Intra-night optical variability study of a non-jetted narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy: SDSS J163401.94+480940.1

Abstract

SDSS J163401.94$+$480940.2 is a non-jetted radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxy. Optical monitoring of this object was carried out in two intra-night sessions each $\ge$ 3 hrs with 3.6m DOT. Intra-night optical variability (INOV) characterization is presented for the first time for this source. We have detected an unexpected remarkable flare in one of two monitoring sessions of SDSS J163401.94$+$480940.2, whose rapid brightening phase implied a minute like doubling time of $\sim$ 22 minutes, thereby approaching to the extremely fast minute like variability, observed from FSRQ PKS 1222$+$21 at 400 GeV. The detection of a minute-like variability suggests the existence of relativistic jets with a small viewing angle. We briefly discuss the possible mechanisms for the non-detection of relativistic jets in its Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations.

9 pages, 2 figures, and a table. Accepted for publication in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy

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