Kiloparsec-scale jets in three radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

Abstract

We have discovered kiloparsec-scale extended radio emission in three narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) in sub-arcsecond resolution 9 GHz images from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). We find all sources show two-sided, mildly core-dominated jet structures with diffuse lobes dominated by termination hotspots. These span 20-70 kpc with morphologies reminiscent of FR II radio galaxies, while the extended radio luminosities are intermediate between FR I and FR II sources. In two cases the structure is linear, while a $45^{\circ }$ bend is apparent in the third. Very Long Baseline Array images at 7.6 GHz reveal parsec-scale jet structures, in two cases with extended structure aligned with the inner regions of the kiloparsec-scale jets. Based on this alignment, the ratio of the radio core luminosity to the optical luminosity, the jet/counter-jet intensity and extension length ratios, and moderate core brightness temperatures ($\lesssim 10^{10}$ K), we conclude these jets are mildly relativistic ($\beta \lesssim 0.3$, $\delta \sim 1$-$1.5$) and aligned at moderately small angles to the line of sight (10-15${}^{\circ }$). The derived kinematic ages of $\sim 10^6$-$10^7$ y are much younger than radio galaxies but comparable to other NLS1s. Our results increase the number of radio-loud NLS1s with known kiloparsec-scale extensions from seven to ten and suggest that such extended emission may be common, at least among the brightest of these sources.

arXiv comment5 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, accepted to ApJ Letters

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