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Caption: Figure 9.
Physical picture of the dense cocoon around GLIMPSE-17775. The inner region (1) corresponds to the dense, highly ionized broad-line region (BLR) where electron scattering (orange lines) produces exponential wings, H and O I share coupled kinematics (via charge exchange and Bowen fluorescence), and strong Balmer absorption/break signatures arise. The outer layer (2) represents an intermediate-density ionized medium, where He I triplet lines show resonant absorption from the metastable 23S level and Fe II emission is driven by Lyα fluorescence. Together, these zones form a stratified cocoon enshrouding the accreting black hole. The bottom-right panel shows stacked line profiles of H, O I, He I, and Fe II.
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