Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. XVI. Continued HST/COS monitoring
  of the far-ultraviolet spectrum
  To elucidate the location, physical conditions, mass outflow rate, and
kinetic luminosity of the outflow from the active nucleus of the Seyfert 1
galaxy Mrk 509 we used coordinated ultraviolet and X-ray spectral observations
in 2012 to follow up our lengthier campaign conducted in 2009. We observed Mrk
509 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on the Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) on 2012-09-03 and 2012-10-11 coordinated with X-ray observations using
the High Energy Transmission Grating on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Our
far-ultraviolet spectra used grating G140L on COS to cover wavelengths from
920--2000 \AA\ at a resolving power of $\sim2000$, and gratings G130M and G160M
to cover 1160--1750 \AA\ at a resolving power of $\sim15,000$. We detect
variability in the blue-shifted UV absorption lines on timescales spanning
3--12 years. The inferred densities in the absorbing gas are greater than log
$n \rm~cm^{-3} \sim 3$. For ionization parameters ranging over log $U = -1.5
\rm~to~-0.2$, we constrain the distances of the absorbers to be closer than 220
pc to the active nucleus. The impact on the host galaxy appears to be confined
to the nuclear region.
