Journal Article

A Large Jet Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy: Observations from Parsec to 100 kpc Scales

Chen, Sina, La Mura, Giovanni, Vietri, Amelia, Kharb, Preeti, Foschini, Luigi, Berton, Marco, Behar, Ehud, Järvelä, Emilia, Laor, Ari, Gu, Minfeng, Crepaldi, Luca, Zhou, Minhua, Nandi, Sumana, Sasikumar, Silpa

2024

Overview

We present new 1.5–8.5 GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations and 0.32–1.26 GHz Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observations of J0354−1340, which is the only known radio-quiet (RQ) or radio-intermediate (RI) narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy with a 100 kpc, two-sided radio jet. A parsec-scale, one-sided jet in the southeastern direction from the core emission is found in the VLBA observations, while the kiloparsec-scale jet observed with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and GMRT is in the south–north direction. Core spectra on parsec and kiloparsec scales are presented in combination with archival VLA Sky Survey observations at 3.0 GHz and VLA C-configuration observations at 5.5 GHz. The parsec-scale emission dominates the kiloparsec-scale emission above ∼5 GHz, and the spectrum is inverted due to synchrotron self-absorption. This indicates a compact synchrotron source with a size of ∼0.04 pc, which is associated with either the jet base or the corona. A subkiloparsec-scale jet, which is unresolved on scales of ∼3″, probably dominates the emission below ∼5 GHz. Future radio observations can explore the jet structure between the parsec and 100 kpc scales, the origin of their direction mismatch, and the parsec-scale jet proper motion. It remains to be explored how common such large-scale jets are in RQ or RI active galactic nuclei.

• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Subject: Accretion disks / Active galactic nuclei / Arrays / Corona / Emission / Galaxies / Observatories / Radio astronomy / Radio jets (astronomy) / Radio observation / Radio telescopes / Seyfert galaxies / Sky surveys (astronomy) / Star & galaxy formation / Stars & galaxies / Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)