2006/12/14 by M. Nikolajuk, Nikolajuk, M., P. Gurynowicz +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0612376
2 pages, 2 figurs, Conference proceedings to appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M. Wang (San Francisco: ASP), (October 16-21, 2006, Xi'an, China)
arxiv created 2006/12/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We estimate black hole masses in Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies at the basis of their X-ray excess variance. We apply the standard approach appropriate for Broad Line Seyfert 1 (BLS1) galaxies. In general, we find that the obtained masses are by a factor ∼ 20 too small to agree with values obtained from other methods (reverberation, stellar dispersion). However, a small subset of our NLS1 objects does not require that multiplication, or the correction factor is less than 4. We find that this subset have a soft X-ray photon index, Γ0.1-2.4 keV, smaller than 2. We thus postulate that this subclass of NLS1 actually belongs to BLS1.