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Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are generally believed to be radio-quiet Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) with relatively less-massive (10$^{5}$$-$10$^{8}$~M$_{\odot}$) Super-Massive Black Holes (SMBH). Using the FIRST radio detections…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-16 Veeresh Singh , Hum Chand , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , Preeti Kharb

We have discovered kiloparsec-scale extended radio emission in three narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) in sub-arcsecond resolution 9 GHz images from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). We find all sources show two-sided, mildly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-16 Joseph L. Richards , Matthew L. Lister

In recent years, several Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (RL-NLS1) possessing relativistic jets have come into attention with their detections in Very Large Baseline Array (VLBA) and in $\gamma$-ray observations. In this paper we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-09 Veeresh Singh , Hum Chand

Seyfert galaxies commonly host compact jets spanning 10-100 pc scales, but larger structures (KSRs) are resolved out in long baseline, aperture synthesis surveys. We report a new, short baseline Very Large Array (VLA) survey of a complete…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. F. Gallimore , D. J. Axon , C. P. O'Dea , S. A. Baum , A. Pedlar

Seyfert and LINER galaxies are known to exhibit compact radio emission on $\sim$ 10 to 100 parsec scales, but larger Kiloparsec-Scale Radio structures (KSRs) often remain undetected in sub-arcsec high resolution observations. We investigate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-10-13 Veeresh Singh , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , Yogesh Wadadekar , Alexandre Beelen , Preeti Kharb

We present the results of new radio observations carried out with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array C-configuration at 5.5 GHz for a sample of southern narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s). This work increases the number of known…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-02 S. Chen , E. Jarvela , L. Crepaldi , M. Zhou , S. Ciroi , M. Berton , P. Kharb , L. Foschini , M. Gu , G. La Mura , A. Vietri

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 (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

We present the first results of a radio survey of 79 narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) carried out with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) at 5 GHz in A configuration aimed at studying the radio properties of these sources. We report the…

Powerful, large-scale relativistic jets are usually associated with massive, old elliptical galaxies. This paradigm has recently been challenged by the identification of narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies, thought to be young active…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-30 S. Umayal , Vaidehi S. Paliya , D. J. Saikia , C. S. Stalin , S. Muneer , Maheswar Gopinathan

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are believed to be active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the early stages of their evolution. Some dozens of them have been found to host relativistic jets, whilst the majority has not even been detected in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-26 Emilia Järvelä , Rohan Dahale , Luca Crepaldi , Marco Berton , Enrico Congiu , Robert Antonucci

Radio-loud Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are unique probes of the formation of powerful radio jets at extreme (near-Eddington) accretion rates and low black hole masses, in a regime very different from classical blazars and,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-07 S. Komossa

(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

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

Several narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) have now been detected in gamma rays, providing firm evidence that at least some of this class of active galactic nuclei (AGN) produce relativistic jets. The presence of jets in NLS1s is…

We present the detection of compact radio structures of fourteen radio-loud narrow line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies from Very Long Baseline Array observations at 5 GHz, which were performed in 2013. While 50\% of the sources of our sample…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-14 Minfeng Gu , Yongjun Chen , S. Komossa , Weimin Yuan , Zhi-Qiang Shen , Kiyoaki Wajima , Hongyan Zhou , J. A. Zensus

We present the first systematic study of (non-radio-selected) radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies. Cross-correlation of the `Catalogue of Quasars and Active Nuclei' with several radio and optical catalogues led to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Komossa , W. Voges , D. Xu , S. Mathur , H. -M. Adorf , G. Lemson , W. Duschl , D. Grupe

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

Flat-spectrum radio-loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are a recently discovered class of $\gamma$-ray emitting Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), that exhibit some blazar-like properties which are explained with the presence of a…

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s), a subclass of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at early stage of accretion process, are also found to host relativistic jets. However, currently known jetted NLS1s are rare. The majority of NLS1s are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-23 Xu-Liang Fan
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