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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 AGNs (NLS1s) represent a unique stage in the black hole growth history, characterised by low black hole masses of approximately $10^{6}$-$10^{8}$ solar masses and around-Eddington accretion rates. X-ray studies of…

The recent observations of highly accreting supermassive black holes (SMBH) at very high redshift ($>$4) with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allowed us to shed light for the very first time on the early evolutionary phases of active…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-05 M. Berton , E. Järvelä , A. Tortosa , C. Mazzucchelli

Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are remarkable for their extreme continuum and emission line properties which are not well understood. New results bearing on the spectroscopic characteristics of these objects are presented here, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Anca Constantin , Joseph C. Shields

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

We report on AGN with extremely soft X-ray spectra observed with ROSAT. From their optical emission lines these objects are classified as narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1), almost all with extremely large Fe II/H-beta ratios and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Th. Boller , W. N. Brandt , H. Fink

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

Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies are a peculiar class of type 1 AGN (BLSy1). The X-ray properties of individual objects belonging to this class are often extreme and associated with accretion at high Eddington ratios. Here we present…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 F. Panessa , A. De Rosa , L. Bassani , A. Bazzano , A. Bird , R. Landi , A. Malizia , G. Miniutti , M. Molina , P. Ubertini

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

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

The ROSAT Ultradeep HRI survey in the Lockman Hole contains a complete sample of 91 X-ray sources with fluxes in the 0.5-2 keV band larger than 1.2 times 10e-15 erg cm-2 s-1, where over about 75 per cent of the sources are quasars or…

This work studies the optical emission line properties and physical conditions of the narrow line region (NLR) of seven narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1). Our results show that the flux carried out by the narrow component of H-beta is,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Rodriguez-Ardila , L. Binette , M. G. Pastoriza , C. J. Donzelli , .

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

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…

Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are generally considered peculiar objects among the broad class of Type 1 active galactic nuclei, due to the relatively small width of the broad lines, strong X-ray variability, soft X-ray continua,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Decarli , M. Dotti , M. Fontana , F. Haardt

It is not yet well known whether narrow line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies follow the $M_{BH} - \sigma_{\star}$ relation found for normal galaxies. Emission lines, such as [SII] or [OIII]$\lambda$5007, have been used as a surrogate of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Eduardo O. Schmidt , Diego Ferreiro , Luis Vega , Gabriel A. Oio

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 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

We used multi-component profiles to model H$\beta$ and [O III]$\lambda \lambda $4959,5007 lines for SDSS J143030.22-001115.1, a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) in a sample of 150 NLS1s candidates selected from the Sloan Digital Sky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Weihao Bian , Quanling Cui , Lihua Chao