Gamma-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies. New discoveries and open questions

Abstract

The discovery of gamma-ray emission from 5 radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies revealed the presence of a possible emerging third class of AGNs with relativistic jets, in addition to blazars and radio galaxies. The existence of relativistic jets also in this subclass of Seyfert galaxies opened an unexplored research space for our knowledge of the radio-loud AGNs. Here, we discuss the radio-to-gamma-rays properties of the gamma-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, also in comparison with the blazar scenario.

4 pages, proceedings of the IAU Symposium 304 "Multiwavelength AGN Surveys and Studies", Yerevan (Armenia)

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