2013ApJ...768...52P


Query : 2013ApJ...768...52P

2013ApJ...768...52P - Astrophys. J., 768, 52 (2013/May-1)

The nature of γ-ray loud narrow-line Seyfert I galaxies PKS 1502+036 and PKS 2004-447.

PALIYA V.S., STALIN C.S., SHUKLA A. and SAHAYANATHAN S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Variable γ-ray emission has been discovered in five radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies by the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. This has clearly demonstrated that these NLSy1 galaxies do have relativistic jets similar to two other cases of γ-ray-emitting active galactic nuclei (AGNs), namely, blazars and radio galaxies. We present here our results on the multi-band analysis of two γ-ray-emitting NLSy1 galaxies, namely, PKS 1502+036 (z = 0.409) and PKS 2004-447 (z = 0.240), using archival data. We generate multi-band long-term light curves of these sources, build their spectral energy distribution (SED), and model them using a one-zone leptonic model. They resemble more the SEDs of the flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) class of AGNs. We then compare the SEDs of these two sources with two other Fermi-detected AGNs along the traditional blazar sequence, namely, the BL Lac Mrk 421 (z = 0.03) and the FSRQ 3C 454.3 (z = 0.86). The SEDs of both PKS 1502+036 and PKS 2004-447 are found to be intermediate to the SEDs of Mrk 421 and 3C 454.3. In the γ-ray spectral index versus γ-ray luminosity plane, both these NLSy1 galaxies occupy a distinct position, wherein they have luminosity between Mrk 421 and 3C 454.3; however, their steep γ-ray spectra are similar to 3C 454.3. Their Compton dominance as well as their X-ray spectral slope also lie between Mrk 421 and 3C 454.3. We argue that the physical properties of both PKS 1502+036 and PKS 2004-447 are generally similar to blazars and intermediate between FSRQs and BL Lac objects and these sources thus could fit into the traditional blazar sequence.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: Seyfert - gamma rays: galaxies - quasars: individual (PKS 1502+036, PKS 2004-447)

Simbad objects: 8

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Number of rows : 8
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024
#notes
1 6C 032130+340016 BLL 03 24 41.1612813408 +34 10 45.857918460     15.72 13.1   ~ 276 1
2 ICRF J084957.9+510829 Sy1 08 49 57.97685916 +51 08 29.0238146   19.37 18.78 17.79   ~ 250 2
3 ICRF J094857.3+002225 Sy1 09 48 57.32005819 +00 22 25.5596984   18.85 18.61 18.17   ~ 319 2
4 Mrk 421 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2677 1
5 ICRF J150506.4+032630 Sy1 15 05 06.47716039 +03 26 30.8125704   19.02 18.62 17.72   ~ 254 1
6 QSO J1512-0906 Bla 15 12 50.53293048 -09 05 59.8297908   16.74 16.54     ~ 1317 1
7 ICRF J200755.1-443444 Sy1 20 07 55.1842447944 -44 34 44.274118260   19.3 19.3 18   ~ 173 1
8 3C 454.3 Bla 22 53 57.7480438728 +16 08 53.561508864   16.57 16.10 15.22   ~ 2851 2

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