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We present results from an analysis of the broad-band, 0.3-195 keV, X-ray spectra of 48 Seyfert 1-1.5 sources detected in the very hard X-rays with the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT). This sample is selected in an all-sky survey…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Lisa M. Winter , Sylvain Veilleux , Barry McKernan , Tim Kallman

We describe how recent X-ray surveys have led to advances in the understanding of ultrasoft narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies. The number of known ultrasoft narrow-line Seyfert 1s has increased greatly in recent years due to X-ray surveys, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 W. N. Brandt , Th. Boller

We study a sample of Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1) in their optical and radio features, in order to understand the differences between their radio silent, radio-loud and radio-quiet subclasses. We first show that the different…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-15 Tullia Sbarrato , Massimo Dotti , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Fabrizio Tavecchio

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1) are active galactic nuclei (AGN) known to have small masses of the central black hole and high accretion rates. NLS1s are generally radio-quiet, but a small part of them (about 7\%) are radio-loud. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-25 M. Berton , L. Foschini , A. Caccianiga , J. L. Richards , S. Ciroi , E. Congiu , V. Cracco , G. La Mura , L. Marafatto , P. Rafanelli

The last decade has witnessed a steadily increasing number of observational studies concerning the rare class of radio loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, of which several hundred are currently known. According to the current AGN paradigm,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-15 Matthew L. Lister

Narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are believed to be powered by accretion of matter onto low mass black holes (BHs) in spiral host galaxies with BH masses M_BH of 10^6 - 10^8 M_sun . However, the broad band spectral energy distribution…

We present optical spectropolarimetry of the nuclei of 36 Seyfert 1 galaxies, obtained with the William Herschel and the Anglo-Australian Telescopes from 1996 to 1999. In 20 of these, the optical emission from the active nucleus is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. E. Smith , S. Young , A. Robinson , E. A. Corbett , M. E. Giannuzzo , D. J. Axon , J. H. Hough

We present a study of the hard X-ray spectrum (>15 keV) of different classes of Seyfert galaxies observed with BeppoSAX/PDS. Using hard X-ray data, we avoid absorption effects modifying the Seyfert emission and have direct access to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Deluit , T. Courvoisier

We studied the six gamma-ray-detected Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies using the hard X-ray observations from Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and optical g- \& r-band from Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). The X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-16 Suvas Chandra Chaudhary , Raj Prince , Brian van Soelen , Pieter Meintjes

An analysis was made of 0.3-15 keV X-ray spectra of a Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy, Ton S180, using archival data from ASCA, RXTE, and XMM-Newton. At energies above 2.5 keV, a power-law with a photon index of ~ 2.3 successfully and…

Line profiles can provide fundamental information on the physics of active galactic nuclei (AGN). In the case of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) this is of particular importance since past studies revealed how their permitted line…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-29 M. Berton , I. Björklund , A. Lähteenmäki , E. Congiu , E. Järvelä , G. Terreran , G. La Mura

A sample of 22 narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) and 47 broad-line Seyfert 1 (BLS1) galaxies observed with Suzaku is used to examine the Fe K band properties of each group. Three different models are used to examine the presence of: narrow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Sophia G. H. Waddell , Luigi C. Gallo

(abridged) We present a comprehensive study of a sample of 23 genuine radio-loud NLS1 galaxies which have the radio-loudness parameters greater than 100. The radio sources of the sample are ubiquitously compact. A significant fraction of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. Yuan , H. Y. Zhou , S. Komossa , X. B. Dong , T. G. Wang , H. L. Lu , J. M. Bai

Radio and $\gamma$-ray loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are unique objects to study the formation and evolution of relativistic jets, as they are believed to have high accretion rates and powered by low mass black holes contrary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-07 Suvendu Rakshit , Malte Schramm , C. S. Stalin , I. Tanaka , Vaidehi S. Paliya , Indrani Pal , Jari Kotilainen , Jaejin Shin

The spectroscopic properties of the objects that came to be called Narrow-Line Seyfert 1s were first systematically described and named as such 15 years ago by Osterbrock & Pogge (1985). At the time, they were a relatively rare and peculiar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Richard W. Pogge

The detection of significant $\gamma$-ray emission from radio-loud narrow line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1s) galaxies enables us to study jets in environments different than those in blazars. However, due to the small number of known $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-23 Vaidehi S. Paliya , M. Ajello , S. Rakshit , A. Mandal , C. S. Stalin , A. Kaur , D. Hartmann

While a broad profile of the Fe K$\alpha$ emission line is frequently found in the X-ray spectra of typical Seyfert galaxies, the situation is unclear in the case of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s)---an extreme subset which are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Zhu Liu , Weimin Yuan , Youjun Lu , Xin-Lin Zhou

We have identified a high-amplitude radio outburst in the course of a large-sample study of the radio properties of narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies. We have analysed previous radio data and obtained new radio observations with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-27 K. É. Gabányi , S. Komossa , A. Kraus , A. Mezősi , S. Frey

We present four radio-loud NLS1 galaxies with extreme emission-line shifts, indicating radial outflow velocities of the ionized gas of up to 2450 km/s, above the escape velocity of the host galaxies. The forbidden lines show strong…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-30 S. Komossa , D. W. Xu , A. Y. Wagner

The observation of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy IRAS13349+2438 performed by XMM-Newton European Photon Imaging Camera between 0.3-10 keV, is presented here. The broadband spectrum of the source is dominated at low energies (E < 2 keV)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. L. Longinotti , M. Cappi , K. Nandra , M. Dadina , S. Pellegrini , ;