Radio Properties of Narrow-Line and Broad-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies

Abstract

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies host active galactic nuclei (AGN) with narrow optical emission lines of the broad-line region. This is often explained with a relatively lower mass of the central supermassive black hole and super-Eddington accretion. We compared the radio properties of large samples of NLS1 and broad-line Seyfert 1 (BLS1) galaxies compiled from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We cross-matched the NLS1 and BLS1 samples with the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters (FIRST) sky survey at 1.4 GHz and the first and second epoch data of the Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) at 3 GHz. We calculated the radio spectral indices, the 1.4-GHz radio power, and the radio loudness. We found lower 1.4-GHz radio detection rates for the NLS1 galaxies. The median radio loudness values, the fraction of radio-loud AGN, and the median 1.4-GHz radio power are also lower for the NLS1 sample. The median spectral indices imply a slightly steeper radio spectrum for the NLS1 sample than for the BLS1 sample. Comparison of the star formation rates estimated from the radio data and the infrared measurements of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite indicated that more than half of the FIRST- and VLASS-detected NLS1 and BLS1 galaxies contain radio-emitting AGN.

33 pages, 13 figures, 11 tables. Published in Galaxies

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