALs) are expanding, i.e., the clouds are undergoing radial outflow, as illustrated simply in Fig. 1. At least the following observational facts can be explained:
1. Optical observations show that some moderate and high-redshift QSOs have BALs. The number of these QSOs is about 3–10% of all QSOs (Foltz et al. 1990). One can see in Fig. 2 that very low-redshift QSOs have no BALs.
2. Almost all BAL QSOs exhibit zabs < zem.
3. High-resolution observations reveal that the widths of the broad absorption lines are narrower than that of the corresponding emission line for all BAL QSOs, i.e. Δλ ab < Δλ em.
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- IV. Physics of the Broad-Line Region
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.