Relativistic jets of blazars

T Hovatta, E Lindfors - New Astronomy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Relativistic jets of active galactic nuclei have been known to exist for 100 years. Blazars with
their jet pointing close to our line of sight are some of the most variable and extreme objects …

Swift J2058. 4+ 0516: discovery of a possible second relativistic tidal disruption flare?

SB Cenko, HA Krimm, A Horesh, A Rau… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery by the Swift hard X-ray monitor of the transient source Swift J2058.
4+ 0516 (Sw J2058+ 05). Our multi-wavelength follow-up campaign uncovered a long-lived …

Jetted Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies & Co.: Where Do We Stand?

L Foschini - Universe, 2020 - mdpi.com
The discovery in 2008 of high-energy gamma-rays from Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies
(NLS1s) made it clear that there were active galactic nuclei (AGN) other than blazars and …

Radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 as a new class of gamma-ray active galactic nuclei

AA Abdo, M Ackermann, M Ajello… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery with Fermi/LAT of γ-ray emission from three radio-loud narrow-line
Seyfert 1 galaxies: PKS 1502+ 036 (z= 0.409), 1H 0323+ 342 (z= 0.061), and PKS 2004 …

Black hole mass estimate for a sample of radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

G Calderone, G Ghisellini, M Colpi… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We discuss the relationship between a standard Shakura & Sunyaev accretion disc model
and the big blue bump (BBB) observed in Type 1 active galactic nuclei. Given the similarity …

Properties of flat-spectrum radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

L Foschini, M Berton, A Caccianiga, S Ciroi… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
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 …

SBS 0846+ 513: a new γ-ray-emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy

F D'Ammando, M Orienti, J Finke… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract We report Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the radio-loud active
galactic nucleus SBS 0846+ 513 (z= 0.5835), optically classified as a narrow-line Seyfert 1 …

Radio jets and gamma-ray emission in radio-silent narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

A Lähteenmäki, E Järvelä, V Ramakrishnan… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
We have detected six narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies at 37 GHz that were previously
classified as radio silent and two that were classified as radio quiet. These detections reveal …

Evidence of powerful relativistic jets in narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

L Foschini - arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.0772, 2011 - arxiv.org
In 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revealed-for the first time-high-energy
(E> 100 MeV) gamma rays from a few Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies (NLS1s). Later, in …

Jetted narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies breaking the jet paradigm: A comprehensive study of host-galaxy morphologies

I Varglund, E Järvelä, A Lähteenmäki, M Berton… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are unevolved active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that exist
predominantly in spiral galaxies. However, mostly due to the small number of sources …