Variable Absorption and Disrupting X-ray Jet of the BAL RLQ PG 1004+130

We propose nonsimultaneous joint Chandra (60 ks), XMMNewton (60 ks), and HST(1 orbit) observations of the remarkable BAL RLQ PG 1004+130. These, inconjunction with our previous Xray/UV coverage, will yield (1) one of the mostcomprehensive Xray spectral monitoring campaigns of a variable BAL quasarundertaken, probing multiyear and multimonth timescales to constrain thenature of the Xray absorber; (2) the highest S/N Xray spectra of a BAL RLQcurrently available, enabling modeling of Xray absorption and the underlyingcontinuum; and (3) the deepest Xray imaging yet obtained of a disrupting jet ina hybrid morphology radio source, allowing tests for jet flux variability andcharacterization of the morphologies and spectra of the jet and diffuse emission. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]