Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-04-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
LaTeX file, 24 pages, 15 figures, uses the new A&A macro (enclosed: aa5.cls). Figs. 1-5 and 7 are bitmapped; non-bitmapped, hi
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20010489
We have compiled a list of 83 objects classified as Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) or known to have a broad Balmer component narrower than 2000 km/s. Out of these, 19 turned out to have been spectroscopically misidentified in previous studies; only 64 of the selected objects are genuine NLS1s. We have spectroscopically observed 59 of them and tried to characterize their Narrow and Broad-Line Regions (NLR and BLR) by fitting the emission-lines with Gaussian and/or Lorentzian profiles. In most cases, the broad Balmer components are well fitted by a single Lorentzian profile. This has consequences concerning their FWHMs and line ratios: when the broad Balmer components are fitted with a Lorentzian, most narrow line regions have line ratios typical of Seyfert 2s while, when a Gaussian profile isused for fitting the broad Balmer components, the line ratios are widely scattered in the usual diagnostic diagrams (Veilleux & Osterbrock 1987). We find that, in general, the [O III] lines have a relatively narrow Gaussian profile (~ 200-500 km/s FWHM) with often, in addition, a second broad (~ 500-1800 km/s FWHM), blueshifted Gaussian component. We do not confirm that the [O III] lines are weak in NLS1s. As previously suggested, there is a continuous transition of all properties between NLS1s and classical Broad-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies (BLS1s) and the limit of 2000 km/s used to separate the two species is arbitrary; R_4570, the ratio of the Fe II to the H_beta fluxes, could be a physically more meaningful parameter to distinguish them. (abridged abstract)
Goncalves Alexandre C.
Véron Pascal
Veron-Cetty M.-P.
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