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The jetted NLS1 1H 0323+342: the Rosetta stone for accretion/ejection in AGN

2025/11/30 by L. Foschini, Foschini, Luigi
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2512.01053

openalex publication_date 2025/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/12/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

1H 0323+342 is the nearest gamma-ray narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (z=0.063). Its X-ray spectrum (0.3-10 keV) is characterised by significant spectral variability observed by many authors, with a backbone with photon index ~2 occasionally superimposed by a hard tail. This spectral variability has been interpreted as the interplay between the X-ray corona and the relativistic jet. The X-ray fluxes in the 0.3-10 keV energy band are generally around ~10-11 erg cm-2 s-1, making it easier to get sufficient statistics even with short exposures. Here I present a reanalysis of all the available X-ray observations with Swift (181 obs), XMM-Newton (7 obs), Chandra (1 obs), and Suzaku (2 obs) performed between 2006 and 2025. Possible interpretations are proposed and discussed.

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