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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

Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies represent a distinct category in the larger family of Type 1 Active Galactic Nuclei. The occurrence of emission line profiles not broader than 2000 km/s, combined with luminosity estimates comparable to those…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-14 G. La Mura , S. Ciroi , V. Cracco , D. Ilić , L. Č. Popović , P. Rafanelli

Narrow-line Seyfert 1s (NLSy1s) are an ill-defined class. Work done over the past 20 years as well as recent analyses show a continuity in properties (e.g., Balmer line profiles, blueshifts of high-ionization lines) between sources with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-10 P. Marziani , A. del Olmo , M. D' Onofrio , D. Dultzin , C. A. Negrete , M. L. Martiinez-Aldama , E. Bon , N. Bon , G. M. Stirpe

We report a detailed analysis of the XMM-Newton spectra of six Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies at redshift z = 0.35--0.92. Compared with the NLS1s at lower redshift in the previously most-studied sample, these NLS1s have larger black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-25 Zhibo Yu , Jiachen Jiang , Cosimo Bambi , Luigi C. Gallo , Dirk Grupe , Andrew C. Fabian , Christopher S. Reynolds , William N. Brandt

(abridged) With the commissioning of XMM came the discovery of 2.5-10 keV spectral complexity in some narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1). In this work, we define two samples of NLS1: a complex sample whose members exhibit high-energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. C. Gallo

We present results from the analysis of the optical spectra of 47 radio-selected narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s). These objects are a subset of the First Bright Quasar Survey (FBQS) and were initially detected at 20 cm (flux density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. J. Whalen , S. A. Laurent-Muehleisen , E. C. Moran , R. H. Becker

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 study the UV spectra of narrow-line Seyfert~1 (NLSy1) galaxies and compare them with ``normal'' AGN. Similar to their optical lines, the NLSy1s show narrower UV lines. They are also characterized by weaker CIV 1549, CIII] 1909, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Kuraszkiewicz , B. J. Wilkes , B. Czerny , S. Mathur

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

We present an analysis of 22,656 narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLSy1s) from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR17 ($0.1\leq z\leq 0.9$), identifying a sample of spectroscopically anomalous sources. These anomalies were detected via the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-30 Arihant Tiwari , Rachana , Vivek M , Suvendu Rakshit

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

The properties of narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies, the links and correlations between them, and the physics behind them, are still not well understood. Apart from accretion rates and black hole masses, density and outflows were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Dawei Xu , Stefanie Komossa , Hongyan Zhou , Tinggui Wang , Jianyan Wei

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

[Abridged] Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are a class of active galactic nuclei (AGN) that have all the properties of type 1 Seyfert galaxies but show peculiar characteristics, including the narrowest Balmer lines, strongest Fe II…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 A. Tarchi , P. Castangia , A. Columbano , F. Panessa , J. A. Braatz

Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies have recently received a lot of attention due to their unusual optical--X-ray properties which are not yet well understood. Photoionization models of the circum-nuclear emission/absorption regions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-12 Stefanie Komossa , Janek Meerschweinchen

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 have discovered a Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy and identified it with an ultrasoft X-ray source RX 215319-1514 detected with ROSAT. We present its X-ray and optical spectral characteristics. Its redshift is found to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. P. Singh , L. R. Jones

We have explored the relationship between the [O III] $\lambda$5007 and the 2--10 keV luminosities for a sample of Broad- and Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (BLSy1 and NLSy1, respectively). We find that both types of Seyferts span the same…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. B. Kraemer , I. M. George , D. M. Crenshaw , J. R. Gabel

We present the color and flux variability analysis at 3.4 {\mu}m (W1-band) and 4.6 {\mu}m (W 2-band) of 492 narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies using archival data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). In the WISE…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-12 Suvendu Rakshit , Ansu Johnson , C. S. Stalin , Poshak Gandhi , Sebastian Hoenig

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