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Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are intriguing due to their continuum as well as emission line properties. The observed peculiar properties of the NLS1s are believed to be due to accretion rate close to Eddington limit. As a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Smita Mathur

We present the results of a detailed multi-wavelength study of a sample of sixteen narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies known in $\gamma$-rays so far. This includes a focused X-ray spectral analysis, to compare them with a more general…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-27 Vaidehi S. Paliya , M. L. Parker , J. Jiang , A. C. Fabian , L. Brenneman , M. Ajello , D. Hartmann

We present the first look at the spectral and timing analysis of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies (NLS1s) with the extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array (eROSITA) on board the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-04 G. Grünwald , Th. Boller , S. Rakshit , J. Buchner , T. Dauser , M. Freyberg , T. Liu , M. Salvato , A. Schichtel

It is known that the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the nuclear radiation of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) has different shapes with respect to that of ordinary broad-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (BLS1s), particularly in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Nagao , T. Murayama , Y. Taniguchi

In this work we present a multiwavelength study of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) discovered in the Second Byurakan Survey (SBS). The sample consists of 26 objects, which have $M_{B}\ge -23.0$, or $-19.9 > M_{B} > -23.0$, $0.0243 <…

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies provide us with unique insights into the drivers of AGN activity under extreme conditions. Given their low black hole (BH) masses and near-Eddington accretion rates, they represent a class of galaxies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 V. Karamanavis , E. Angelakis , S. Komossa , I. Myserlis , D. Blinov , J. A. Zensus

Thanks to the execution of extensive spectroscopic surveys that have covered large fractions of the sky down to magnitudes as faint as $i \approx 19$, it has been possible to identify several narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) and to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-10 G. La Mura , D. Bastieri , M. Berton , S. Chen , S. Ciroi , E. Congiu , V. Cracco , J. -H. Fan , P. Rafanelli

I provide a short review of the properties of Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies across the electromagnetic spectrum and of the models to explain them. Their continuum and emission-line properties manifest one extreme form of Seyfert…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-18 S. Komossa

Based on a new spectroscopic sample observed using the WHT, we examine the kinematic properties of the various emission line regions in narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) by modelling their profiles using multiple component fits. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 James R. Mullaney , Martin J. Ward

We have compiled a list of 83 objects classified as Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) or known to have a broad Balmer component narrower than 2000 km/s. Out of these, 19 turned out to have been spectroscopically misidentified in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. -P. Veron-Cetty , P. Veron , A. C. Goncalves

We have used the ROSAT Bright Source Catalogue to extract a complete sample of sources selected in the band from 0.1-0.4 keV. This 1/4 keV-selected sample is comprised of 54 Seyfert galaxies, 25 BL Lacertae objects, 4 clusters and 27…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Vaughan , R. Edelson , R. S. Warwick , M. A. Malkan , M. R. Goad

Broad infrared spectra (7-200 micrometer) of four NLS1 galaxies, obtained with the imaging photo-polarimeter (ISOPHOT) on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), are presented. The infrared luminosities and temperatures, opacities and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Polletta , T. J. -L. Courvoisier

We present a systematic analysis of the X-ray spectral properties of a sample of 22 ``narrow-line'' Seyfert 1 galaxies for which data are available from the ASCA public archive. Many of these sources, which were selected on the basis of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Vaughan , J. Reeves , R. Warwick , R , Edelson

We present the main results of broad band (0.1-10 keV) BeppoSAX observations of a selected sample of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s). We have performed a spectroscopic analysis of LECS and MECS data to test their average spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Cancelliere , A. Comastri

The {\gamma}-ray detection from several radio-loud (RL) narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies has enabled us to study powerful relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with smaller black hole masses and higher accretion rates than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-27 Hui Yang , Weimin Yuan , Su Yao , Hai-Wu Pan , S. Komossa

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are a type of active galactic nuclei (AGN) that were originally classified as sources with little to no radio emission. Although the class is rather unified from an optical perspective, their radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-26 I. Varglund , E. Järvelä , M. J. Hardcastle , S. Varglund , A. Lähteenmäki

This is the first paper in a series dedicated to the study of the emission-line and continuum properties of narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s). We carried out a systematic search for NLS1s from objects assigned as ``QSOs'' or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-28 Hongyan Zhou , Tinggui Wang , Weimin Yuan , Honglin Lu , Xiaobo Dong , Junxian Wang , Youjun Lu

We present a detailed analysis of the XMM-Newton observations of five narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s). They all show very soft continuum emission in the X-ray band with a photon index of $\Gamma\gtrsim 2.5$. Therefore, they are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-18 Jiachen Jiang , Luigi C. Gallo , Andrew C. Fabian , Michael L. Parker , Christopher S. Reynolds

The idea that some of the unusual features in the X-ray spectra of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are due to the steep X-ray continuum is tested by comparing photoionization model calculations with various observed properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hagai Netzer

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are generally known to be radio-quiet Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), but a tiny subset of them are found to be extremely radio-loud with radio loudness parameter ($R_{\rm 1.4~GHz}$) $>$ 100. Given their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-23 Veeresh Singh , Parveen Kumar , Avik Kumar Das , Vineet Ojha