your ID: 0186 First Name: Paola Last Name: Rodriguez Hidalgo Affiliation: University of Florida Title: High Velocity Outflows in Quasars Authors: Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo, Fred Hamann, Daniel Nestor & Joseph Shields Topic: 4 Session: oral Abstract: High-velocity quasar outflows might be essential for regulating star formation and facilitating accretion onto the central black hole of QSOs. We have analized 1,700 SDSS spectra to study the incidence of CIV outflows with v>10,000 km/s but small velocity dispersions, which present challenges to theoretical models. We also discuss new observations that constrain the location and physical nature of these flows