A complete sample of Seyfert galaxies selected at 1/4 keV

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dc.creatorVaughan, S.
dc.creatorEdelson, R.
dc.creatorWarwick, R. S.
dc.creatorMalkan, M. A.
dc.creatorGoad, M. R.
dc.date2001-06-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:47:20Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:47:20Z
dc.descriptionWe have used the ROSAT Bright Source Catalogue to extract a complete sample of sources selected in the band from 0.1-0.4 keV. This 1/4 keV-selected sample is comprised of 54 Seyfert galaxies, 25 BL Lacertae objects, 4 clusters and 27 Galactic stars or binaries. Seyfert-type galaxies with ``ultrasoft'' X-ray spectra can very often be classed optically as Narrow-line Seyfert 1s (NLS1s). Such objects are readily detected in 1/4 keV surveys; the sample reported here contains 20 NLS1s, corresponding to a 40% fraction of the Seyferts. Optical spectra of the Seyfert galaxies were gathered for correlative analysis, which confirmed the well-known relations between X-ray slope and optical spectral properties (e.g., [O III]/H-beta ratio; Fe II strength, H-beta width). The various intercorrelations are most likely driven, fundamentally, by the shape of the photoionising continuum in Seyfert nuclei. We argue that a steep X-ray spectrum is a better indicator of an ``extreme'' set of physical properties in Seyfert galaxies than is the narrowness of the optical H-beta line. (Abridged)
dc.description17 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106311
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106311
dc.identifierMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.327:673,2001
dc.identifierdoi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04763.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/183499
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleA complete sample of Seyfert galaxies selected at 1/4 keV
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