Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-02-13
Astrophys.J.658:L13-L16,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 2 figures. Accepted to ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1086/513604
We report the identification of 2MASX J032441.19+341045.9 (hereafter 2MASX J0324+3410) with an appealing object which shows the dual properties of both a narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) and a blazar. Its optical spectrum, which has a H\beta line width about 1600 km s^-1 (FWHM), an [OIII] to H\beta line ratio ~0.12, and strong FeII emission, clearly fulfills the conventional definition of NLS1s. On the other hand, 2MASX J0324+3410 also exhibits some behavior which is characteristic of blazars, including a flat radio spectrum above 1 GHz, a compact core plus a one-sided jet structure on mas-scale at 8.4 GHz, highly variable fluxes in the radio, optical, and X-ray bands, and a possible detection of TeV gamma-ray emission. On its optical image, obtained with the HST WFPC2, the active nucleus is displaced from the center of the host galaxy, which exhibits an apparent one-armed spiral structure extended to 16 kpc. The remarkable hybrid behavior of this object presents a challenge to current models of NLS1 galaxies and $\gamma$-ray blazars.
Bai Jin-Ming
Jiang Dong Rong
Komossa Stefanie
Liu Yi
Lu Honglin
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