The FR II broad-line seyfert 1 galaxy: PKS J1037-2705

In this article we demonstrate that PKS J1037-2705 has a weak accretion flow luminosity, well below the Seyfert 1/QSO dividing line, weak broad emission lines (BELs), and moderately powerful FR II extended radio emission. It is one of the few documented examples of a broad-line object in which the time-averaged jet kinetic luminosity, is larger than the total thermal luminosity (IR to X-ray) of the accretion flow, Lbol. The blazar nucleus dominates the optical and near-ultraviolet emission and is a strong source of hard X-rays. The strong blazar emission indicates that the relativistic radio jet is presently active. The implication is that even weakly accreting AGNs can create powerful jets. Kinetically dominated (Q>Lbol) broad-line objects provide important constraints on the relationship between the accretion flow and the jet production mechanism.

Citation

Punsly, Brian and Clarke, Tracy and Tingay, Steven and Gutierrez, Carlos and Rasmussen, Jesper and Colbert, E. 2008. The FR II broad-line seyfert 1 galaxy: PKS J1037-2705. The Astrophysical Journal. 687: pp. 162-172.

Source Title

The Astrophysical Journal

DOI

10.1086/591650

ISSN

0004637X

Faculty

Department of Medical Imaging and Applied Physics

School of Science

Faculty of Science and Engineering

School

Department of Imaging and Applied Physics

Remarks

This article appeared in The Astrophysical Journal and may be found at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0004-637X/687/1/162/

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43309

Collection

Curtin Research Publications