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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 (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

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

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

Studying large-scale environments of narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies gives a new perspective on their properties, particularly their radio loudness. The large-scale environment is believed to have an impact on the evolution and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-27 Emilia Järvelä , Anne Lähteenmäki , Heidi Lietzen , Anup Poudel , Pekka Heinämäki , Maret Einasto

(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

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) are active galactic nuclei (AGN) recently identified as a new class of $\gamma$-ray sources. The high energy emission is explained by the presence of a relativistic jet observed at small angles, just…

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

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 active galactic nuclei (AGN) believed to be in the early stages of their evolution. A fraction of them have been found to host relativistic jets. Due to the lack of large-scale diffuse radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-20 Emilia Järvelä , Marco Berton , Luca Crepaldi

We have conducted a multiwavelength survey of 42 radio loud narrow-1ine Seyfert 1 galaxies (RLNLS1s), selected by searching among all the known sources of this type and omitting those with steep radio spectra. We analyse data from radio…

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

Radio-Loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s), especially the extremely radio-loud ones, are widely accepted as the jetted versions of NLS1s. We explore the radio-loud fraction for NLS1s with recently released LoTSS DR1 at 150 MHz. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-13 Xu-Liang Fan

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 (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

We present a new accurate sample of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) in the southern hemisphere from the Six-degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS). Based on the optical spectral features, 167 sources were classified as NLS1s. We derived…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-19 S. Chen , M. Berton , G. La Mura , E. Congiu , V. Cracco , L. Foschini , J. H. Fan , S. Ciroi , P. Rafanelli , D. Bastieri

We present a new accurate catalog of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) in the southern hemisphere from the Six-degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) final data release, which is currently the most extensive spectroscopic survey available…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-14 S. Chen , M. Berton , G. La Mura , E. Congiu , V. Cracco , L. Foschini , J. H. Fan , S. Ciroi , P. Rafanelli , D. Bastieri

Narrow line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies constitute a class of active galactic nuclei characterized by the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the H$\beta$ broad emission line < 2000 km/s and the flux ratio of [O III] to H$\beta$ < 3. Their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-06 Suvendu Rakshit , C. S. Stalin , Hum Chand , Xue-Guang Zhang

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
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