ROSAT Results on Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies

Abstract

The excellent soft X-ray sensitivity of the PSPC detector onboard the ROSAT satellite provided the first chance to study precisely the spectral and timing properties of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies. ROSAT observations of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies have revealed (1) the existence of a giant soft X-ray excess, (2) a striking, clear correlation between the strength of the soft X-ray excess emission and the FWHM of the H-beta line, (3) the general absence of significant soft X-ray absorption by neutral hydrogen above the Galactic column, (4) short doubling time scales down to about 1000 seconds, (5) the existence of persistent giant (above a factor of 10), and rapid (less than 1 day) X-ray variability in extragalactic sources. The soft X-ray results on Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies indicate that their black hole regions are directly visible, further supporting the Seyfert 1 nature of these objects. The extreme X-ray properties of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies make them ideal objects for understanding many of the problems raised generally by the Seyfert phenomenon.

Invited talk presented at the Joint MPE,AIP,ESO workshop on NLS1s, Bad Honnef, Dec. 1999, to appear in New Astronomy Reviews; also available at http://wave.xray.mpe.mpg.de/conferences/nls1-workshop

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