SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 62131

DR MARTIN ELVIS
MELVIS@HEAD-CFA.HARVARD.EDU

HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS
60 GARDEN STREET
CAMBRIDGE
MASSACHUSETTS USA 02138
Tel: (617) 495-7442 Fax: (617) 495-7356
Medium: CD ROM
Subject: AGN

TWO NEW IRAS QUASARS WITH WARM ABSORBERS


ABSTRACT

We propose to observe with ASCA two new infrared-loud quasars with warm absorbers: IRAS~04392-2713 (z=0.08) and IRAS~F22497+1439 (z=0.135). While `Warm' (i.e. partially ionized) absorbers have been studied in detail in many low luminosity AGN, only a few cases have even been identified at high luminosities. Our systematic search of bright ROSAT sources in WGACAT has found a few new cases, of which two are also IRAS sources. ASCA spectra of these two quasars will allow us to test for the differences in warm absorber ionization state and column density, with luminosity and with infrared properties. Being infrared-loud the quasars may offer new examples of ``dusty-warm-absorbers'', as are half the quasar warm absorbers already known.

CO-INVESTIGATORS
CO-I NAME INSTITUTE COUNTRY
FABRIZIO NICASTROIAS-CNRITALY
FABRIZIO FIORESAOUSA

TARGETS

TARGET NAMEPRIRADECTIMETCOFFGISSIS CNTOBS
2)IRAS 04392-2713
1
 70.3442-27.1389 20 ksN
N
P
0.78000
1