We present the study of the emission properties of the quasar PG 1211+143,
which belongs to the class of narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies. On the basis
of observational data analyzed by us and collected from the literature, we
study the temporal and spectral variability of the source in the optical/UV
/X-ray bands, and we propose a model that explains the spectrum emitted in
this broad energy range. In this model, the intrinsic emission originating
in the warm skin of the accretion disk is responsible for the spectral comp
onent that is dominant in the softest X-ray range. The shape of reflected s
pectrum as wen as Fe K line detected in hard X-rays require the reflecting
medium to be mildly ionized (xi similar to 500). We identify this reflector
with the warm skin of the disk, and we show that the heating of the skin i
s consistent with the classical alphaP(tot) prescription, while alphaP(gas)
option is at least 2 orders of magnitude too low to provide the required h
eating. We find that the mass of the central black hole is relatively small
(M-BH similar to 10(7)-10(8) M.), which is consistent with the broad line
region mapping results and characteristic for NLS1 class.